Leadership Tracker Prints

Executive search party

"This is a merit-based organization! Can't you see I’ve hired the very best and most qualified yes-men money can buy?"

How leaders fail

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

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

King Solomon's Pollster.

'....and that's our CEO. He's trying to find a corporate direction.'

Explorer with enormous magnifying glass.

Seeing progression motivates.

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

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

"Come on, we all know you're the new Alpha Male: No need to rub it in by wearing a badge..."

"Honesty, I saw a train yesterday"

'I'm not getting the support I need.'

'Weird ... the footprints just seem to end right here.'

'It's a real conundrum. Not sure if I should open it, or beat it.'

"So how exactly am I supposed to give a self-driving car a ticket?"

"He just returned from a motivational seminar."

"I'd describe myself as generous and empathetic. I've always been good at self delusion."

'Here's your report card... I mean, review.'

'All his life, Mel has been convinced that he's a poster boy for something... he's just never been able to figure out what, exactly.'

"Obama planted it."

"What about me?"

"Now you've written to second in command, remember one thing. To me you're still a flunky."

'There's something about that Indian scout I don't trust.'

"Your air-guitar solos are commendable, Mr Ferguson, but do you have any other examples of how you’ve ‘taken the lead’?"

Board meeting "And finally, gentlemen, Miss Silverman with the lunch-time scores."

"Questions have been raised about our leadership skills!"

'Dinosaur footprints!'

'We'll put our horses in 'Do Not Track' mode by going through this stream bed.'

'He can be kind of explosive.'

'Okay, now who wants to be in charge?'

'Took me all night to write that message.'

"I hope you like your pizza toppings extra crunchy my friend?"

Putin and Xi Jinping on the moon