“many rules could be made for the giving of orders. Don't preach when you give orders. Don't discuss matters already settled unless you have fresh data. Make your direction so specific that there will be no question whether they have been obeyed or not. Find out how to give directions and yet to allow people opportunity for independent thinking, for initiative. And so on and so on. Order-giving requires just as much study and just as much training as any other skill we wish to acquire.” PeopleThinkingGivingHas BeensMadeMatterOrderOpportunityWishLeadershipStudySkillsTrainingIndependentManagementDataAcquireInitiativeIndependent Thinking Author:Mary Parker Follett
“Now that we are recognizing more fully the value of the individual, now that management is defining more exactly the function of each, many are coming to regard the leader as the man who can energize his group, who knows how to encourage initiative, how to draw from all what each has to give.” KnowsMenGivingValuesIndividualLeadershipLeaderKnow HowGroupsHe ManDrawsFunctionRegardManagementInitiativeRecognizingDefining Author:Mary Parker Follett
“Initiating is really and truly difficult, and that's what leaders do. They see something others are ignoring and they jump on it.” MotivationalDifficultLeadershipLeaderInitiative Book:Tribes: We Need You to Lead Us Source: Tribes: We Need You to Lead Us
“Time is neutral and does not change things. With courage and initiative, leaders change things.” DoePoliticalTimePoliticsLeadershipLeaderCourageEternityInitiativeBe Courageous Author:Jesse Jackson
“You cannot build character and courage by destroying men's initiative and independence.” MenCharacterLeadershipFreedomCourageEconomicIndependenceLibertarianDestroyingInitiativeRich And PoorThriftWeakeningHelp The PoorGreat FreedomHappy Independence Day IndiaCharacter Of A ManEconomic IndependenceDestroying YouDestroying Me Author:William J. H. Boetcker
“Be willing to make decisions. That's the most important quality in a good leader. Don't fall victim to what I call the 'ready-aim-aim-aim-aim syndrome'. You must be willing to fire.” LifeImportantFallLeadershipDecisionQualityLeaderFireWillingReadyAimVictimInitiativeSyndromesMaking DecisionsGood LeaderGood QualityDecisions MadeImportant DecisionsDecisions You Make Author:T. Boone Pickens
“The right man is the one who seizes the moment.” MenMomentsInspirationLiteratureOpportunityLeadershipCourageInitiativeRight ManSeize The OpportunitySeize The Moment Author:Johann Wolfgang von Goethe