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Words of Wisdom on LeadershipIn developing our seminars and keynote presentations, we are fortunate to run across many words of wisdom. If you need a refreshing thought, idea, slogan, or profound nugget for an upcoming meeting, presentation, or lunch room bulletin board, take a look at the following words of wisdom on leadership. Don't miss our other categories of Words of Wisdom. 
Random Thoughts on LeadershipBy not demanding accountability, you fail to protect your
people from their own incompetence. The truly successful managers and leaders of the next
century will be determined not by what they know but by how fast they
can learn! We expected that good-to-great leaders would begin by
setting a new vision and strategy. We found instead that they first got
the right people on the bus, the wrong people off the bus, and the right
people in the right seats—and then they figured out where to drive
it. The old adage "People are your most important asset" turns
out to be wrong. People are not your most important asset. The right people
are. Leaders see more in other people than other people see
in themselves. Vision is the art of seeing things invisible. Today a reader—tomorrow a leader. It isn't the people you fire who make our life miserable,
it's the people you don't. The world is moving so fast these days that the man who
says it can’t be done is generally interrupted by someone doing it.
It’s wonderful when the people believe in their leader
... but it’s even more wonderful when the leader believes in the
people! It is only as we develop others that we permanently succeed.
People support what they create! IBM’s Tom Watson was asked if he was going to fire an employee who made a mistake that cost IBM $600,000. He replied, "No, I just spent $600,000 training him. Why would I want somebody to hire his experience?" The best executive is the one who has sense enough to
pick good people to do what he wants done, and self-restraint enough to
keep from meddling with them while they do! I don’t know the key to success, but the key to failure
is trying to please everybody. A person must be big enough to admit their mistakes, smart
enough to profit from them, and strong enough to correct them.
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