Quotes About Leadership

Sheep are always looking for a new shepherd when the terrain gets rocky.

He made a lousy passenger, barking instructions I ignored

Either I can stay up here and freeze my ladycrackers off trying to find a falling star, or you can do something about it yourself. I— and my freezing nether regions— would thank you most assuredly. As would all of Dalkeith. Do something, man." - Grimm

One of the primary tenets of the course was that highly successful leaders kept journals, morning and night, in order to stay tightly focused on their goals.

DANCER ELIAS GARRICK "NEVER THE SIDEKICK, ALWAYS THE HERO. I'LL SEE YOU IN THE SLIPSTREAM.

The leader of a cause is never the cause itself.

To be a protector, you can't think like a protector. You must always think like a conqueror first.

I wanted to watch her save the world, and feel on top of it.

He can deal with not being able to control you as long as you let the world believe he does. He's king here, honey. Kings can't be challenged publicly.

Failure to involve leadership, employ cross-functional teams, and include relevant metrics, for example, often results in subpar future state designs that collect dust.

Beware leaders that want to negotiate for shorter time frames than the team feels is prudent. Most leaders have been away from the front lines for a long time and have grown out of touch with how long it takes to plan and execute well-thought-out improvements.

We find a direct link between results and the degree to which the executive sponsor remains visibly engaged.

Executing and sustaining change requires a different set of organizational behaviors than those required for planning.

When we ask leaders and improvement professionals what the most difficult aspect to making change is, they nearly always say, "Sustaining.

We cannot empathize this enough: sustaining improvements begins with proper planning, followed by proper execution and management.

stay balanced and beware: don't let the team succumb to analysis paralysis

designing the ability to operate with fewer customer complaints, less firefighting, and reduced interdepartmental tension brings tremendous hope to leaders and their staffs who may be feeling the pressure from an underperforming value stream.

Rather than viewing value stream mapping as just a toll to reduce operational waste, the broader use of value stream mapping as a methodology to transform leadership thinking, define strategy and priorities, and assure that customers are receiving high levels of value is where value stream mapping earns its brightest stripes.

When you stop relying on aversive controls such as threats, intimidation, and punishment, and when you know how to use reinforcement to get not just the same but better results, your perception of the world undergoes a shift. You don't have to become a wimp. You don't have to give up being in charge. You lose nothing of yourself. You just see things you didn't see before.

I am your sugarplum fairy commodore in chief.

No one can give you authority. But if you act like you have it, others will believe you do.

Government must be a transparent garment which tightly clings to the peoples body.

How is the world ruled and led to war? Diplomats lie to journalists and believe the lies when they see them in print.

Democracy means the opportunity to be everyone's slave.