“While I'm leader, nothing will be off limits - there will not be one policy, one rule, one way of working which cannot be changed.” WayLeaderPolicyChangedLimitsOne Way Author:Johann Lamont
“Business leaders, labor unions, governors, mayors, congressmen and presidents have all complained about a lack of funding for years, but aside from a one-time cash infusion from the stimulus program, nothing much has changed. There is still no consensus on how to solve the problem or where to get the massive amounts of money needed to fix it, just another example of political paralysis in Washington.” YearsStillsProblemPoliticalPresidentLeaderExampleChangedAmountNeededProgramLaborUnionsSolveMassiveOne TimeCashGovernorsConsensusFundingStimulusMayorsCongressmanBusiness LeadersParalysisLabor UnionInfusion Author:Steve Kroft
“To-day a democrat of the old school would demand, not freedom for the press, but freedom from the press; but mean-time the leaders have changed themselves into parvenus who have to secure their position vis-a-vis the masses.” MeanSchoolLeaderPositionChangedDemandMassPressesDemocratSecureOld School Author:Oswald Spengler
“With the coming of radio as a mass medium, suddenly the world changed. It became about, 'Can this leader project emotional connection through the way he speaks on the radio?' And the anxiety about whether he could do that, we've inherited.” WorldWaySpeakLeaderChangedEmotionalAnxietyProjectsMassConnectionsRadioMediumsEmotional Connection Author:Tom Hooper
“I think that Ronald Reagan wanted to hear other people's views, and he always listened carefully, and from time to time he changed his own mind about a position. And especially he took pains to listen carefully to foreign leaders with whom he was dealing.” PeopleThinkingMindWantedPainViewsLeaderPositionChanged Author:Jeane Kirkpatrick
“We have entered a new and different world-richly interconnected and radically multicentric-in which the traditional holders of power have to move over and make room for new stakeholders, new players, and new leaders of many kinds. Nobody in Charge, drawing on the learnings of a wise and widely experienced public executive, offers some priceless insights into how things have changed, where they are now, and where we may be going next in this bewildering terrain.” WorldKindMayDifferentMovingNextRoomsLeaderWisePlayerChangedOffersInsightDrawingTraditionalExecutivesPricelessDifferent WorldsInterconnectedTerrainThings Have ChangedStakeholder Author:Walter Truett Anderson
“Jim Fregosi will be deeply missed in the baseball world. Joni and the rest of the family are in our prayers. Fregos, was the best manager I've ever played for. Our relationship was so special.and he was the one that taught me how to be a leader. Fregos and I could relate to each other whether we were in the clubhouse or on the field. In 1993 The City of Brotherly Love changed the world..Fregos was the driving force!!!” WorldForcePrayerCitiesLeaderSpecialFieldsChangedTaughtBaseballDrivingManagersRelateOur RelationshipOur PrayersDriving ForceBrotherlyBrotherly LoveBest Manager Author:Darren Daulton
“Things can change if the military can do a paradigm shift and gets out of the shame and coverup cycle and be a leader in our culture. In the 50s, 60s and 70s there were huge race problems in the military even more severe than the culture at large. The military saw it was detrimental and it changed and became a model to society at large.” IfsProblemCultureCan DoRaceLeaderSawsMilitaryChangedHugeModelsShameCyclesSevereParadigmDetrimentalParadigm Shift Author:Amy Ziering
“Superior leaders are willing to admit a mistake and cut their losses. Be willing to admit that you've changed your mind. Don't persist when the original decision turns out to be a poor one.” MindTurnsLossDecisionPoorMistakeLeaderCuttingChangedWillingOriginalsSuperiorsPersistYou've Changed Author:Brian Tracy
“Television has changed how we choose our leaders. It elected Ronald Reagan and a host of Kennedy-look-alike congressmen with blow-dried hair and gleaming teeth. It destroyed Senator Joe McCarthy by showing him in action and it created Jerry Falwell.” LooksActionLeaderChangedTelevisionHairBlowTeethDestroyedHostSenatorsJerryCongressmanJoe Mccarthy Author:Ronald Steel
“By declaring yourself a leader, you're taking initiative and moving into a role of influence in a lively and vital network that's changing the world. We're changing the world, first by changing ourselves and then by touching the world as changed beings. We believe the change in us catalyzes change in others. So in changing the world, we're choosing to be the change we wish to see in the world. By taking on this leadership role, you are choosing to be the change too.” WorldFirstsBelieveMovingWishLeaderRolesInfluenceChangedChanging The WorldTouchingInitiativeLivelyDeclaringLeadership Roles Author:Neale Donald Walsch