I never thought in terms of being a leader. I thought very simply in terms of helping people.
Every leader needs to clearly explain the top three things the organization is working on. If you can't, then you're not leading well.
We started Kotter International to improve leaders' ability to deal with big, important transformations in organizations - and in their lives.
While Kuwait is not a democracy, giving only half the population a voice in their government is not a policy this Congress should support and one that I am glad that Kuwait's leaders are changing.
I like moral judgment to emerge from the reader. We are being sold a very simplistic morality by our leaders at a time when nuance and understanding are at a premium.
While leaders spend considerable time and effort trying to envision markets and pushing out innovation, empathy can often generate simple, yet breakthrough ideas.
A simple way to address hidden curriculum issues is to spend time talking with staff and key leaders about their spiritual lives.
I think trust is primarily built through relationships, and it's important because it's the foundational currency that a leader has with his team or his followers.
We're not going to have the America that we want until we elect leaders who are going to tell the truth - not most days, but every day.
We don't go into journalism to be popular. It is our job to seek the truth and put constant pressure on our leaders until we get answers.
Scientist 1: Einstein WAS right! Team Leader: Einstein was PROBABLY one of them!
The job of elected leaders is to deliver results that represent the interests of the citizens who placed them in a position of authority with their voice, their vote. But these days, money talks louder.
There are very few groups that really stay together. The leaders of groups make enough money to be able to afford to work a maximum of 35-40 weeks a year.
By their own admission, leaders of the Republican Revolution of 1994 think their greatest mistake was overlooking the power of the veto. They gave the impression they were somehow in charge when they weren't.
I do not believe that the people of Ontario judge their leaders on the basis of race, sexual orientation, colour or religion. I don't believe they hold that prejudice in their hearts.
Our nation and those of the developed world must offer our own resistance to despot leaders who seek to commit murder on the basis of religion or race.
The sad thing is that apparently if you want to become the next Premier or the leader, suddenly you've got to shut down your human side.
A society that respects women needs to elect leaders who care more about women's lives than they do about their or their company's bottom line.
I grew up in a society where everything you did was eavesdropped on, recorded, snitched on. I had friends when we were kids getting into trouble for telling anecdotes about Communist leaders.
Jesse Jackson is a leader and a teacher who can open our hearts and open our minds and stir our very souls.
In a sinful world, no community can exist for long where nobody is ever held accountable: no teacher would grade a student's performance; no citizen would sit on a jury or call a failed leader to account.
