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

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

King Solomon's Pollster.

Explorer with enormous magnifying glass.

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

Seeing progression motivates.

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

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

"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.'

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

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

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

"He just returned from a motivational seminar."

'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.'

"What about me?"

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

"Obama planted it."

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

"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.'

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

'Dinosaur footprints!'

"Questions have been raised about our leadership skills!"

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

Putin and Xi Jinping on the moon

'Took me all night to write that message.'

'He can be kind of explosive.'

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

'Maybe you just can't have hope and change at the same TIME.'

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