Leadership Fangirl Gifts

Ulysses S. Grant

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

Businesswoman Empowerment

'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!'

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?'

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

"I can motivate everyone except myself."

"Leadership is all about knowing who to delegate responsibility for all your mistakes."

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

"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. . .

"Does anyone here have a clue what it is we used to get?"

'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!'

"He thought this would illustrate the company hierarchy more clearly than the organizational chart."

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

"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?'

"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.'

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'.

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

"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."

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

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

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

The little engine that could delegate.

Wrong leadership.