Punchlines from 21 irrefutable laws of leadership.
-John Maxwell.
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- Hire the best staff you can find, develop them as much as you can, and hand off everything you possibly can to them.
- Only Secure Leaders Give Power to Others.
- The best executive is the one who has sense enough to pick good men to do what he wants done, and self-restraint enough
to keep from meddling with them while they do it.”
—THEODORE ROOSEVELT. - Leading well is not about enriching yourself—it’s about empowering others.
- The number one enemy of empowerment is the fear of losing what we have.
- Effective leaders are not only willing to change; they become change agents.
- Great leaders gain authority by giving it away.”
—JAMES B. STOCKDALE - To push people down, you have to go down with them.
- The main ingredient for empowering others is a high belief in people. If you believe in others, they will believe in themselves.
- Enlarging others makes you larger.
- The leader’s effective modeling of the vision makes the picture come alive!
- Followers may doubt what their leaders say, but they usually believe what they do.
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- IT’S EASIER TO TEACH WHAT’S RIGHT THAN TO DO WHAT’S RIGHT.
- Nothing is more convincing than people who give good advice and set a good example.
- “Leaders tell but never teach until they practice what they preach.”
—FEATHERSTONE - WE SHOULD WORK ON CHANGING OURSELVES BEFORE TRYING TO IMPROVE
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Punchlines from 21 irrefutable laws of leadership.
-John Maxwell.
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- Leaders are responsible for the performance of their people.
- As a leader, the first person I need to lead is me.
- THE MOST VALUABLE GIFT A LEADER CAN GIVE IS BEING A GOOD EXAMPLE.
- Example is Leadership.
- The leader finds the dream and then the people. The people find the leader and then the dream.
- People don’t at first follow worthy causes. They follow worthy leaders who promote causes they can believe in.
- People want to go along with people they get along with.
- As a leader, your success is measured by your ability to actually take the people where they need to go. But you can do that only if the people first buy into you.
- Victorious leaders possess an unwillingness to accept defeat.The alternative to winning is totally unacceptable to them.
- “What is our aim? I can answer in one word: Victory—victory at all costs, victory in spite of all terror, victory, however long
and hard the road my be; for without victory, there is no survival.”
—WINSTON CHURCHILL - When the pressure is on, great leaders are at their best. Whatever is inside them comes to the surface.
- A team doesn’t win the championship if its players are working from different agendas.
- You’ve got to have great athletes to win, I don’t care who the coach is. You can’t win without good athletes, but you can lose
with them. This is where coaching makes the difference.”
—LOU HOLTZ
Compiled by Feranmi Oladigbo
About; Oladigbo Feranmi is a leadership enthusiast.
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