“True leaders have so much power they are willing to give it away. Power is not a fixed, quantifiable sum; instead it is an unlimited abstraction which grows as it is shared.” GivingGrowsLeadershipLeaderPowerWillingFixedUnlimitedAbstractionTrue Leader Book:The Language of leadership Source: The Language of leadership
“current research is showing that true leaders enjoy using their power and are comfortable with it - so comfortable, in fact, that they don't mind sharing that control when it is appropriate to do so.” MindFactsEnjoyLeadershipLeaderPowerComfortableResearchCurrentsAppropriateTrue Leader Book:The Language of leadership Source: The Language of leadership
“leaders seem to have a high tolerance for ambiguity. Recognizing that the brain does not work in a completely linear fashion, leaders demonstrate a comfort with the chaos of exploding ideas, many of them seemingly unrelated to the stimulus that caused them.” DoeIdeasSeemsLeadershipBrainLeaderFashionComfortChaosToleranceRecognizingAmbiguityStimulusLinearExploding Book:The Language of leadership Source: The Language of leadership
“Generally speaking, followers will not commit themselves for very long to a leader who is not also a pragmatist. As most of us have discovered, dreams are only powerful when we believe they can come true. Pipe dreams belong in the realm of fantasy; leaders' dreams belong in the realm of possibility.” BelieveLongDreamLeadershipPowerfulLeaderFantasyPossibilityCommitRealmsFollowersPipePragmatistsRealm Of PossibilityPipe Dreams Book:The Language of leadership Source: The Language of leadership