Leadership Legends Gifts

"Yes, you're under l lot of scrutiny as a boss...but these days who isn't?"

'Take the camera and record the stockholders' revolt. If I can turn the situation around, it will be a milestone in my career and part of the folklore of my leadership.'

'Around here, every day is bosses day!'

The Businessmen Have to Make Decisions from Many Options

Businesswoman Empowerment

'It's a chart of office morale. This is where you went on vacation.'

'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."

"I can motivate everyone except myself."

"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. . .

"Go ahead. This one seems too arrogant."

'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!'

'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."

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

Barack Obama's To Do list.

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

Hanging off every word...

'I delegate, then I follow up.'

"Sir, the staff are all assembled for your pep talk."

"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."

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

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!"

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

The little engine that could delegate.

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

'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."

'It's really lonely at the top of a dot.com company.'