Leadership reflections and qoutes

From reading John Adair and Peter Reed's book I dropped down the followings;

The need to achieve common TASK
The needs that each INDIVIDUAL has by virtue of being human
The need to be held together as a working TEAM

Leadership is ACTION not POSITION

Never tell people how to do things,tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity

Leadership is the most personal thing in the world for the simple reason that it is just plain you

Do not tell me how hard you work,tell me how much you get done

Leadership is of the Spirit,compounded of personality and vision,its practice is an art

Management is of the mind,more a matter of accurate calculation,of statistics,of methods,timetables and routines,its practice is a science

Managers are necessary,leaders are essential.

Managers manage change,but leaders manage growth


A leader is best when people barely know that he exists,not so good when people obey and acclaim him,worst when they despise him.
Fail to honour people and they fail to honour you.

But of a good leader who talks little when his work is done,his aim fulfilled.

They will all say,"We did this ourselves"

The task of leadership is not to put greatness into humanity,
but to ellcit it,for the greatness is already there

Objectives should be

CLEAR
SPECIFIC
MEASURABLE
ATTAINABLE
WRITTEN
TIME-BOUNDED

REALISTIC
CHALLENGING
AGREED
CONSISTENT
WORTHWHILE
PARTICIPATIVE