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Visionary decision-making happens at the intersection of intuition and logic.
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Paul O'Brien (Great Decisions, Perfect Timing: Cultivating Intuitive Intelligence)
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Great leaders always seem to embody two seemingly disparate qualities. They are both highly visionary and highly practical.
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John C. Maxwell (The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership: Follow Them and People Will Follow You)
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You need to choose your association according to your vision.
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Onyi Anyado
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companies should focus on one of three value disciplines: operational excellence, product leadership, or customer intimacy.
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Alexander Osterwalder (Business Model Generation: A Handbook for Visionaries, Game Changers, and Challengers (The Strategyzer Series 1))
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Good leaders have vision and inspire others to help them turn vision into reality. Great leaders have vision, share vision, and inspire others to create their own.
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Roy Bennett
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True leaders are willing to die for their dreams. They don't oppress with ignorance; they impress with visions". They live like Martin Luther King Jr, Nelson Mandela...
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Israelmore Ayivor
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Ballot papers do not define leaders. Leadership is defined by conviction, vision, passion and inspiration.
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Israelmore Ayivor
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Never give up.
Never give up on your hopes.
Never give up on your dreams.
Never give up on your visions.
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Lailah Gifty Akita
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Critics are loud, but success is louder.
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Matshona Dhliwayo
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There is enough mystery in human nature to keep the world stuck in a perpetual state of righteous speculation. Only the wise and compassionate will rise above it, with enough vision to see that inconsistency is a normal occurrence, during the spiritual battle of forgiveness and justice.
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Shannon L. Alder
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The leader has to be practical and a realist yet must talk the language of the visionary and the idealist.
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Eric Hoffer
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The worst kind of poverty is the poverty of vision.
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Onyi Anyado
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Leaders don't define wealth by material things they see. They define wealth by the visions they imagine and actions they take.
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Israelmore Ayivor (Leaders' Ladder)
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A visionary is a leader of excellence who sees what others do not see, who achieves for now and plans for the future, who positively impacts different generations and raises up other visionaries.
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Onyi Anyado
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We are the visionaries, inventors, and artists. We think differently, see the world differently, and solve problems differently. It is from this difference that the dyslexic brain derives its brilliance.
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Tiffany Sunday (Dyslexia's Competitive Edge: Business and Leadership Insights and Strategies for Dyslexic Entrepreneurs, Business Owners, and Professionals)
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In five minutes you should know if people have confirmed, calculated & considered your vision.
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Onyi Anyado
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What differentiates victors and victims are visions and vigor. Victims won't get the vim to step out of their situations.
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Israelmore Ayivor (Leaders' Ladder)
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Discerning the difference between a dictator and a leader is quite easy. The former cannot help but see ‘leading’ and ‘serving’ as stark contradictions that by their very nature are utterly incompatible. The latter can’t tell the difference
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Craig D. Lounsbrough
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من ينظر إلي خارجه .. يحلم
ومن ينظر بداخله .. يستيقظ
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Robin S. Sharma (Leadership Wisdom from the Monk Who Sold His Ferrari: The 8 Rituals of Visionary Leaders)
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Taking a leap of faith is better than taking a leap of doubt.
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Matshona Dhliwayo
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In order to be a tech leader, visionary and strategist you can't fear being wrong - it is going to happen sooner or later!
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Kevin Coleman (Conservation)
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With the world now a global village, your vision has to transcend different races and faces in different places around the world.
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Onyi Anyado
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To me, a leader is a visionary that energizes others. This definition of leadership has two key dimensions: a) creating the vision of the future, and b) inspiring others to make the vision a reality.
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Vince Lombardi
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When all the facts are in, swift and clear decision is another mark of a true leader. A visionary may see, but a leader must decide. An impulsive person may be quick to declare a preference; but a leader must weigh evidence and make his decision on sound premises.
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J. Oswald Sanders (Spiritual Leadership (Commitment To Spiritual Growth))
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Leaders act with visions; they don't react with emotions. Maturity is when you don't allow your bad feelings to direct your good dealings.
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Israelmore Ayivor (Leaders' Ladder)
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Ineffective leadership, is the plight of followers who anoint power to the autocratic persons who's visions are not founded but are rather arbitrary in their nature.
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Wayne Chirisa
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Serving my generation with excellence will mean in turn, my generation can lead with excellence.
