Quotes

Are You a Leader or Just a Boss?

by George Ambler on February 21, 2010

I often find that many people confuse leadership with positional authority and power. We tend to believe that a person in authority or someone with a title is a leader. The reality is that most people in authority because of their potential to lead, however leadership only occurs when the person makes a decision to [...]

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“Rule #3: Leadership Is Confusing As Hell” By Tom Peters provides a list ways of being a leader in freaked-out times. These are some of the leadership tips that caught my eye… Leaders love the mess. “… There’s no mess — and no creativity, no energy, no inspired leadership.” The leader is rarely — possibly [...]

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Responsibility and Leadership

by George Ambler on August 31, 2008

“Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space lies our freedom and power to choose our response. In those choices lie our growth and our happiness.” – Stephen Covey, The 8th Habit As leaders we can be given accountability, we can given authority, but we cannot be given responsibility. We have to [...]

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The Power of Commitment

by George Ambler on June 15, 2008

As leaders we often underestimate the power of commitment, there is something powerful about being committed, I mean being truly committed to a cause, to a vision or to a meaningful purpose. “Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it.” – Goethe The decision to [...]

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  Photo by h.koppdelaney   “Time is limited, so I better wake up every morning fresh and know that I have just one chance to live this particular day right, and to string my days together into a life of action, and purpose.” – Lance Armstrong The survey of nearly 1,200 managers and directors by [...]

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