Leadership Wisdom

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Leadership WisdomIt’s been said that a company’s greatest asset is its people. This may be true, but it takes a great leader to guide those people, and therefore the business, to success. Whether you lead a company or a country, the best leaders understand the importance of providing the motivation and direction to achieve larger goals.

Leadership wisdom worth considering ~

“You do not lead by hitting people over the head. That’s assault, not leadership.” – President Dwight D. Eisenhower

“To lead people, walk beside them. As for the best leaders, the people do not notice their existence … When the best leader’s work is done, the people say, ‘We did it ourselves!’” – Lao Tsu, Chinese philosopher 

“Leadership is the capacity to transform vision into reality.” –Warren G. Bennis, founding chairman of the Leadership Institute at the University of Southern California

“Before you are a leader, success is all about growing yourself. When you become a leader, success is all about growing others.” – Jack Welch, former GE chairman and CEO