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Onyi Anyado
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When everybody is planting apples a visionary plants oranges.
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Matshona Dhliwayo
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Entrepreneur, don't just read history, write it so people can see the future in the present.
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Onyi Anyado
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Authenticity is the language of visionaries.
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Andrena Sawyer
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All great achievements are born of anomalies.
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Abhijit Naskar (The Gospel of Technology)
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True growth in a company springs from roots deep in culture, nurtured by visionary leadership.
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Enamul Haque
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Visionary leaders help people to see how their work fits into the big picture, lending people a clear sense not just that what they do matters, but also why.
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Daniel Goleman (Primal Leadership, With a New Preface by the Authors: Unleashing the Power of Emotional Intelligence (Unleashing the Power of Emotinal Intelligence))
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Only a visionary leadership that can motivate "the better angels of our nature," as Lincoln said, and activate possibilities for a freer, more efficient, and stable America -- only that leadership deserves cultivation and support. / This new leadership must be grounded in grassroots organizing that highlights democratic accountability. Whoever our leaders will be as we approach the twenty-first century, their challenge will be to help Americans determine whether a genuine multiracial democracy can be created and sustained in an era of global economy and a moment of xenophobic frenzy.
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Cornel West (Race Matters)
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In the short term, there is scant room for dreaming, for one must choose between being taken seriously and being visionary. In the long term, however, leadership cannot afford to overlook the wisdom of dreams, even the wisdom of playful dreaming. Vision that bounds higher than the barriers that confine us often spring from earnest playfulness.
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John Carver (Boards That Make a Difference: A New Design for Leadership in Nonprofit and Public Organizations (JOSSEY BASS NONPROFIT & PUBLIC MANAGEMENT SERIES))
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Do you have the humility to continually grow, to learn from your failures and get back up? Are you utterly relentless for your cause, ferocious for your cause? Can you channel your intensity and intelligence and energy and talents and gifts and ideas outward into something that is bigger and more impactful than you are? That’s what great leadership is about.
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Brent Schlender (Becoming Steve Jobs: The evolution of a reckless upstart into a visionary leader)
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In an era of globalization, we recognize that we are part of a global society, but we have no idea how to make such a society work. So far, no unified vision or leadership has emerged to guide us in this endeavor. We have not yet found a way to expand the spiritual ideals of democracy so that they pertain to every human being, every animal, and every plant. Until we do, human civilization and the Earth's ecosystem will continue to be in peril.
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Victor Shamas (The Way of Play: Reclaiming Divine Fun & Celebration)
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When visionaries die, their vision lives on.
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Gift Gugu Mona
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Blind minds are worst than blind eyes. That you have eyes does not mean that you have vision. Visionaries do not look they see whlie people look.
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Patience Johnson (Why Does an Orderly God Allow Disorder)
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We must be drawn by the idea of where we want to go more than we dislike the idea of all the work it is going to take to get there.
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Scott Hammerle (Lessons from the Castle: My Journey From Prince Charming to Executive Level Leader and How You Can Find The Legendary Leader Within)
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People might consider you eccentric for being different, but this is good. Leaders and visionaries are not conformists afraid of standing out.
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Fennel Hudson (A Meaningful Life - Fennel's Journal - No. 1)
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When you are on a great mission, look simple;think and act complexly
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Ernest Agyemang Yeboah
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Most leaders are not visionary but managerial.
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Henry Kissinger (Leadership: Six Studies in World Strategy)
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Vision is imagination fueled by an indomitable force of determination, dedication and courage.
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Abhijit Naskar (Operation Justice: To Make A Society That Needs No Law)
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Intention directs perception
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Jaco Snoek
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The hands-off manager is a different kind of visionary. The hands-off manager's vision is not a vision for what the company will be in 10 years. It’s a vision that sees into the potential of his people right here and now. Your success as a hands-off manager will be directly related to your ever-increasing ability to see more in your people than they’re seeing in themselves. The next step is inviting them to your vision of them.
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Steve Chandler (Hands Off Manager: How to Mentor People and Allow Them to Be Successful)
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When you start pursuing your vision, some people will try to discourage you. When they can't discourage you, they'll try to discredit you. When they can't discredit you, they'll start saying they were there from the start.
