Leadership Aficionado Gifts

"No one could believe their eyes. Yet there he stood. In just three hours, fifty-one minutes and nine seconds, office supervisor Frank Fernlaw had proven that he very well COULD manage his way out of a wet paper bag, thank you very much."

'You have to delegate SOME authority.'

"This part about accepting the things I cannot change...I want that changed."

'The ultimate sign of success is when no one puts you on hold.'

"I make it a point to hire people smarter than me."

"You are domineering, foulmouth and aggressive - how would you like to be foreman?"

"Norman, leadership is about more than telling everyone to be more like you."

"Here's where the plan gets a little sketchy."

"An essential quality for a leader such as me is to have a high level of social skills and also to be empathetic. By the way, Simon, you might want to do something about that coffee stain on your shirt."

He wants to speak to Attila the Hun. I presume he means you.

Napoleon Conductor

"He likes to lead by example."

"I'm sorry, but we're looking for someone who's more likely to be followed than following."

The Genghis Khan School of Business Skills

"There's a CEO that bears watching."

Scholz takes over from Merkel

"Tom, leadership involves more than smoking a 'Churchillean' cigar and shouting at people."

Crossing the Delaware Water Hazard

'It's true, nobody ever elected me C.E.O. However, I always just assumed I was.'

'We had no contingency plan for things going right.'

'I call it, 'Leading A Great Team is Fabulous'.'

'We want a leader with no particular direction besides what we tell him.'

Gerald Ford

'...OK so you've got the herd mentality... now go out tere and be a herd... now move!'

'You could be a constant inspiration for us to come up with a plan to get a leg up on our competition...you're hired!'

Charlie Baker, MA Governor (R)

"I've decided being chairman's not for me."

"Agree to disagree? That's a sorry waste of executive power."

Son! It's time for you to become a man and take on manly responsibilities. Wow! I'm honored, but I don't want to usurp your inspirational leadership. Nice try.

'I hope you're not threatened by powerful women, because you're fired.'

Businesswoman Empowerment

"I don't like getting bogged down in details. I'm more of a big-picture guy."

How leaders fail

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

"I've just never worked anyplace where the 'alpha male' was a woman."