“It's your ability to learn quickly and contribute quickly that matters. One of the things I tell people these days is that there is no perfect fit when you're looking for the next big thing to do. You have to take opportunities and make an opportunity fit for you, rather than the other way around. The ability to learn is the most important quality a leader can have.” PeopleWayImportantMatterBigsNextOpportunityAbilityPerfectQualityLeaderFitThese DaysThings To DoBig ThingsLeaning InPerfect Fit Author:Padmasree Warrior
“The first job of the historian and of the journalist is to find facts. Not the only job, perhaps not the most important, but the first. Facts are the cobblestones from which we build roads of analysis, mosaic tiles that we fit together to compose pictures of past and present. There will be disagreement about where the road leads and what reality or truth is revealed by the mosaic picture. The facts themselves must be checked against all the available evidence. But some are round and hard--and the most powerful leaders in the world can trip over them. So can writers, dissidents and saints.” WorldFirstsImportantHardFactsRealityTogetherJobsPastPowerfulLeaderFitTruth IsEvidenceRoundsSaintAvailableJournalistAnalysisMost PowerfulHistorianDisagreementPast And PresentDissidentsMosaicsPowerful LeadersTilesCobblestone Author:Timothy Garton Ash
“Our leaders increasingly see fit to lecture the ethnic minorities on the need to integrate, including of course the need to speak English. What about the need, though, for Britain to integrate with the rest of the world?” WorldNeedsCoursesSpeakLeaderFitIncludingBritainMinoritiesLecturesIntegratingSpeak English Author:Martin Jacques
“Any so-called leader who does not take this issue (climate change) seriously or treats it like a joke is not fit to lead” DoeLeaderIssuesFitJokesTreatsClimateClimate Change Author:Barack Obama
“I've been a solo act, a columnist and worked from home, only relying on myself. Now I'm part of a team, a leader, and I have to fit in at a big corporation and deal with all the moving parts, all the different personalities. That has been a challenge, to be quite honest, that I've embraced.” Has BeensDifferentHomeBigsMovingChallengesDealsLeaderTeamHonestPersonalityFitCorporationsSoloColumnistsBig CorporationsMoving Parts Author:Jason Whitlock