Quotes About Leadership

Don't have a reputation for being a nice guy—that won't do you any good Muskie was the best of them all, the absolute best, because nobody wanted to tangle with the guy. You know, why tangle with the guy? Why ruin your day? A bad temper is a very powerful political tool because most people don't like confrontation.

Historically, the coupling of president and Speaker has been a tricky one that encourages a choreography both quick-footed and wary

the Senate in 1958. He was the

O'Neill was perceptive enough to understand the country had a new leader that it wanted to believe in. After the tragedy of Dallas, after the quicksand of Vietnam, the scandal of Watergate, and the "malaise" of Jimmy Carter, it needed one.

Staffers tend to mimic their bosses, to take their key from them.

on-air appearance you could see that the secretary of state

In politics there is a large difference between loosing and being defeated.

The author contrasts leadership styles he describes as wholesale and retail. The whole sale leader rallies groups to an overriding vision, and to him individuals are interchangeable. The retail leader knows everyone's details and uses personal touches to motivate.

Chris Matthews

To lead the people, walk behind them. — LAO TZU

Elected officials laugh when a butcher, presented with a pig, wastes the squeal.

Success is causing the world around you to aspire to your inspiration.

Kings don't beg, they decree. They have only one destiny and that's to reign. God has made you king. Reign and rule, refuse to beg!

You are not a success until you start changing other lives permanently.

But the ability to articulate what you are doing, to be clear about it, and to stick to it is, I think, the essence of political leadership.

Everything is improved by the judicious application of primates.

I think my best work is when I'm kind of in charge.

by the way, Adams – unlike Madison – actually signed the Bill of Rights." Well, of course James Madison, as a member of the House of Representatives, didn't sign the Bill of Rights, and John Adams, as president of the Senate, did!

What is it they say about an organisation being like a tree full of monkeys? The ones at the top look down and see a lot of smiling faces, the ones at the bottom look up and see a bunch of arseholes?

Scrum recognizes only three distinct roles: product owner, scrum master, and team member

We have seen a few examples of teams trying to have one person serve as both scrum master and product owner. In all the cases we have seen, this has failed.

While a team's deliverable is the product, a scrum master's deliverable is a high-performing, self-organizing team.

While a team's deliverable is the product, a scrum master's deliverable is a high-performing, self-organizing team. The

Build projects around motivated individuals. Give them the environment and support they need, and trust them to get the job done.