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Andrena Sawyer
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The idealized leader is a superb communicator, a visionary thinker, a hands-on specialist in everything who can also get the right things done and follow through in fine detail on everything discussed. This leader does not exist.
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BusinessNews Publishing (Summary: Strengths Based Leadership: Review and Analysis of Rath and Conchie's Book)
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We are a nation founded on a visionary and, at the time, radical idea. That visionary idea is that every human life has potential, and everyone has the right to fulfill his or her potential. That is what the Founders meant when they wrote “life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.
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Carly Fiorina (Rising to the Challenge: My Leadership Journey)
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Jesus, CEO: Using Ancient Wisdom for Visionary Leadership is based on three simple premises: 1. One person trained twelve human beings who went on to so influence the world that time itself is now recorded as being before (B.C.) or after (A.D.) his existence. 2. This person worked with a staff that was totally human and not divine … a staff that in spite of illiteracy, questionable backgrounds, fractious feelings, and momentary cowardice went on to accomplish the tasks he trained them to do. They did this for one main reason — to be with him again. 3. His leadership style was intended to be put to use by any of us.
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Laurie Beth Jones (Jesus, CEO: Using Ancient Wisdom for Visionary Leadership (Fast Facts))
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If you’re involved in building and managing a company, we’re asking you to think less in terms of being a brilliant product visionary or seeking the personality characteristics of charismatic leadership, and to think more in terms of being an organizational visionary and building the characteristics of a visionary company.
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Jim Collins (Built to Last: Successful Habits of Visionary Companies (Good to Great Book 2))
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Nevertheless, the radio continued to blare forth statistics demonstrating how under the visionary leadership of the gifted agronomist Krushchev, Soviet agriculture was overcoming the errors of Stalin and producing ever-larger quantities of meat, milk, butter, bread and other foodstuffs.
If we have so much bread, why am I standing in line at four A.M., hoping I can buy some before it runs out? And Milk! There has been no milk in all Rubtsovsk for five days and no meat for two weeks. Well, as they say, if you want milk, just take your pail to the radio. But why does the radio keep announcing something which anybody with eyes knows is not true?
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John Daniel Barron (MIG Pilot: The Final Escape of Lt. Belenko)
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Great leaders live and leave noble and indelible footprints. Any leader can start something. Any leader can do anything but, the real hallmark and a great measure of a great leader is not necessarily what happens now but, what happens later. The noble works of a true and a great leader stand the test of time and never vanish with time.
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Ernest Agyemang Yeboah
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Millennial women are less likely than Millennial men to agree that the statement "I aspire to a leadership role in whatever field I ultimately work" descried them very well. Millennial women were also less likely than their male peers to characterize themselves as "leaders," "visionaries," "self-confident," and "willing to take risks." (p.16)
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Sheryl Sandberg (Lean In for Graduates)
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Theodore Hesburgh said, “The very essence of leadership is that you have a vision. It’s got to be a vision you can articulate clearly and forcefully on every occasion. You can’t blow an uncertain trumpet.” An “uncertain trumpet” is usually the result of an individual who either lacks a vision or is trying to lead with someone else’s dream. There is a vast difference between a person with a vision and a visionary person.
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John C. Maxwell (The Maxwell Daily Reader: 365 Days of Insight to Develop the Leader Within You and Influence Those Around You)
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Qualities such as honesty, determination, and a cheerful acceptance of stress, which can all be identified through probing questionnaires and interviews, may be more important to the company in the long run than one's college grade-point average or years of "related experience."
Every business is only as good as the people it brings into the organization. The corporate trainer should feel his job is the most important in the company, because it is.
Exalt seniority-publicly, shamelessly, and with enough fanfare to raise goosebumps on the flesh of the most cynical spectator. And, after the ceremony, there should be some sort of permanent display so that employees passing by are continuously reminded of their own achievements and the achievements of others.
The manager must freely share his expertise-not only about company procedures and products and services but also with regard to the supervisory skills he has worked so hard to acquire. If his attitude is, "Let them go out and get their own MBAs," the personnel under his authority will never have the full benefit of his experience. Without it, they will perform at a lower standard than is possible, jeopardizing the manager's own success.
Should a CEO proclaim that there is no higher calling than being an employee of his organization? Perhaps not-for fear of being misunderstood-but it's certainly all right to think it. In fact, a CEO who does not feel this way should look for another company to manage-one that actually does contribute toward a better life for all.
