Quotes about Leadership Dynamics

The stakes are high," Musharraf told Bush over a secure telephone. "We are with you." Yet it was obvious from the start that Musharraf saw Afghanistan and Al Qaeda through his own prism. "In almost every conversation we had," Bush recalled, "Musharraf accused India of wrongdoing."12

The "contempt of cops" by those in their chain of command creates Toxic Boss Blues.

I was needed, but I myself did not need. I had followers, but not allies, and only now do I understand the difference. And it is vast.

Peoples will be as before, the sheep sent to the slaughterhouses or to the meadows as it pleases the shepherds.

As captain you're involved immensely. You get worked up, you get carried away. It slowly dies down once you're a player. You realise you've to take the back seat.

It's very difficult, I would imagine, to distinguish father and daughter. And maybe some of it comes as I'm doing my thing and my father being a very strong political African figure for so many years. Whatever he does is almost like some kind of cloud on top.

The difference between a democracy and a dictatorship is that in a democracy you vote first and take orders later; in a dictatorship you don't have to waste your time voting

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We are led by the least among us and we do not fight back against the dehumanizing values that are handed down as control icons.

many people must be ruled to thrive. In their selfishness and greed, they see free people as their oppressors. They wish to have a leader who will cut the taller plants so the sun will reach them. They think no plant should be allowed to grow taller than the shortest, and in that way give light to all. They would rather be provided a guiding light, regardless of the fuel, than light a candle themselves.

Richard will have my hand, but you should know as well as anyone that he will not be eating out of it –and I wouldn't want him to." - Kahlan

The people who really run organizations are usually found several levels down, where it is still possible to get things done.

Vimes had never got on with any game much more complex than darts. Chess in particular had always annoyed him. It was the dumb way the pawns went off and slaughtered their fellow pawns while the kings lounged about doing nothing that always got to him; if only the pawns united, maybe talked the rooks round, the whole board could've been a republic in a dozen moves.

Most armies are in fact run by their sergeants—the officers are there just to give things a bit of tone and prevent warfare from becoming a mere lower-class brawl.

An elephant is the king of the jungle for the simple reason a lion is only brave when there is loads of them.

I enjoy directing more when I don't have to direct myself. I like when I can just be the director.

Some directors have just one way of working; you either have to adhere to it or you don't.

'House Of Cards' with Kevin Spacey - I love how it portrays humans in power as just like the rest of us - but even worse.

Communication is key to having a good team.

This magistrate is not the king. The people are the king.

Winston would now have to work with the new president, a man named Harry Truman whom we had met briefly

Democracy means the opportunity to be everyone's slave.

People who build family businesses are not classically trained. They have to deal with an enormous amount of politics. You think corporate politics are tough? Go work for your dad or your mom.

This is the essential lesson of politics: in the end ruling is the objective, not ruling well.