Year: 2018

When people don't know, they speculate - and those speculations are usually contaminated with resentment and distrust. When you provide timely, accurate, complete, trustworthy information to the people in your organization, you pull the grapevine out by its roots. Good communication kills rumors while building trust and loyalty. Paradox of Power by Pat Williams

The Wise Foolishness Of Good Leadership These, then, are the six paradoxes of communication, as found in the example of Jesus himself: The wise leader dares to be a fool The great leader leads from the middle, not the top The prudent leader welcomes conflict The leader's most powerful tools are words The effective leader comunicates without words The influential leader persuades by listening Paradox of Power by Pat Williams

When you pay attention, leadership quotes can be found in many places. This quote was pulled from "A White Christmas." Solid leadership principles apply across many decades; just like an excellent movie and good wine. Bob Wallace: We ate, and then he ate. We slept, then he slept. Phil Davis: Yeah, then he woke up and nobody slept for forty-eight hours. Excellent and memorable leadership inspires committed, caring followers. If you haven't seen this movie for a few years, treat yourself.

Nothing builds a team or organization like the love of a strong leader. Love produces loyalty and builds morale. Love breaks down contention and strife between people in the organization. Love gives everyone a sense of trust, a sense of belonging to a family, not just working in a corporation. Love is the glue that binds an organization or team together into a unified force for transformation. Paradox of Power by Pat Williams

Selfridge's Business Premises: The boss drives his people. The leader coaches them. The boss depends on authority. The leader relies on goodwill. The boss inspires fear. The leader inspires enthusiasm. The boss says "I." The leader says "we." The boss fixes the blame for the breakdown. The leader fixes the breakdown. Paradox of Power by Pat Williams

You are either honest or you are not. There are no shades of honesty, no degrees of truthfulness. To be a person of honesty means to die to our natural impulses to cut ethical corners, to fabricate and scheme for personal gain, and to cheat our way to success. To be a leader, you must be trusted, and truth is the key to trust. Get caught in one dishonest act - one lie, one theft, one fraud - and you have destroyed trust forever. Once trust is damaged, it is very hard to restore. Paradox of Power by Pat Williams

Why is there such a big outcry against General Robert E Lee and his role in Confederate history? It was Sunday morning. Robert E. Lee was sitting in his favorite pew at the Episcopal church in Richmond, Virginia. When communion was served, a black man walked up the aisle and knelt to receive the wafer and a sip of wine from the communion cup. There was an angry murmur from the white congregants when they saw this former slave at the front of their church. But Robert E. Lee rose to his feet, walked to the altar, and knelt beside the black man. They shared the cup and received Holy Communion together. Then Lee turned and faced the congregation. "All men are brothers in Christ," he told them. "Have we…

The ability to take personal responsibility is a powerful ingredient for success. As long as a person says, "It wasn't my fault" or "It's her responsibility" or "I am a victim of circumstances," that person is in a position of helplessness and hopelessness. He is saying, "I have no control, I have no confidence, I'm at the mercy of people and events." But the moment a person says, "I'm responsible, I could have done this better," that person has taken a major step toward improvement, learning, growth, mastery, and control of the situation. A person of responsibility says, "I'm not anybody's victim. I just made a mistake, and I'm going to do better next time." That is a position of power! That is an attitude of confidence and self-empowerment. Paradox…

Without courage, we simply take up space on the planet. Paradox of Power by Pat Williams

Each of us is ultimately responsible for the choices we make that produce our mature or immature character. Paradox of Power by Pat Williams