“Leaders shape our visions of the possible and direct our energies toward it.” EnergyLeadershipLeaderVisionShapesDirect Book:Toxic leaders: when organizations go bad Source: Toxic leaders: when organizations go bad
“typically, our love for our leaders is one-sided: their successes become our own, while their failures are theirs alone.” LeadershipLeaderOur LoveOne Sided Book:Toxic leaders: when organizations go bad Source: Toxic leaders: when organizations go bad
“Good leadership is pervasive, persuasive, and persistent. Bad leadership is poisoned with pedanticism, posturing, self-importance.” SelfLeadershipImportancePersistentPersuasiveGood LeaderSelf-importanceGood Leadership Book:Toxic leaders: when organizations go bad Source: Toxic leaders: when organizations go bad
“Leadership both projects to the future and reflects upon the past. It bursts with possibilities, flaunts peculiarities, and occasionally defies probabilities.” PastLeadershipPossibilityProjectsProbability Book:Toxic leaders: when organizations go bad Source: Toxic leaders: when organizations go bad
“Leadership is elusive and enigmatic, just as it is enlightening and empowering. It is a bright light among human energies that sometimes, by its very intensity, casts a long and dark shadow.” HumansLongSometimesLightEnergyLeadershipDarkShadowCastsEmpoweringIntensityEnlighteningElusiveBright LightsEnigmatic Book:Toxic leaders: when organizations go bad Source: Toxic leaders: when organizations go bad