“All great leaders find a sense of balance through their levels of reception. For instance, those who support a leader may soften him, those who ignore him may challenge him, and those who oppose him may stroke his ego.” MayChallengesLevelsLeaderSupportBalanceEgoInstanceStrokesGreat LeaderReception Book:Killosophy Source: Killosophy
“What every prime minister struggles with and every leader struggles with is how to balance the two objectives; firstly that of ensuring that all asylum seekers are treated generously and humanely in accordance with the convention and secondly doing everything you can to eliminate or at least discourage people smuggling. And it's a very, very difficult balance.” PeopleTwoDifficultLeaderStruggleBalanceObjectivesTreatedMinistersPrimeConventionsPrime MinisterSeekersDiscouragingAsylumsSmugglingAsylum Seekers Author:Malcolm Turnbull
“If the challenge is far beyond their skill level, they tend to get frustrated; if it's far below their skill level, they tend to get bored. Leaders need to strike the right balance.” IfsNeedsChallengesLeadershipLevelsLeaderBalanceSkillsStrikesBoredFrustrated Author:Teresa Amabile
“A great football team is the right balance and the right mixture of players. Good leaders, good communicators and good technicians. You need people that are strategically astute. People need passion, desire and most importantly, a willingness to keep learning.” PeopleNeedsDesirePassionLeaderPlayerTeamFootballBalanceWillingnessMixturesFootball TeamGood LeaderTechniciansKeep LearningCommunicatorsGreat FootballAstute Author:Hope Powell
“Micromanaging erodes people's confidence, making them overly dependennt on their leaders. Well-meaning leaders inadvertently sabotage their teams by rushing to the rescue and offering too much help. A leader needs to balance assistance with wu wei, backing off long enough to let people learn from their mistakes and develop competence.” PeopleNeedsWellsLongEnoughHelpingMistakeLeaderToo MuchTeamBalanceOfferingRescueAssistanceCompetenceRushingSabotageErodeMicromanaging Author:Diane Dreher
“Being a leader, it's the art of trying to find the balance, the right times with each individual and what they need at that moment. It requires looking outward as opposed to looking inside.” NeedsTryingArtMomentsIndividualLeaderBalanceThat MomentRight TimeBeing A Leader Author:Kobe Bryant
“I did not share the enthusiasm of certain politicians for the National Front leader, it was because I had noticed, in the past, some strange contradictions between Mossadeq's declared ends and his actions. Officially he defended nationalist anti-colonialism and was the most intransigent patriot who declared that no concessions or advantages should be granted to foreign powers. He described his doctrine as a "negative balance" and in fact his greatest failing was that he was negative.” ShouldEndsFactsActionPastCertainLeaderFailingShareFrontsStrangeBalancePoliticianAdvantageNegativeDoctrineEnthusiasmGrantedContradictionColonialismPatriotConcessions Author:Mohammed Reza Pahlavi
“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
“We're certainly not perfect, and we're not probably even better than anybody else, except that perhaps we are given to certain kinds of contemplation that provide a valuable balance to the knee-jerk reactionary behavior of most of our newspapers and political leaders. Poets are great doubters.” KindPoliticalCertainGivenPerfectLeaderPoetBalanceBehaviorValuableNewspapersKneesContemplationNot PerfectJerkReactionariesPolitical LeadersDoubters Author:Sam Hamill
“Dogs have found themselves in an odd predicament by living with humans. In the wild, dogs don't need humans to achieve balance. They have a pack leader, work for food and travel with the pack. When we bring them into our world, we need to help them achieve balance by fulfilling their needs as nature intended. This takes exercise and discipline before affection, and always maintaining your calm, assertive pack leadership.” WorldNeedsHumansHelpingFoundLeaderAchieveDogBalanceDisciplineExerciseCalmAffectionOddOur WorldPacksFulfillingMaintainingPredicamentsAssertiveWild Dogs Author:Cesar Millan
“We need a leader who has a sense of balance, an understanding of the ebb and flow of history and a sense of our country's unique place in it. This is a foreign policy debate, and you cannot conduct foreign policy without a sense of what we are fighting for. And any President who can reduce the conduct of this country's affairs to a morning's attack by a bunch of demented fascists does not, in my view, understand what this great nation is all about.” FightingUnderstandingPresidentLeaderPolicyBalanceUniqueAffairDebateForeign PolicyDemented Author:John F. Kerry
“Why do leaders fail? Isolation and inability to learn. They are afraid to express doubt, admit vulnerability or seek advice from subordinates. Leaders must actively work to seek feedback and a reality check. They must be open to asking questions and framing issues. As the world becomes more complex and global, the risk of isolation becomes greater. The need for leaders to be open to learning becomes greater. Great leaders will need to ask the right questions and balance inquiry with advocacy.” WorldRealityLeaderDoubtFailingRiskAdviceBalanceVulnerabilityIsolationFeedbackGreat LeaderAdvocacyFraming Author:Robert S. Kaplan
“The prize for ultimate inefficiency goes to America. We have built in so many checks and balances that our 'leaders' are the most thoroughly hogtied of any on Earth.” EarthAmericaLeaderBalanceBuiltUltimateChecksPrizeInefficiency Author:Nathan Myhrvold