Every corporate leader should communicate to his workforce that its efforts are important and that employees should be very proud of what they do-for the company, for themselves, and, literally, for the world. If any employee is embarrassed to tell his friends what he does for a living, there has been a failure of leadership at his workplace.
Loyalty is not demanded; it is created.
Why can't a CEO put out his own suggested reading list to reinforce the corporate vision and core values? An attractive display at every employee lounge of books to be freely borrowed, or purchased, will generate interest and participation. Of course, the program has to be purely voluntary, but many employees will wish to be conversant with the material others are talking about. The books will be another point of contact between individuals, who might find themselves conversing on topics other than the weekend football games. By simply distributing the list and displaying the books prominently, the CEO will set into motion a chain of events that can greatly benefit the workplace. For a very cost-effective investment, management will have yet another way to strengthen the corporate message.
The very existence of many companies hangs not on the decisions of their visionary CEOs and energetic managers but on the behavior of its receptionists, retail clerks, delivery drivers, and service personnel.
The manager must put himself and his people through progressively challenging courage-building experiences. He must make these a mandatory group experience, and he must lead the way.
People who have confronted the fear of public speaking, and have learned to master it, find that their new confidence manifests itself in every other facet of the professional and personal lives. Managers who hold weekly meetings in which everyone takes on progressively more difficult speaking or presentation assignments will see personalities revolutionized before their eyes.
Command from a forward position, which means from the thick of it. No soldier will ever be inspired to advance into a hail of bullets by orders phoned in on the radio from the safety of a remote command post; he is inspired to follow the officer in front of him. It is much more effective to get your personnel to follow you than to push them forward from behind a desk.
The more important the mission, the more important it is to be at the front.
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Dan Carrison (Semper Fi: Business Leadership the Marine Corps Way)
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Even though the Internet provided a tool for virtual and distant collaborations, another lesson of digital-age innovation is that, now as in the past, physical proximity is beneficial. There is something special, as evidenced at Bell Labs, about meetings in the flesh, which cannot be replicated digitally. The founders of Intel created a sprawling, team-oriented open workspace where employees from Noyce on down all rubbed against one another. It was a model that became common in Silicon Valley. Predictions that digital tools would allow workers to telecommute were never fully realized. One of Marissa Mayer’s first acts as CEO of Yahoo! was to discourage the practice of working from home, rightly pointing out that “people are more collaborative and innovative when they’re together.” When Steve Jobs designed a new headquarters for Pixar, he obsessed over ways to structure the atrium, and even where to locate the bathrooms, so that serendipitous personal encounters would occur. Among his last creations was the plan for Apple’s new signature headquarters, a circle with rings of open workspaces surrounding a central courtyard. Throughout history the best leadership has come from teams that combined people with complementary styles. That was the case with the founding of the United States. The leaders included an icon of rectitude, George Washington; brilliant thinkers such as Thomas Jefferson and James Madison; men of vision and passion, including Samuel and John Adams; and a sage conciliator, Benjamin Franklin. Likewise, the founders of the ARPANET included visionaries such as Licklider, crisp decision-making engineers such as Larry Roberts, politically adroit people handlers such as Bob Taylor, and collaborative oarsmen such as Steve Crocker and Vint Cerf. Another key to fielding a great team is pairing visionaries, who can generate ideas, with operating managers, who can execute them. Visions without execution are hallucinations.31 Robert Noyce and Gordon Moore were both visionaries, which is why it was important that their first hire at Intel was Andy Grove, who knew how to impose crisp management procedures, force people to focus, and get things done. Visionaries who lack such teams around them often go down in history as merely footnotes.
