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“As a leader, parent, or friend - don't let someone's poor attitude and poor performance hinder your commitment to holding them to higher standards. You don't need to make the person 'wrong' for the way they're behaving, simply point out that the behavior is ineffective.”

Way Needs Persons Parent Poor Attitude Leader Higher Gratitude Behavior Standards Commitment Performances Hinder Higher Standards Poor Performance

Author:Hal Elrod

“It is like when a player has a slump, we do not trade them, we coach them. It is the same with our employees. The best leaders come to the aid of their people, whose performance is down. Not come down harder on them.”

People Leader Player Performances Harder Trade Aids Coaches Employee Best Leader Slumps

Author:Simon Sinek

“If you can raise the level of effort and performance in those around you, you are officially a leader.”

Ifs Levels Effort Leader Performances Raises

Author:Urban Meyer

“I am very proud to align myself with Miken - a brand known as an innovator and leader in the development of high performance sports equipment.”

Sports Known Leader Development Proud Performances Brands Equipment Innovators

Author:Brett Hull

“Former U.S. House Majority Leader, Tom DeLay, has been sentenced to three years in prison. One year for money laundering and two more for his performance on 'Dancing with the Stars.'”

Years Has Beens Two Three House Stars Leader Performances Majority Prison Dancing Former Three Years Toms Delay Dancing With The Stars Money Laundering Majority Leader

Author:Jay Leno

“The most successful teachers in low-income communities operate like successful leaders. They establish a vision of where their students will be performing at the end of the year that many believe to be unrealistic. They invest their students in working harder than they ever have to reach that vision, maximise their classroom time in a goal-oriented manner through purposeful planning and effective execution, reflect constantly on their progress to improve their performance over time, and do whatever it takes to overcome the many challenges they face.”

“To our real, naked selves there is not a thing on earth or in heaven worth dying for. It is only when we see ourselves as actors in a staged (and therefore unreal) performance that death loses its frightfulness and finality and becomes an act of make-believe and a theatrical gesture. It is one of the main tasks of a real leader to mask the grim reality of dying and killing by evoking in his followers the illusion that they are participating in a grandiose spectacle, a solemn or lighthearted dramatic performance.”

Source: Between the Devil and the Dragon: The Best Essays and Aphorisms of Eric Hoffer

“I was never a prisoner of any theory. What guided me were reason and reality. The acid test I applied to every theory or scheme was: Would it work? The acid test is in performance, not promises. It is not from weakness that one commands respect. As long as the leaders take care of their people, they will obey the leaders.”

People Long Reason Reality Care Leader Theory Promise Weakness Tests Performances Take Care Command Prisoner Schemes Acid

Author:Mr. Lee

“The main challenge is technology and that's something I really push and work closely with Adidas on. They're real leaders in sports performance; always trying to push that further and further and get the best technology they can. That takes time and has rigorous testing, it's very laborious, but it's also very rewarding. You get to work with fantastic athletes, and that's a fantastic thing that has nothing to do with my day job in ready-to-wear.”

Trying Real Jobs Sports Challenges Leader Technology Ready Performances Athlete Fantastic Take Time Testing Always Trying Day Jobs Adidas Best Technology

Author:Stella McCartney

“It is the quality and the character of the leader that determines the results and performance.”

Character Results Quality Leader Performances Determine

Author:Frances Hesselbein

“A hallmark of high performance leaders is the ability to influence others through all levels and types of communication, from simple interactions to difficult conversations and more complex conflicts, in order to achieve greater team and organizational alignment. High performing leaders are able to unite diverse team members by building common goals and even shared emotions by engaging in powerful and effective dialogue.”

“As leaders, we're giving out grades in every encounter we have with people. We can choose to give out grades as an expectation to live up to, and then we can reassess them according to performance. Or we can offer grades as a possibility to live into. The second approach is much more powerful.”

People Giving Powerful Leader Possibility Offers Approach Expectations Performances Encounters Grades

Author:Benjamin Zander