Monday, May 21, 2007

Are you a leader or a boss?

"If you are leading, and find out that no one is behind you, then you are just going for a walk."

Gordon Selfridge built one of the worlds largest department stores in London. He said there are 2 types of executives, A boss and a Leader:

The boss drives his men
The leader coaches them
The boss inspires fear
The leader inspires enthusiasm
The boss says "I"
The leader "We"
The boss fixes the blame for the breakdown
The leader fixes the breakdown
The boss knows how it is done
The leader shows how
The boss says "Go"
The leader says "Let’s Go"

"A leader’s job is to put someone else in a position where they can be successful."

Quote of the month: "Most of life’s failures are those people who didn’t realize how close they were to success when they gave up."

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