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Walter Isaacson (The Innovators: How a Group of Hackers, Geniuses, and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution)
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Every barren land is a VISION waiting for a VISIONARY
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Fela Durotoye
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Changes that appear turbulent to organizations that rely heavily on planning may appear normal to, even welcomed by, those who prefer a more visionary or learning approach. Put more boldly, if you have no vision but only formal plans, then every unpredicted change in the environment makes you feel like the sky is falling. —Henry Mintzberg
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Will Mancini (Church Unique: How Missional Leaders Cast Vision, Capture Culture, and Create Movement (Jossey-Bass Leadership Network Series Book 35))
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the Great Man theory (that leaders are born not made, the concept closest to our idea of some people, such as Rick Rescorla, having the ‘right stuff’); trait theory (a derivative of Great Man theory, which posits that leaders are distinguished by the traits or attributes they display, such as integrity and trustworthiness); psychoanalytic theory (Freud’s idea that all social groups are representations of the family); charismatic leadership (in which a figure attracts followers purely on the basis of personality); behavioural theory (that effective leadership results from certain behaviours); situational theory (that the way leadership is executed depends on the situation); contingency theory (an expansion of situational theory, which, in addition to situation, takes account of variables such as the kind of task for which leadership is required and how much power the leader has); transactional versus transformational leadership theory (which contrasts a fairly conventional style of leadership with a more visionary, inspirational style); distributed leadership theory (which eschews a strict hierarchy for a more fluid model, in which leadership roles are shared naturally rather than being formally assigned); and servant leadership theory, in which leadership is carried out purely for the benefit of the group, often at cost to the leader himself.
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Mark Van Vugt (Naturally Selected: Why Some People Lead, Why Others Follow, and Why It Matters)
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Leadership is about being visionary, creative and initiative. It's the urge to make things better wherever and whenever possible.
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Barkin Cavdaroglu (Intersection Inc.: Book on Entrepreneurship for Young Individuals.)
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Progressive visionaries are the vehicles of effective long term reform.
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Wayne Chirisa
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The road to success begins with knowing what you need to know and why
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Savania China
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It is when we are weak that God’s power is manifest, not when we are strong [...] The trouble for many of us as Christian leaders is that we simply don’t like it! Or we think that our churches don’t want it. Faced with a choice between apparently strong, resilient, visionary, resourceful leaders or weak but prayerful ones, we secretly think the church wants the first type. We can imagine that they won’t want us if we delight in weakness. We can confuse confidence with competence, all the while neglecting character.
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Marcus Honeysett (Powerful Leaders?: When Church Leadership Goes Wrong And How to Prevent It)
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Norths were warriors, who organized and led people, and our warriors were Charlotte and Jennie. Souths were healers, who loved and nurtured: Sam and Curtis. Easts were visionaries and artists, who saw the world in new ways: Riley and me. Wests were sages and teachers, who trained and enriched our minds: Adrian and Belinda. “But, Helen . . .”—Jennie waved her hand—“in young leadership groups, I’m always an East! I’m totally an East! Dana or Riley should switch with me. I’m so not a North!” “Everyone’s a bit of everything,” said Helen.
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Michelle Huneven (Search)
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a Visionary, you choose who works for you. As a leadership team member, you choose who works with you. Only choose people that have your Core Values.
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Gino Wickman (The EOS Life)
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As we navigate the transformative era of Generative AI, let us leverage this powerful technology to redefine the boundaries of possibility, fostering creativity, efficiency, and growth. In this journey, we are not merely participants but pioneers, shaping a future where business and technology converge to unlock new realms of human achievement.
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Farshad Asl
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The smart guess matters to leaders now more than ever precisely because they face such a deluge of data—often with no clear map of what it portends for the future. As Richard Fairbank, CEO at Capital One, put it, “Finding a visionary strategy you believe as a leader is a very intuitive thing. There are many things a leader can’t predict using data. How do you know what you will need to have in three years? Yet you’ve got to start development now or you won’t have it when you need it. Our company hires brilliant data analysts; we have one of the biggest Oracle databases in the world. But at the end of the day, I find that all the data does is push us out farther on the frontier where it’s uncertain all over again.
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Daniel Goleman (Primal Leadership, With a New Preface by the Authors: Unleashing the Power of Emotional Intelligence (Unleashing the Power of Emotinal Intelligence))
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I don't need telescope to see stars.
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P.S. Jagadeesh Kumar
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ead like Beyoncé, hustle like Dwayne Johnson, and slay like Rihanna. You’re the CEO of your life, the rockstar of your own show, and the trendsetter of your destiny. So, put on your crown, channel your inner boss babe, and strut your stuff like the fierce and fabulous leader you were born to be. Life’s too short for mediocrity, darling. Embrace your power, command your domain, and let your light shine bright like a diamond in a world full of mere pebbles. You’ve got this!
