Quotes

A test of your leadership?

by George Ambler on November 4, 2007

“Ask yourself this question….if you lost your title, position and power tomorrow, would others still support you and want to work with you” – Donna Karlin This question is challenging! Leadership is not about position, title, status or prestige and it’s definitely not about controlling people or exercising authority. Leadership is more than  the role [...]

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The Little Book of Leadership

by George Ambler on October 29, 2007

This "Little Book on Leadership" is a collection of quotes on the topic of leadership, an great read…!   | View | Upload your own   Technorati Tags: Leadership , Quotes Tweet

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The Influence of Leadership

by George Ambler on October 29, 2007

I have previously posted on my belief that, like fish, organisations rot from the head down. Michael Watkins discussing Infectious Leadership makes a similar observation: “For good or ill, the senior leadership of every organization is infectious. By this I mean that leaders’ behaviors tend to be transmitted to their direct reports, who pass them [...]

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The Paradoxical Commandments

by George Ambler on October 5, 2007

by Dr. Kent M. Keith People are illogical, unreasonable, and self-centered. Love them anyway. If you do good, people will accuse you of selfish ulterior motives. Do good anyway. If you are successful, you will win false friends and true enemies. Succeed anyway. The good you do today will be forgotten tomorrow. Do good anyway. [...]

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Martin Luther King on Effective Vision

by George Ambler on October 5, 2007

Effective visions provide context, give purpose, and establish meaning. They inspire people to mobilize, to act, to move in the same direction Every good leader realizes that effective visions cannot be forced upon the masses. Rather they must be set in motion by means of persuasion and inspiration. – Martin Luther King Jr. The Leadership [...]

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