“Leadership is happening, but it's not coming from the leaders of the old institutions. Everywhere you look, you see these extraordinary, sparkling new initiatives that are under way.” WayLooksLeaderHappeningsInstitutionsExtraordinaryInitiativeSparkling Author:Don Tapscott
“When evangelical leaders can persuade the president to be concerned about what's happening in Sudan, or sex trafficking around the world, or HIV-AIDS, that's a very good thing. I am completely supportive of that.” WorldSexPresidentLeaderHappeningsConcernedGood ThingsVery GoodAidsAround The WorldSupportiveHivEvangelicalTraffickingHiv AidsSudan Author:Jim Wallis
“We hear from time to time about horrible human rights atrocities happening around the globe. Our government claims that it stands in favor of human rights, and our leaders are in the news demanding consequences for other countries that are abusing their populations. But there is a huge denial about how widespread and common these kinds of atrocities are in the United States, and that we are not nearly as different from other countries as we would like to believe we are.” BelieveHumansKindChildrenDifferentCountryStatesGovernmentUnitedCommonLeaderUnited StatesRightsHugeNewsHappeningsConsequenceClaimsHuman RightsPopulationFavorsHorribleDenialOther CountriesGlobesAtrocities Author:Lundy Bancroft
“Don't Latin Americans have the right to ask why their elected governments are being opposed and coup leaders supported?.. Poverty and hardship in large parts of Africa are preventing this from happening. Don't they have the right to ask why their enormous wealth - including minerals - is being looted, despite the fact that they need it more than others?” NeedsFactsGovernmentAsksWealthLeaderPovertyHappeningsIncludingEnormousDespiteHardshipLatinLatin AmericaPreventingMineralsCoupsLatin American Author:Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
“Gandhi wanted to meet with Churchill, his most bitter foe, when he visited London in 1931- but it didn't happen. Churchill wanted to go to India personally as prime minister in 1942 to negotiate a final settlement on India with Gandhi and the other nationalist leaders - but the fall of Singapore prevented it from happening.” HappensWantedFallLeaderHappeningsIndiaFinalsLondonBitterMinistersPrimePrime MinisterFoeSettlementSingapore Author:Arthur L. Herman
“I endeavor to shine a light on what's happening behind closed doors in the back-door deal making that so many Americans understand is going on but they don't quite understand how or why, but they know that our elected leaders are lying to us.” KnowsLightLyingDealsBehindsLeaderDoorsHappeningsShiningEndeavorClosed DoorsBack DoorsBehind Closed DoorsElected Leaders Author:Ted Cruz
“Three things a leader or manager should be thinking: What's happening? What's not happening? and What can I do to influence the outcome?” ThinkingShouldThreeLeaderInfluenceHappeningsManagersOutcomesThree Things Author:John Baldoni
“An effective leader is willing to think about what's happening and how to understand what's going on. Facilitating flow and making others more conscious of it, the leader communicates an awareness of process to the group, making them more aware of their energies and options. One important principle is to keep track of who has not spoken. ... It's also important to notice when people do speak out but are not heard. Effective leaders practice patience, reminding themselves to wait and observe, remembering that there's always more going on in a group than we're consciously aware of.” PeopleThinkingImportantRememberEnergySpeakWaitingProcessLeadershipLeaderPrinciplesPracticeHeardGroupsAwarenessWillingHappeningsConsciousFlowTrackCommunicateRemindingSpeaks Out Author:Diane Dreher
“The most effective leaders of companies in transition are the quiet, unassuming people whose inner wiring is such that the worst circumstances bring out their best. They're unflappable, they're ready to die if they have to. But you can trust that, when bad things are happening, they will become clearheaded and focused.” PeopleIfsDiesCompanyLeaderWorstReadyCircumstancesQuietHappeningsManagementFocusedBad ThingsTransitionReady To DieWiringUnassuming Author:James C. Collins
“The pictures that were coming from Vietnam were showing us what was really happening on the ground level. It was in contradiction to what our political and military leaders were telling us. They were straight forward documentary images. A powerful indictment of the war, of how cruel and unjust it was. When I finally decided what to do with my life, it was to follow in that tradition.” WarPoliticalLevelsPowerfulLeaderMilitaryHappeningsTraditionDecidedContradictionVietnamUnjustDocumentariesIndictmentMilitary Leader Author:James Nachtwey
