Quotes

Leaders Participate and Actively Play in the Game of Life

by George Ambler on January 23, 2007

“It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbled or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who [...]

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Visioning matters

by George Ambler on January 10, 2007

“Visioning means imagining. At first generally, and then, with increasing specificity, what you really want. That is what you really want. Not what someone else has taught you to want and not what you have learned to settle for. Visioning means taking off all of the constraints of assumed feasibility, of disbelief and past disappointments [...]

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Leaders are NOT parents!

by George Ambler on December 3, 2006

“You cannot bring about prosperity by discouraging thrift. You cannot help small men by tearing down big men. You cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong. You cannot lift the wage-earner by pulling down the wage-payer. You cannot help the poor man by destroying the rich. You cannot keep out of trouble by spending [...]

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Leaders place people at the heart of their work

by George Ambler on November 26, 2006

“Good leaders make people feel that they’re at the very heart of things, not at the periphery. Everyone feels that he or she makes a difference to the success of the organization. When that happens people feel centered and that gives their work meaning.” – Warren Bennis The Leadership Insight Leadership is about people. In [...]

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Leadership is about creating new realities…

by George Ambler on November 19, 2006

“Leadership is about creating a domain in which human beings continually deepen their understanding of reality and become more capable of participating in the unfolding world. Ultimately, leadership is about creating new realities.” – Peter Senge The Leadership Insight Leaders need to have a clear grasp of current reality, but most leaders seem to have [...]

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