“Leadership has little to do with power, and everything to do with responsibility.” Frances Hesselbein

“Comments like ‘just make it happen’ or ‘I don’t care how, just do it’ can have disastrous consequences and are leadership failures.” – Brian Tribus

“You cannot seize opportunities prompted by change if you cannot see opportunities prompted by change.” – Michael G. Winston

This is servant leadership posture at its core…quite opposite of our normal leadership paradigms.

“The leader owes the follower productive conversations about the gifts that the follower brings to the organization and about the kinds of contributions the follower wishes to make – so that tasks can be designed that give that person hope.” – Max De Pree.

"Leadership is action, not position."   Donald H. McGannon

“One of the tasks of leadership is constantly to make sure that we put scarce resources of people and money where they will do the most good. We have to be results-focused and opportunity-focused. Good intentions are no longer enough.” – Peter Drucker

“A critical element of successful leadership is building a team of people that has entrepreneurial spirit.” – Charles Robinson

“Disciplined people who engage in disciplined thought and take disciplined action: this framework captures much of what separates greatness from mediocrity.” – Jim Collins

“We live by demands when we should live by priorities.” – Author Unknown

“Empathic, compassionate leaders provide an environment that maximizes other’s sense of well-being while acknowledging and working to minimize other’s pain and fear.” – Patrick J. Sweeney