“It is my view that it is a big embarrassment for Africa . It is hypocritical for African leaders to talk about democracy and human rights and to be silent when these things are happening in Zimbabwe .” HumansBigsViewsLeaderDemocracyRightsHappeningsSilentHuman RightsEmbarrassmentHypocriticalZimbabweDemocracy And Human Rights Author:Raila Odinga
“At various times in the next 20 or 30 years I think it reasonable to anticipate that I will be among the leadershp of the Labour Party, but as far as being leader, I can't see it happening, and I'm not particularly keen on it happening.” ThinkingYearsI CanNextPartyLeaderHappeningsVariousReasonableLabourAnticipateLabour Party Author:Neil Kinnock
“Like all of you I'm angry. I'm angry at what's happening to our nation. Citizens, it's time to take our country back. Bombastic insults wont take it back. Political rhetoric that promises a lot and delivers little, won't take it back. All of our problems can be solved. All of our wounds can be healed by a tested leader who is willing to fight for the character of our nation.” LittlesCountryCharacterProblemPoliticalFightingNationsLeaderWillingCitizensPromiseHappeningsAngryWoundsOur CountryInsultRhetoricTestedHealedBombasticPolitical Rhetoric Author:Carly Fiorina
“There is no city or country in the world where women and girls live free of the fear of violence. No leader can claim: this is not happening in my backyard.” WorldCountryGirlCitiesLeaderViolenceHappeningsClaimsBackyardsLive Free Author:Michelle Bachelet
“A similar move is underway in the British Parliament. Earlier this month, more than 30 religious leaders and scholars wrote Secretary of State John Kerry asking for a meeting to discuss what's happening to Christians and other minorities. Nina Shea organized the effort.” StatesChristianMovingReligiousEffortLeaderMonthsHappeningsAskingMeetingsBritishOrganizedMinoritiesScholarSecretaryParliamentJohn KerryReligious LeadersNinaBritish Parliament Author:Tom Gjelten
“There is no immigration policy in the US that is permitting what's happening. What's happening here is happening outside the law, that our leaders do not wish to enforce or acknowledge. And the same thing happened in the UK.” LawWishLeaderHappenedPolicyHappeningsThings HappenImmigrationAcknowledgeImmigration Policy Author:Rush Limbaugh
“If you look at the funding of far-right parties in Europe - where's the money coming? We do know that 9 million euros was given by Russia, through a Czech bank, to [French National Front leader] Marine Le Pen. We know that this is not an isolated case. This is happening elsewhere.” IfsKnowsLooksGivenPartyLeaderMillionsCasesFrontsHappeningsEuropeRussiaPensIsolatedElsewhereMarineFundingEuroCzech Author:Toomas Hendrik Ilves
“What had the board been doing when they see these things happening. I mean, you can write a law that says you cannot provide incentives for the openings of accounts, but I think it gets to be a deeper issue of the value structure of any organization and the value of its leaders.” ThinkingWritingMeanLawValuesLeaderIssuesHappeningsOrganizationAccountsStructureDeeperThings HappenOpeningBoardsIncentives Author:John Kasich
“For most of mankind, the average person knew what was happening in his own village and the next one, and nothing beyond that, and he didn't care, so that leaders were able to guide their countries almost irrespective of what people really thought because they weren't involved in it. Now, everybody knows what's happening instantaneously.” PeopleKnowsPersonsCountryCareAbleNextLeaderMankindInvolvedHappeningsAverageGuidesVillageAverage PersonThe Next One Author:Brent Scowcroft
“Encourage dissent: Leaders should have associates who have contrary views, who are devil's advocates, "variance sensors" who can tell them the difference between what is expected and what is really happening, between what they want to hear and what they need to hear. There are too many naked emperors running around today.” WantNeedsShouldRunningTodayDifferencesViewsLeaderHappeningsDevilShould HaveExpectedContraryNakedAssociatesDissentEmperorVarianceSensorsDevil's Advocate Author:Warren G. Bennis
“Germany has become the economic heart of Europe because our leaders are weak. But Germany should never forget that France is Europe's political heart. What is happening here today foreshadows what will happen in the rest of Europe in the coming years: the great return of the nation-state, which they wanted to obliterate.” ShouldYearsHeartStatesHappensTodayWantedPoliticalNationsForgetLeaderEconomicReturnHappeningsEuropeWeakFranceGermanyNever Forget Author:Marine Le Pen