“People rightly want our political leaders - on all sides - to concentrate on minimising the damage to jobs, living standards and our savings from the banking crisis.” PeopleWantJobsPoliticalSidesLeaderStandardsCrisisSavingDamageBankingSavingsPolitical LeadersBanking Crisis Author:Lucy Powell
“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.” WayNeedsPersonsParentPoorAttitudeLeaderHigherGratitudeBehaviorStandardsCommitmentPerformancesHinderHigher StandardsPoor Performance Author:Hal Elrod
“...leaders who do not hold their people accountable to a set standard are, in effect, thieves and liars. Thieves because they are stealing from the stockholder who pays them to hold people accountable, and liars because they pretend that everything is OK with their people when in fact everything is not OK.” PeopleFactsPayLeaderEffectsStandardsStealingAccountabilityLiarsThievesOld People Author:James Hunter
“After all, if you have the majority of customers, then what you do becomes the standard. Your competitors have little choice but to follow. If you are the leader, then having a nonstandard infrastructure is a bad idea. Ultimately, it leads to extinction.” IfsLittlesIdeasChoicesLeaderStandardsMajorityCustomersCompetitorsInfrastructureExtinctionBad Ideas Author:Douglas Gwyn
“Texas is a national leader in education reform and student achievement. Through our college- and career-ready standards and assessments, strong school accountability, and a focus on educator development, we have created an education system that prepares our students for success after graduation.” SchoolStrongEducationLeaderCareersFocusStudentsCollegeReadyDevelopmentAchievementStandardsReformAccountabilityTexasEducatorEducation SystemAssessmentEducation ReformStudent Achievement Author:Rick Perry
“Steve held us to a high standard. He told us he was going to when we first met him at the USA camp. He's been a great leader. I mean, the guy always keeps his composure. He has an amazing mind for the game, and man, Steve, I'm just proud of him. The way he's balanced everybody and let us know what our roles are, he's been great for us. Him and the whole coaching staff. We all deserve this together, we work so hard.” KnowsMenWayMindFirstsMeanHardWholeTogetherGuyGamesLeaderRolesProudMetsStandardsDeserveUsaCoachingCampsBalancedStaffChampionshipGreat LeaderHigh StandardsComposureNba ChampionshipsCoaching StaffProud Of Him Author:Klay Thompson
“The stream will not permanently rise higher than the main source; and the main source of national power and national greatness is found in the average citizenship of the nation. Therefore it behooves us to do our best to see that the standard of the average citizen is kept high; and the average cannot be kept high unless the standard of the leaders is very much higher.” FoundNationsLeadershipLeaderGreatnessSourceHigherCitizensStandardsAverageStreamsCitizenship Author:Theodore Roosevelt
“What's wrong with leading the way? We've played that role before, after all. We gave the world the secret ballot... that did so much to raise living standards and improve conditions for workers worldwide. We were a leader in extending to women the right to vote. We were barely a nation when we set the bar for bravery and sacrifice by common soldiers in foreign wars. We grew up out of racism and misogyny and homophobia to become a mostly tolerant, successful multicultural society. We did these great things because we know we are in it together. It is our core value as Australians.” KnowsWorldWayWarTogetherValuesNationsLeadershipCommonSecretLeaderRolesSuccessfulEnvironmentSacrificeConditionsGrewGrew UpRacismStandardsVoteBraveryRaisesWorkersSoldierCoreBarsGreat ThingsMisogynyHomophobiaBallotsExtendingRight To VoteMulticulturalCore ValuesLeading The WayMulticultural Society Author:Geraldine Brooks
“You don't need to compromise your standards to be accepted by good friends. The more obedient you arethe more the Lord can help you overcome temptation. You can also help others because they will feel your strength. Let them know about your standards by consistently living themNo one intends to make serious mistakes. They come when you compromise your standards to be more accepted by others. You be the strong one. You be the leader. Choose good friends and resist peer pressure together.” KnowsNeedsFeelsHelpingTogetherStrongMistakeLeaderLordSeriousStandardsOvercomingPressureAcceptedHelping OthersTemptationCompromiseConsistentlyGood FriendPeersObedientPeer PressureSerious Mistakes Author:Richard G. Scott
“To return to higher standards of living we must abandon the false prophets and seek new leaders of our own choosing.” LeaderReturnHigherStandardsProphetAbandonStandards Of LivingHigher StandardsFalse Prophets Book:The Essential Franklin Delano Roosevelt Source: The Essential Franklin Delano Roosevelt
“I want to become the first European floor leader to succeed in the NBA. I want to be the standard-bearer and prove we can succeed here.” WantFirstsLeaderSucceedProveStandardsNba Author:Tony Parker
“The unwillingness of most leaders to set standards, to administer feedback when standards are not met, to praise clearly when standards are met, stands in the way of the development of excellence. The leader who makes no demands of his disciples cannot really lead them at all. The sense of new excitement and new challenge generated by the gospel will be blunted by leaders who shield followers from the full demands of fellowship.” WayChallengesLeaderDevelopmentMetsDemandStandardsPraiseExcellenceExcitementFollowersDiscipleFeedbackFellowshipShieldsNew Challenges Author:Neal A. Maxwell
“It's OK for China to invent cancer drugs that cure patients in the United States. We want them to catch up. But as the leader, we want to keep setting a very, very high standard. We don't want them to catch up because we're slowing down or, even worse, going into reverse.” WantStatesUnitedLeaderUnited StatesDrugStandardsPatientCancerChinaSettingCuresSettingsReverseSlow DownHigh StandardsSlowing Author:Bill Gates
“I think that different leaders, whether it`s Bernie Sanders, Hillary Clinton, or Paul Ryan, saying that we`re not going to turn on each other, which is exactly what ISIS wants. I think that`s what this moment calls for and I think, right now, you see who are the pandering demagogues, and who are the people who really have a higher standard and the best public interest at heart.” PeopleThinkingWantHeartDifferentMomentsTurnsInterestLeaderHigherRight NowStandardsClintonIsisTurn-onPublic InterestHigher Standards Author:Steve King
“Two of the great leaders of the past - Booker T. Washington and Frederick Douglass - had White fathers - who deserted them. Now Margo Jefferson, who is hard on me and the fellas, wrote in the Times that she has nocturnal, erotic fantasies about John Wayne. What's up with these feminists? Do you see these double standards these feminists have? They dream about John Wayne, but they're hard on us [Black men].” MenTwoHardDreamPastFatherBlackWhiteLeaderFantasyStandardsFeministEroticGreat LeaderWayneDouble StandardDesertedFellasNocturnal Author:Ishmael Reed
“The New Deal never rethought the draconian racist immigration restriction policies of the 20s, of course, but its electoral base rested significantly on "ethnic" voters, whose activism was both hemmed in and rewarded by the Democrats. Southern and Eastern Europeans were included as secondary leaders of the new industrial unions, and as entitled citizens qualified for social security, unemployment compensation, and fair labor standards protections, even as workers of color were largely left out of key areas of the welfare state.” StatesCoursesLeftSocialDealsLeaderSecurityPolicyColorKeysCitizensStandardsAreasFairsLaborUnionsDemocratWorkersProtectionActivismImmigrationWelfareRacistVotersSouthernEntitledUnemploymentEasternSocial SecurityQualifiedCompensationRestrictionLeft OutWelfare StateNew DealDraconian Author:David Roediger
“If a leader engages in sinful activity that becomes the standard, if he is strict that becomes the standard.” IfsLeaderActivityStandardsStrict Author:Radhanath Swami