“Whether there are innately female leadership styles... is not really the right question. It is more important to ask why there has been so little attention paid to women leaders over the years as well as why the styles of leading more often exhibited by women are particularly useful at this critical moment in history.” YearsWellsLittlesHas BeensImportantMomentsAsksAttentionLeaderStyleFemalePaidCriticalRight QuestionsWoman LeaderCritical MomentsLeadership Style Author:Charlotte Bunch
“In drawing attention to the physical characteristics of women leaders, they can be dismissed as either too pretty or too ugly. The net effect is to prevent women's identification with the issues. If the public women is stigmatized as too 'pretty,' she's a threat, a rival--or simply not serious; if derided as too 'ugly,' one risks tarring oneself with the same brush by identifying oneself with her agenda.” IfsAttentionLeaderIssuesRiskEffectsSeriousThreatOneselfUglyDrawingCharacteristicsAgendasBrushesRivalsIdentificationIdentifyingWoman LeaderDrawing Attention Author:Naomi Wolf
“The leader seeks to communicate his vision to his followers. He captures their attention with his optimistic intuition of possible solutions to their needs. He influences them by the dynamism of his faith.” NeedsLeadershipAttentionLeaderVisionInfluenceSolutionsCommunicateIntuitionOptimisticFollowersCaptureDynamism Book:Lead on!: leadership that endures in a changing world Source: Lead on!: leadership that endures in a changing world
“If you are going to be a leader, you must have a record where people saw you are standing up against injustice at a risk. Then that builds up your stock of credibility so that, when you speak on another occasion about a different thing, people will pay attention.” PeopleIfsDifferentSpeakPayAttentionLeaderRecordsSawsRiskStandingInjusticeOccasionsPay AttentionDifferent ThingsCredibility Author:Desmond Tutu
“Instead of concentrating on the war against poverty, global attention is focused on another kind of slaughter - on something that is intangible and yet being tackled by all the possible military means we can muster. And all the lofty declarations by world leaders about combatting poverty that were lauded by the General Assembly turned out to be damp squibs.” WorldKindMeanWarAttentionLeaderPovertyMilitaryFocusedDeclarationAssemblySlaughterLoftyConcentratingIntangibleWorld LeaderDampMusterGeneral Assembly Author:Muhammad Yunus
“But will this attention to poverty be sustained or transient? That depends on our leaders - whether we step up and sustain our moral commitment as the country's conscience would naturally want us to do.” WantCountryAttentionLeaderMoralStepsPovertyDependsConscienceCommitmentWant UStep UpTransient Author:John Edward
“People don't listen to marketplace logic; they listen for meaning and purpose. Attention can't be bought. Before any interaction, ask yourself: 'How do I want to make people feel or act?' Put yourself in their shoes. The role of a leader is to create an experience that will inspire people to take action.” PeopleWantFeelsActionPurposeAsksAttentionLeaderRolesInspireLogicShoesInteractionMarketplace Author:Bill Jensen
“Without doubt, the foremost band for decades has been the One O'Clock Lab Band at the University of North Texas. Through its many incarnations and under various leaders, they have demonstrated the highest qualities of musicianship imaginable, plus a willingness to balance their big band tradition with creative exploration. Astounding ensemble work, insightful interpretations of the arrangements, imaginative writing, and above all, a loving attention to musicality . . . these people play beautifully.” PeopleWritingHas BeensPlayBigsAttentionQualityLeaderCreativeDoubtBalanceBandHighestTraditionUniversityVariousDecadesClockInterpretationPlusWillingnessExplorationInsightfulTexasArrangementsImaginativeIncarnationLabsEnsembleMusicianshipMusicality Author:Gary Burton
“Goose pimples rose all over me, my hair stood on end, my eyes filled with tears of love and gratitude for this greatest of all conquerors of human misery and shame, and my breath came in little gasps. If I had not known that the Leader would have scorned such adulation, I might have fallen to my knees in unashamed worship, but instead I drew myself to attention, raised my arm in the eternal salute of the ancient Roman Legions and repeated the holy words, "Heil Hitler!"” IfsHumansLittlesEndsMightEyeAttentionKnownLeaderTearsHairArmsGratitudeHolyEternalWorshipBreathsShameFilledMiseryRoseRaisedAncientKneesFallenGeeseConquerorSaluteLegionLove And GratitudeScornedPimplesAdulation Author:George Lincoln Rockwell
“Before Bin Laden did everything but advertise. Yet he had to blow up the Twin Towers just to get the attention of anyone outside the intelligence community. So what did we do? We invaded the wrong country, killed the wrong madman, and too often used the wrong interrogation techniques on the wrong people-all because our leaders lost contact with the truth.” PeopleCountryUsedLostCommunityAttentionLeaderBlowTechniqueContactTwinsTowersBin LadenMadmenInterrogationIntelligence CommunityTwin TowersInterrogation Techniques Book:The Devil's Light: A Novel Source: The Devil's Light: A Novel