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Life is Positive
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Lead like Beyoncé, hustle like Dwayne Johnson, and slay like Rihanna. You’re the CEO of your life, the rockstar of your own show, and the trendsetter of your destiny. So, put on your crown, channel your inner boss, babe, and strut your stuff like the fierce and fabulous leader you were born to be. Life’s too short for mediocrity, darling. Embrace your power, command your domain, and let your light shine bright like a diamond in a world full of mere pebbles. You’ve got this!
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Life is Positive
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Herbert Hernandez stands at the intersection of creativity and leadership. He co-founded GIGIL, a premier independent advertising agency that has received top honors such as Philippines Independent Agency of the Year. By day, he leads innovative campaigns and wins awards at prestigious events like Cannes and the APAC Effies. By night, he performs as a guitarist and songwriter for the renowned bands 6cyclemind and Moonstar88, with his song "Migraine" achieving over 100 million streams. Herbert’s 20-year career in advertising has been marked by his ability to blend artistry with business strategy, earning him accolades like a spot on Campaign’s "40 Under 40" list. A creative visionary in both music and marketing, Herbert continues to push boundaries and inspire others with his talent and innovation.
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Herbert Hernandez
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Transformational Leadership Consulting is a leadership development company that is in partnership with LMI and offers world-leading development programmes. They have over 60 years of experience and empower leaders and teams to achieve their highest potential. The consultancy focuses on creating adaptive, visionary leadership by offering tailored leadership consulting, manager training, and time management solutions. Through partnership with LMI, clients gain access to proven methodologies that enhance team dynamics, productivity, and innovation. Whether developing new managers or refining executive leadership, Marcus Haycock provides personalised, results-driven programmes designed to drive meaningful change and long-term success.
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Transformational Leadership Consulting
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Most people are locked in the moment. They are prone to overreacting and panicking, to seeing only a narrow part of the reality facing the group. They cannot entertain alternative ideas or prioritize. Those who maintain their presence of mind and elevate their perspective above the moment tap into the visionary powers of the human mind and cultivate that third eye for unseen forces and trends. They stand out from the group, fulfill the true function of leadership, and create the aura of authority by seeming to possess the godlike ability to read the future. And this is a power that can be practiced and developed and applied to any situation.
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Robert Greene (The Laws of Human Nature)
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As a leader, be a visionary who is able to learn, communicate, lead and follow others
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David Sikhosana (Change and Power)
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The numbers don’t lie: if your leader thinks stress is a sign of hard work, you’re following an idiot, not a visionary.
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Abhysheq Shukla
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By means of positive imaginations, leaders bring the future to the present so that they can work on it before setting off to enter it.
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Israelmore Ayivor (Leaders' Ladder)
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The formula for successful leadership has changed little, if at all over the centuries. It isn’t leadership that changes over time, rather where the leaders need to take their people that changes.
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Scott Hammerle (Lessons from the Castle: My Journey From Prince Charming to Executive Level Leader and How You Can Find The Legendary Leader Within)
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Vision unknown is self-abuse. Vision known is self-abuse discovery. But vision applied is self-liberation. Application is the key
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Israelmore Ayivor (Leaders' Ladder)
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The competency of people you mobilize to work with will determine the output you will receive. As a leader, always look for people who buy into your vision.
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Israelmore Ayivor (Leaders' Ladder)
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Management guru Jim Collins has some good words here. He and Morten T. Hansen studied leadership in turbulent times. They looked at more than twenty thousand companies, sifting through data in search of an answer to this question: Why in uncertain times do some companies thrive while others do not? They concluded, “[Successful leaders] are not more creative. They’re not more visionary. They’re not more charismatic. They’re not more ambitious. They’re not more blessed by luck. They’re not more risk-seeking. They’re not more heroic. And they’re not more prone to making big, bold moves.” Then what sets them apart? “They all led their teams with a surprising method of self-control in an out-of-control world.”2
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Max Lucado (God Will Use This for Good: Surviving the Mess of Life)
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It’s is good you are about something. But wait and ask, “why and how?”. Without “whys and hows”, not every energetic movement can be called progress.
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Israelmore Ayivor (Leaders' Ladder)
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It is the challenge for every leader to develop and invest in those he depends on, to ensure his or her vision is realized in the way it has been put upon the leader’s heart. These key people will enhance the success or taint the leadership image and brand of the visionary.
