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“Imagine a place where everyone chooses to bring energy, passion, and a positive attitude every day.”

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Author:Stephen C. Lundin

“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.”

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Book:Dynamic administration: the collected papers of Mary Parker Follett

Source: Dynamic administration: the collected papers of Mary Parker Follett

“An effective leader is willing to think about what's happening and how to understand what's going on. Facilitating flow and making others more conscious of it, the leader communicates an awareness of process to the group, making them more aware of their energies and options. One important principle is to keep track of who has not spoken. ... It's also important to notice when people do speak out but are not heard. Effective leaders practice patience, reminding themselves to wait and observe, remembering that there's always more going on in a group than we're consciously aware of.”

“Fire above the mark you intend to hit. Energy, invincible determination, with the right motive, are the levers that move the world.”

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Author:Noah Porter

“A half-century after racing the Russians to the moon, the U.S. is barely suiting up in the international race to secure interests in the Arctic.”

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Author:Rick Larsen

“Leaders shape our visions of the possible and direct our energies toward it.”

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Book:Toxic leaders: when organizations go bad

Source: Toxic leaders: when organizations go bad

“Leadership is elusive and enigmatic, just as it is enlightening and empowering. It is a bright light among human energies that sometimes, by its very intensity, casts a long and dark shadow.”

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Book:Toxic leaders: when organizations go bad

Source: Toxic leaders: when organizations go bad

“A leader has the vision and conviction that a dream can be achieved. He inspires the power and energy to get it done.”

“The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled.”

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Author:Plutarch

“In organizations, real power and energy is generated through relationships. The patterns of relationships and the capacities to form them are more important than tasks, functions, roles, and positions.”

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Author:Margaret J. Wheatley

“Don’t waste your energy trying to educate or change opinions; go over, under, through, and opinions will change organically when you’re the boss. Or they won’t. Who cares? Do your thing, and don’t care if they like it.”

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Author:Tina Fey

“Your first and foremost job as a leader is to take charge of your own energy and then help to orchestrate the energy of those around you.”

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Author:Peter Drucker

“How do you know you have won? When the energy is coming the other way and when your people are visibly growing individually and as a group.”

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Author:John Harvey-Jones

“A leader's role is to raise people's aspirations for what they can become and to release their energies so they will try to get there.”

“However beautiful the strategy, you should occasionally look at the results.”

“Clear, written goals have a wonderful effect on your thinking. They motivate you and galvanize you into action. They stimulate your creativity, release your energy, and help you to overcome procrastination as much as any other factor.”

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Book:Eat That Frog!: 21 Great Ways to Stop Procrastinating and Get More Done in Less Time

Source: Eat That Frog!: 21 Great Ways to Stop Procrastinating and Get More Done in Less Time

“Disappointment and adversity can be catalysts for greatness. There's something particularly exciting about being the hunter, as opposed to the hunted. And that can make for powerful energy.”

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Author:Cathy Freeman