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Wednesday, February 18, 2009

Moral Skills

Moral Skills for Leadership
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Leadership Quotes

  • "Courage is the first of human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees all others" - Winston Churchill.
  • I cannot become what I am to be; until you become what you are to be." 
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
  • "In the course of history, there comes a time when humanity is called to shift to a new level of consciousness, to reach a higher moral ground. A time when we have to shed our fear and give hope to each other. That time is now." — Wangari Maathai
  • "Control is not leadership; management is not leadership; leadership is leadership. If you seek to lead, invest at least 50% of your time in leading yourself—your own purpose, ethics, principles, motivation, conduct. Invest at least 20% leading those with authority over you and 15% leading your peers." — Dee Hock Founder and CEO Emeritus, Visa
  • "Your position never gives you the right to command. It only imposes on you the duty of so living your life that others may receive your orders without being humiliated."— Dag Hammarskjöld
  • “Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other.” - John F Kennedy
  • “Those who try to lead the people can only do so by following the mob” - Oscar Wilde
  • "The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy." - Martin Luther King
  • ”There is no passion to be found in playing small – in settling for a life that is less than what you are capable of living” - Nelson Mandela
  • If you tell people where to go, but not how to get there, you'll be amazed at the results. - General Patton
  • "Being a leader is like being a lady, if you have to go around telling people you are one, you aren't." - Margaret Thatcher
  • If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader. - John Quincy Adams
  • If I have seen further than others, it is by standing upon the shoulders of giants. - Isaac Newton
  • "As we look ahead into the next century, leaders will be those who empower others." - Bill Gates
  • Management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right things. - Peter F Drucker
  • Do not wait for leaders. Do it alone, person to person. - Mother Teresa

Leadership Books

  • In Search of Leadership: How Great Leaders Answer the Question "Why Lead" - Phil Harkins
  • Moments of Greatness: Entering the Fundamental State of Leadership - Robert Quinn
  • Theory `I' The Inner Dimension of Leadership - Nader Angha
  • Why Should Anyone be Led by You? - Rob Goffee & Gareth Jones
  • The Five Temptations of a CEO: A Leadership Fable - Patrick M Lencioni
  • What Do Leaders Really Do?: Getting Under the Skin of What Makes a Great Leader Tick - Jeff Grout & Liz Fisher
  • Wooden on Leadership - John Wooden & Steve Jamison

Internet Links

  • The Daily Leader.com
  • The Leaders - Ericsson CEO - Carl-Henric Svanberg
  • Quotes of Warren Bennis
  • Coaching for Non-Profit Leaders
  • The Real Thing - An interview with Rob Goffee & Gareth Jones
  • Rules for Self-Leadership and other interesting articles - Lifehack.org
  • Colin Powell's 13 rules of Leadership
  • Human Resourcefulness
  • Leader or Manager - Video clip
  • Leadership - BrightQuotes.com
  • The Leaders - United Technologies Chairman - CNBC Video
  • What Makes a Virtual Leader Effective - Consultant-News.com
  • Richard Hackman - What Makes for a Great Team - Psychological Science Agenda
  • Teal Trust- What makes a Great Leader
  • Leadership Articles of Jim Clemmer
  • HighPerformanceTeams.Org
  • Teambuildingtips.com

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