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Archibald Marwizi (Making Success Deliberate)
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Jessica Parker. You posses an exceptional gift of leadership. We honor your unwavering determination and your steadfast loyalty. You are a champion of justice and a true visionary guardian of the world.
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Kay Cassidy
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His lack of leadership went on public display at the annual MacWorld trade show in San Francisco, on January 7, 1987. Amelio’s opening speech was a meandering disaster.
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Brent Schlender (Becoming Steve Jobs: The Evolution of a Reckless Upstart into a Visionary Leader)
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Standing on the shoulders of the great allows you to see further than everyone.
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Matshona Dhliwayo
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visionaries lives between 2 extremes
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Ikechukwu Joseph (The Complete Leader: Jesus Christ the Accomplished Perfect Total Leader (Lesson for Leaders Book 3))
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Service introduces you to the leadership throne. Service to mankind is the vision on which leadership is mounted. You serve and in your service, you train more leaders by becoming an example!
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Israelmore Ayivor (Leaders' Watchwords)
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A CEO To increase global presence, product mix, and market share to improve and maintain shareholder earnings and value Mergers and acquisitions Reengineering and change management International corporate leadership experience Visionary strategist; identify and pursue new growth opportunities Board member and shareholder relations management Developer of world-class teams to achieve world-class results MBA from Oxford in international business Skilled in raising capital for growth and expansion
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Jay A. Block (101 Best Ways to Land a Job in Troubled Times)
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So the real goal here should be to illustrate for our children the attributes of both great leadership and faithful following. They should see us setting realistic (but maybe difficult) goals, and working hard toward them. They should see us being visionaries who are anchored firmly in reality. They should see us steadily plodding, faithfully working on things in a realistic way. They should see us laboring hard to make a beautiful life for them while not losing sight of them in it.
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Rachel Jankovic (Fit to Burst: Abundance, Mayhem, and the Joys of Motherhood)
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Entrepreneurs are innovators, visionaries—generators of new ideas turning into coinage
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K. Abernathy Can You Action Past Your Devil's Advocate
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Visionary leadership is not reactive. It refuses to arrogantly offer the right solution or give the right answer. Rather, leading with vision requires that we relate to people. Dan Allender writes, Leadership is not about problems and decisions; it is a profoundly relational enterprise that seeks to motivate people toward a vision that will require significant change and risk on everyone’s part. Decisions are simply the doors that leaders, as well as followers, walk through to get to the land where redemption can be found.3 Leadership hinges on relationship, and that requires us to risk. And though I’m convinced that visionary, relational leadership is a bedrock Christian posture, we all have a disturbing bent toward relational immaturity. I see how easily I become cynical, dismissive, judgmental, and reactive. I see how quickly I’m tempted to blast back at the person who sends a critical e-mail, or judge the person who doesn’t make progress fast enough, or get impatient with those I manage who don’t accomplish exactly what I think they should. Our journey toward dealing compassionately with difficult people doesn’t simply require us to learn a bit more about others. It also requires us to become better acquainted with ourselves.
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Chuck DeGroat (Toughest People to Love: How to Understand, Lead, and Love the Difficult People in Your Life -- Including Yourself)
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Digital leadership must be extremely visionary, mindful, creative, empathetic, generous, conscious, passionate, and humble.
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Pearl Zhu (Digitizing Boardroom: The Multifaceted Aspects of Digital Ready Boards (Digital Master Book 7))
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Millennial women are less likely than Millennial men to agree that the statement “I aspire to a leadership role in whatever field I ultimately work” describes them very well. Millennial women were also less likely than their male peers to characterize themselves as “leaders,” “visionaries,” “self-confident,” and “willing to take risks.
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Sheryl Sandberg (Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead)
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Our research indicates that of the six leadership styles, the authoritative one is most effective, driving up every aspect of climate. Take clarity. The authoritative leader is a visionary; he motivates people by making clear to them how their work fits into a larger vision for the organization. People who work for such leaders understand that what they do matters and why. Authoritative leadership also maximizes commitment to the organization’s goals and strategy.
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Harvard Business Publishing (HBR's 10 Must Reads on Managing People (with featured article "Leadership That Gets Results," by Daniel Goleman))
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Walt Disney was a visionary leader. He had no leadership books or training courses to give him guidance. He operated, as many great leaders do, on instinct and observation.
