Leadership Adventurer Gifts

Do you think I have a problem delegating?

Businesswoman Empowerment

"I caution everyone to avoid taking the first field reporter job that comes along."

How leaders fail

"He's not really much of a leader...he just has a lot of followers."

"Hmmm ... that's interesting. Now, what about ideas that don't suck - do you have any of those?"

"I can motivate everyone except myself."

"well done rescuing my son. Now, your final task is to quietly transfer the baby to the cradle upstairs, without waking him."

"The president demands that staff take responsibility for failures, and the multi-trillion deficit is down to YOU!"

'You'll soon get the hang of it - then they'll change it.'

"Serendipity is not a strategy."

Feedback should be sought for genuine reasons, not because you want compliments. . .

Remember how you advised me to get a dangerous hobby to build up my self-esteem and impress people? Well, all the dangerous hobbies were already taken. You wrestle alligators

'I give this one about three months...'

'I have been hearing some disturbing comments about you, Parker, some of your employees think you're a nice guy!'

'What do you mean, you're tired of the rat race?'

'Think of this as a window of opportunity.'

"Do you have a minute, Bob? I'd like to speak with you about the concept of 'leadership'."

'I delegate, then I follow up.'

'...And for the low visibility positions we can bring people on board who can, you know...do things.'

"The GOOD news is that 94 people want to attend the leadership training, the bad news is that 64 of them want to change the venue, 56 the time and 45 want to be course leader."

Someone needs to tell him that having Churchillian leadership skills requires more than a 10'' havana

"Leadership ISN'T just about trying to be BETTER than everyone else!"

Shoot For The Moon

"What's your occupation?"

'I tried that approach once, but my employees seized the carrots and attacked me with sticks.'

Corporate Ladder and Corporate Elevator

'I like to greet the new team members myself.'

The little engine that could delegate.

'This is impressive, Roberts, but I'm not sure that it qualifies as work-place leadership.'

"The team needs LEADERSHIP, anyone have a view on that?"

"Remember, Man of good Sense not here to do work on your behalf. Man of good Sense only here to help you on strategic level until you wise enough to overcome recession."

King Solomon's Pollster.

"Would you like something you're under qualified for, or something you're overqualified for?"

"If we're a team, the manager should take the heat!"