Leadership Learners Gifts

What it takes to be a leader.

Call me Nancy.

"If called upon. I can either lead or follow but my strong suit is getting out of the way."

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

'I hate leaving work when I feel I could have delegated more.'

'As a beginning teacher, you know you come here prepared to teach and become a good teacher. As you gain experience, you will learn that you also come here to care and become a great teacher.'

How leaders fail

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

"I suppose just climbing the greasy pole is no longer an option..."

"Oh indeed I did: I went feral for a year when I was young. It taught me a lot about the world, but about myself too..."

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

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

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

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

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

Wrong leadership.

'146 days of leadership without any negative press.'

'He's a good listener, but only to the sound of his own voice.'

'Greetings and welcome to my new play called 'King Lear.' It's about delegation, succession, and decentralization.'

Dave realised that Clive didn't see problems,only 'challenges to be embraced'.

Teacher has two boxes: "Book Smart" and "Street Smart"

"Leadership is about more than delegating all of your work."

"What can we do about this leadership course,,," "I don't know,what do you think" "Isn't there anyone we could ask"

Manager - I don't just manage, I excel!

"Effective leadership is more than just telling everybody to be like you!"

"Now that we reinvented ourselves, who do you think should run the company?"

'We're looking for a CEO who would be willing to take the rap.'

'What can we do about this leadership course?'

"I would like to thank all the big and little and in between people."

The Modern Damocles -

Performance Management: "We decided to get rid of the stick and just use the carrots."

"It's hard to manage a staff meeting in a company whose employees all have laser pointers."

"There goes the person that proved the Peter principal faster than anyone in history."

Change, Change, Change, Change.

'It basically boils down to you need to do stuff better.'