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How leaders fail

"He's not really much of a leader...he just has a lot of followers."

"I can motivate everyone except myself."

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

"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. . .

"So, what do you do for play?"

'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!'

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

'Well, Scout Smith, escort the little old lay across the street.'

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

'I delegate, then I follow up.'

"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."

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.'

The little engine that could delegate.

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

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

'When will I be old enough to have my own people?'

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

'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, we're the next generation so try not to blow it."

'I would love to run for class president, but I'm concerned about the vetting process. I once faked sleep during nap time in pre-school.'

"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.'

"He's got great leadership skills. Wherever he's taking us, it's got to be better than where we've been."

"And the way you kids kick ass today will speak volumes about the leaders of tomorrow you will be."

"If we're a team, the manager should take the heat!"

'A good leader can lead them to water, but a great leader can also make them drink.'

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