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Jim Korkis (Who's the Leader of the Club?: Walt Disney's Leadership Lessons)
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Contrary finding: The best leaders we studied did not have a visionary ability to predict the future. They observed what worked, figured out why it worked, and built upon proven foundations. They were not more risk taking, more bold, more visionary, and more creative than the comparisons. They were more disciplined, more empirical, and more paranoid. ………. Entrenched myth: A threat filled world favors the speedy; you’re either the quick or the dead. Contrary finding: The idea that leading in a “fast world” always requires “fast decisions” and “fast action”—and that we should embrace an overall ethos of “Fast! Fast! Fast!”—is a good way to get killed. 10X leaders figure out when to go fast, and when not to. Entrenched myth: Radical change on the outside requires radical change on the inside. Contrary finding: The 10X cases changed less in reaction to their changing world than the comparison cases. Just because your environment is rocked by dramatic change does not mean that you should inflict radical change upon yourself.
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Jim Collins
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The “Art of Possible” can only be achieved through visionary IT leadership, as well as the art and science of modern IT management.
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Pearl Zhu (Digital It: 100 Q&as)
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In a democracy, you cannot blame only a leading leader but also the entire leadership, including the voters’ choice, if the party fails to fulfill its promises.
Prose, whether in the form of a quotation or something else, expresses various colours of character and life in its context and accurately mirrors society; therefore, read not only the content of the writing but also understand and share what you think will enlighten others’ lives.
What are the attributes of a leader?
When the nation understands and realizes that, it blocks the route for the leadership, with the foresight, upon dishonest, rude, and immoral ones. Otherwise, the rope of idiocy remains in the hands of idiots.
The day you vote is an opportunity to vote not for a leader but for a party manifesto and constructive thoughts and plans. Indeed, you will have good fortune, a bright and joyful social status, and prosperity will always be a part of your society and life.
You are the real leader of the universe if you also lead the hearts and not just the minds. The mind keeps the knowledge while the heart showers the fragrance of love towards the soul; it is the base and circle of the knowledge.
A leader doesn’t mean to have governmental power; it means to lead its people on the right, secure, equal, fair, and visionary way of life.
Be a leader, not a lawyer and judge, not an official; express party program(me) honestly for the nation and face all the challenges before accusing, abusing, and blaming others. Indeed, it shows dignity and venerable leadership.
The opposition leaders and those in power can keep reputable the four pillars of democracy in the context of constitutional duties, transparent justice, truth, and honesty; they can also discredit those by their wrong character and fallacious decisions and deeds.
Real and true leader neither has a special status nor contradict others.
If he keeps the distance in any way or shape
If he says things that don’t exist
If he brings you in a destructive direction
If he what promises, but do not keep his words
If he put you naked in the open sky and himself in a comfortable tent
If he gives you false hopes rather than the practical helping
He is just an opportunist, a cheater, and a liar but not a leader.
Promises of the leader before the election build expectations in the minds of voters, and after winning the election, those cause humiliation in the eyes of voters if the leader fails to fulfill them. Therefore, fly not so high that you cannot land easily; be honest with yourself.
Political leadership is a significant spirit and defense of the armed forces of any state, whereas the armed forces are a protective shield for them. Both are compulsory for each other, as the political leadership has one point, and the armed forces have zero points, which becomes ten points. Otherwise, it stays one or zero, establishing nothing.
A selfish and empty of vision and solution leadership prefers its own political and personal benefits and interests instead of its people; indeed, it collapses in the face of ruffians and traitors of the constitution. As a reality, such a state and all institutions face conspiracies in global affairs; consequently, diplomatic isolation and trade failure become destiny; it leads towards destruction with self-adopted strategy and character.
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Ehsan Sehgal
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That, in my opinion, was his primary leadership asset: his ability to teach people how to think and play at a different and much higher, and, at times, perfect level. He accomplished this in three ways: (1) he had a tremendous knowledge of all aspects of the game and a visionary approach to offense; (2) he brought in a great staff and coaches who knew how to coach, how to complement his own teaching of what we needed to know to rise to his standard of performance; and (3) he taught us to hate mistakes.
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Bill Walsh (The Score Takes Care of Itself: My Philosophy of Leadership)