Leadership Fan Prints

Management Through Heredity.

'I started as an office boy and growled my way to the top.'

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

Businesswoman Empowerment

How leaders fail

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

Business meeting, CEO is dressed strangely as he asks: 'Any questions?'

"I can motivate everyone except myself."

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

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

"Serendipity is not a strategy."

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

'Same here, we have a female C.E.O., too.'

'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!'

"Here's some of my work for you to do. It should be a refreshing change...for me."

'Need I remind you who's boss here?'

"C'mon people! All for me and me for me!"

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

"I always try to give out at least one genuine compliment per day. I don't always succeed."

'I delegate, then I follow up.'

"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."

Stop saying 'You're the boss' I KNOW I'm the boss!

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

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

Senior Partner works at a desk, sign on wall behind her says 'Ms. Davis senior partner - formerly: 'Hey You'.

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

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

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

The little engine that could delegate.

Wrong leadership.

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

'146 days of leadership without any negative press.'

"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."