“I have toured with Klemens Marktl, playing his original compositions and arrangements. He is a wonderful drummer, a writer possessing a high degree of creativity, and an assured band leader.” LeaderCreativityWonderfulBandDegreesOriginalsCompositionArrangementsAssuredDrummerPossessing Author:Joe Locke
“It is with extreme sadness that we hear of the passing of the leader of the world's Catholics, His Holiness Pope John Paul II, who commanded the three paths of religious learning, philosophical thought and poetical and artistic creativity.” WorldThreeReligiousLeaderCreativityPathSadnessPhilosophicalCatholicExtremesPassingPassingsArtisticHolinessPopeJohn PaulJohn Paul IiArtistic CreativityPope John Paul Author:Mohammad Khatami
“You know, this country today, it seems to me - it's about fear. And it shouldn't be about fear. It should be about hope and optimism and creativity and accepting a challenge and being a moral leader and being a great nation.” KnowsShouldCountrySeemsTodayAmericaNationsChallengesLeaderAcceptingMoralCreativityOptimismGreat NationsOptimism And Hope Author:Tom Vilsack
“The first job of a leader-at work or at home-is to inspire trust. It's to bring out the best in people by entrusting them with meaningful stewardships, and to create an environment in which high-trust interaction inspires creativity and possibility.” PeopleFirstsHomeJobsLeaderCreativityEnvironmentPossibilityInspireMeaningfulInteractionStewardshipInspire CreativityEntrusting Book:The Speed of Trust: The One Thing that Changes Everything Source: The Speed of Trust: The One Thing that Changes Everything
“We [Black people] have always used our creativity to battle and we're not the only ones. Black Americans are certainly leaders in that simply because we were denied education and dealt with enforced illiteracy. But people seem to always forget that literacy is not the only way of learning things or conveying knowledge.” PeopleWaySeemsUsedBlackForgetLeaderCreativityBattleBlack PeopleDeniedLiteracyIlliteracyConveying Author:Nikki Giovanni
“Executives run organizations. In business, we need executives who have clarity, people who are in touch with themselves. Then, in leadership and management positions, they can be good role models and leaders. The people I know who have really moved their organizations are scrupulous role models. They are so clear about honesty, integrity, openness, mutual self-respect, dignity for the individual, and creativity, that they don't deviate from these principles at all in their behavior.” PeopleKnowsNeedsSelfRunningIndividualBusinessLeaderPrinciplesRolesCreativityClearHonestyPositionIntegrityBehaviorModelsDignityOrganizationManagementMovedBe GoodClaritySelf RespectExecutivesMutualOpennessRole ModelsLeadership And ManagementHonesty IntegrityDeviateGood Role Models Author:Michael Ray
“There's something unique and different that makes a leader, and it's not about creativity or courage or integrity.... A leader's job is to rally people toward a better future.” PeopleDifferentJobsLeaderCreativityIntegrityUniqueBetter Future Author:Marcus Buckingham
“After World War II, American leaders were, in Dean Acheson's words, 'present at the creation' of a global order. Now at the end of the cold war, we desperately need that same vision, that leadership, that creativity to be applied to the governance of the global marketplace.” WorldNeedsWarEndsOrderLeaderVisionCreativityCreationColdWar Of The WorldsWorld War IiWorld War ICold WarGovernanceMarketplaceDean Author:John J. Sweeney
“Apple made tools that helped people express their creativity and Steve Jobs knew that so he told that story well. But Facebook makes tools that help people connect and Mark Zuckerberg is hardly a story-teller. Nevertheless, he's become a leader because his products do such a good job of solving a problem.” PeopleWellsMadeHelpingStoriesProblemJobsLeaderCreativityProductsToolsMarkApplesNeverthelessGood JobZuckerberg Author:Lewis Schiff
“One of the biggest mistakes leaders make is to embrace the idea of spurring creativity by letting hundreds of flowers bloom. I've never seen that lead to anything other than cynicism and hundreds of dead flowers.” IdeasMistakeLeaderCreativityFlowerEmbraceCynicismBiggest MistakeBlooming FlowerDead Flowers Author:Scott D. Anthony
“The best ideas can come from anyone within an organization. Leaders must remember that if they want employees to embrace a new organizational "Dream" or strategy, they need to include them and seek their ideas. Creativity is NOT just for the R&D department.” IfsWantNeedsIdeasDreamRememberLeaderCreativityOrganizationStrategyEmbraceDepartmentEmployeeOrganizational Author:Bill Capodagli
“Build creative cultures, and work with purpose to unleash the creativity of your team. Creativity is the most valuable natural resource in any organization, yet it is often a resource that is largely untapped. The leaders that prioritize and invest in creative cultures will be the wall street darlings of tomorrow. In fact, they're the darlings of today (Facebook, Groupon, LinkedIn, etc).” TodayPurposeCultureNaturalLeaderCreativityCreativeTeamWallTomorrowValuableNatural ResourcesPrioritize Author:Josh Linkner
“I believe that if one can understand one's false personality or ego, then they can develop self-awareness and the manifesting of that self-awareness is leadership. Such a leader sets up the mechanisms within which creativity can flourish, and managers turn this into innovations in the marketplace and society. But it's never as clear-cut as I'm making it sound. It's much more dynamic, chaotic and fascinating in the way it plays out. That's why people have to operate more from their inner essence; it's the other constant that copes with the legendary constant of change.” PeopleBelieveI BelieveLeaderCreativityPersonalityEgoInnovationManifestChaoticLegendary Author:Michael Ray