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“I wanted to dismantle the bollocks that there's a military structure to a gang, with a leader, second leader, the good looking one, first babe, second babe. It's far more arbitrary than that and their values shouldn't be romanticised. They aren't something you want to sign up to.”

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Author:Peter Mullan

“Every leader is telling a story... about what he or she values.”

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Author:Walt Disney

“Once you begin to take yourself seriously as a leader or as a follower, as a modern or as a conservative, then you become a self-conscious, biting, and scratching little animal whose work is not of the slightest value or importance to anybody.”

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Book:The Essays of Virginia Woolf: 1929-1932

Source: The Essays of Virginia Woolf: 1929-1932

“Americans ... want leaders who share their values, understand their needs, and respect their intelligence.”

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Author:Tom Vilsack

“I believe that in order to be a good leader you must understand the value of praising people to success.”

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Book:The Mary Kay Way: Timeless Principles from America's Greatest Woman Entrepreneur

Source: The Mary Kay Way: Timeless Principles from America's Greatest Woman Entrepreneur

“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

“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.”

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Author:Mary Parker Follett

“Recognizing the good, not just in one's own personal circumstances, but in the world, makes anything possible. When I am asked about the important characteristics of leadership, being of good, positive mind is at the top of my list. If a leader can focus on the meritorious characteristics of other people and try to play to their strengths as well as find value in even the most difficult situation, she can inspire hope and faith in others and motivate them to move forward.”

“The leader beyond the millennium will not be the leader who has learned the lessons of how to do it, with ledgers of 'hows' balanced with 'its' that dissolve in the crashing changes ahead. The leader for today and the future will be focused on how to be - how to develop quality, character mind-set, values, principles, and courage.”

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Author:Frances Hesselbein

“As Americans we rightfully place tremendous value on having a free and independent press. Our role as journalists is to give voice to the voiceless, and hold our leaders and institutions accountable. But the circle is only completed when that information is consumed by a free thinking and engaged audience.”

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Author:Lester Holt

“I've long held the belief that as a leader, I can't ask of you something that I can't do myself, and I can't impose on you values that I don't live out.”

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Author:Jesse Robredo

“The institutional leader is primarily an expert in the promotion and protection of values.”

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Book:Leadership in Administration: A Sociological Interpretation

Source: Leadership in Administration: A Sociological Interpretation

“People do a better job if they respect the leader of the company. I learned that on my mission - the value of people and how to truly appreciate them.”

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Author:David Neeleman

“Mormon leaders said in a statement they will reexamine their ties to the Boy Scouts. "The church," they said, "has always welcomed all boys to its Scouting units regardless of sexual orientation. However, the admission of openly gay leaders is inconsistent with the doctrines of the church and what have traditionally been the values of the Boy Scouts of America."”

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Author:Gwen Ifill