“the leader releases energy, unites energies, and all with the object not only of carrying out a purpose, but of creating further and larger purposes. And I do not mean here by larger purposes mergers or more branches; I speak of larger in the qualitative rather than the quantitative sense. I mean purposes which will include more of those fundamental values for which most of us agree we are really living.” MeanPurposeValuesEnergySpeakLeadershipLeaderObjectsCreatingAgreeFundamentalsReleaseBranchesMergersQualitativeReally Living Book:Dynamic administration: the collected papers of Mary Parker Follett Source: Dynamic administration: the collected papers of Mary Parker Follett
“I have no religious belief myself, but I don't think we should fight about it. In particular, I think that we should not rubbish moderate religious leaders like the Archbishop of Canterbury because I think we all agree that extreme fundamentalism is a threat, and we need all the allies we can muster against it.” ThinkingNeedsShouldFightingBeliefReligiousLeaderParticularAgreeThreatExtremesAlliesFundamentalismModeratesRubbishReligious BeliefMusterReligious LeadersCanterbury Author:Martin Rees
“I saw that leaders placed too much emphasis on what some call high level strategy, on intellectualizing and philosophizing, and not enough on implementation. People would agree on a project or initiative, and then nothing would come of it.” PeopleEnoughLevelsLeaderSawsToo MuchProjectsAgreeStrategyInitiativeExecutionEmphasisHigh LevelImplementation Author:Lawrence Bossidy
“I told all four [Congressional leaders] that there are going to be some times where we don't agree with each other, but that's OK. If this were a dictatorship, it would be a heck of a lot easier, just so long as I'm the dictator.” IfsLongWould BeLeaderFourEasierAgreeDictatorshipDictator Author:George W. Bush
“George W. Bush, another Republican who I probably didn`t agree with on much, right after 9/11 went to a mosque and joined with some Muslim leaders and said that, look, you know, we`re not going to tolerate any backlash. These people who attacked our country are criminals and they`re terrorists, and they might try to profess a religion, but they definitely violate the principles of that religion.” PeopleKnowsTryingLooksSaidCountryMightLeaderPrinciplesRepublicanAgreeCriminalsTerroristOur CountryTolerateMosquesBacklash Author:Steve King