“Leaders need to provide strategy and direction and to give employees tools that enable them to gather information and insight from around the world. Leaders shouldn't try to make every decision.” WorldNeedsGivingTryingLeadershipDecisionLeaderInformationToolsStrategyInsightAround The WorldEmployeeWorld Leader Book:Business @ the Speed of Thought: Succeeding in the Digital Economy Source: Business @ the Speed of Thought: Succeeding in the Digital Economy
“Sometimes I'll trust my gut more than my head. Logical information might lead me in one direction and my feelings in another. Whereas I would have followed my head ten years ago, now I'm as likely or more likely to go with my gut feeling. It's ironic - you'd think the opposite would be true as you move to the top but it's not.” ThinkingYearsSometimesFeelingsMightWould BeMovingLeadershipInformationTenYears AgoOppositesIntuitionBeing TrueGutsLogicalIronicLeading MeOne DirectionGut Feelings Author:Donna Shalala
“Top-down leaders, by withholding power from those in the ranks, deprive them of the ability to use the expertise and information vested in them to respond directly and with speed to customer concerns.” UseLeadershipAbilityLeaderInformationConcernCustomersSpeedExpertiseWithholdingTop Down Author:Sally Helgesen
“Leadership is about making decisions with the information you have, not the information people will have 12 years later, i kind of feel sorry for my friend Jeb Bush.” PeopleFeelsYearsKindLeadershipDecisionInformationMy FriendsSorryMaking Decisions Author:Mike Huckabee