“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
“Weak leaders of churches blame people and circumstances. Breakout church leaders accept responsibility and see God's possibilities in even difficult situations.” PeopleDifficultChurchResponsibilitySituationLeaderAcceptingPossibilityCircumstancesWeakBlameDifficult SituationsChurch LeadersWeak Leaders Book:Breakout Churches: Discover How to Make the Leap Source: Breakout Churches: Discover How to Make the Leap
“Today it is difficult to find leaders who are independent of the forces that have brought us our problems: The Congress, the bureaucracy, the lobbyists, big business, and big labor.” ProblemWisdomBigsTodayPoliticsForceDifficultLeaderEconomyLaborIndependentCongressLiberalismBureaucracyBig BusinessLobbyists Author:Ronald Reagan
“Feedback for leaders is often nuanced and difficult to deliver. That said, hearing you are passive-aggressive from 10 different people described 10 different ways becomes hard to ignore.” PeopleWaySaidDifferentHardDifficultLeaderHearingDifferent WaysAggressivePassiveFeedbackDifferent PeoplesPassive Aggressive Author:Scott Weiss
“It's very difficult to evaluate a leader in a very short-term perspective because to be a leader you must be able to have a long-term perspective. You must be able to carry changes which take many years. And this is why you can really only see whether it has been a good leadership after some years have passed.” YearsLongHas BeensAbleDifficultTermLeadershipLeaderPerspectiveLong TermShort TermEvaluateGood LeaderGood Leadership Author:Gro Harlem Brundtland
“Recognizing the good, not just in one's own personal circumstances, but in the world, makes anything possible. When I am asked about the important characteristics of leadership, being of good, positive mind is at the top of my list. If a leader can focus on the meritorious characteristics of other people and try to play to their strengths as well as find value in even the most difficult situation, she can inspire hope and faith in others and motivate them to move forward.” PeopleIfsWorldTryingMindWellsImportantPlayMovingValuesDifficultLeadershipSituationLeaderFocusInspireCircumstancesListsMoving ForwardCharacteristicsRecognizingHope And FaithDifficult SituationsPositive MindGood Positive Author:Wilma Mankiller
“Initiating is really and truly difficult, and that's what leaders do. They see something others are ignoring and they jump on it.” MotivationalDifficultLeadershipLeaderInitiative Book:Tribes: We Need You to Lead Us Source: Tribes: We Need You to Lead Us
“There are plenty of team players in government who do whatever the leader says. There are too few difficult members, who have complicated minds, unusual perspectives, the toughness to withstand the party-line barrages and a practical interest in producing results.” MindGovernmentPoliticalDifficultInterestLinesResultsPartyLeaderPlayerTeamPerspectiveMembersComplicatedPracticalsPlentyUnusualPolitical PartiesToughnessTeam PlayerProducing Results Author:David Brooks
“No one would starve in independent India. Its grain would not be exported. Cloth would not be imported by it. Its leaders would not use a foreign language and finding justice in it would be neither costly nor difficult.” UseMotivationalWould BeLanguageDifficultJusticeLeaderFindingsIndiaIndependentGrainForeign Language Author:Vallabhbhai Patel