“All the effective leaders I have encountered…did not start out with the question, `What do I want?’ They started out asking, `What needs to be done?’ Then they asked, `What can and should I do to make a difference?’ They constantly asked, `What are the organizations missions and goals? What constitutes performance and brings results in this organization?’ They were extremely tolerant of diversity in people and did not look for carbon copies of themselves. But they were totally intolerant when it came to a person’s performance, standards and values. They were not afraid of strength in their associates. They glorified in it. Their motto was what Andrew Carnegie wanted to have put on his tombstone: `Here lies a man who attracted better people into his service than he was himself.’ They submitted themselves to the `mirror test’ that is, they made sure that the person they saw in the mirror in the morning was the kind of person they wanted to be, respect and believe in. Finally, these effective leaders were not preachers; they were doers.” – Peter Drucker
[Via: LeaderLine]
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