Not exact matches
When Google sifted through immense troves
of data to determine what makes a
great leader, what quality
did they come up with?
Just because you're a
leader doesn't mean you're a
great one (we witnessed a shocking implosion
of a CEO at a major drugmaker just this past week).
«Not that he
did a
great deal
of good, but at least he didn't make a mess,» one business
leader wrote.
Not only
do figures like Mark Zuckerberg and President Obama credit fiction with expanding their outlook and exercising their minds, but science even suggests that a
great novel can boost empathy, a hallmark
of excellent
leaders.
Becoming a
great leader doesn't mean that you have to incorporate all
of these traits at once.
Great leaders have a higher level
of perseverance, stick - to - itiveness, and drive than most anyone else, and they can be counted on to get things
done.
You know a
great leader when you're working for one, but even they can have a hard time explaining the specifics
of what they
do that makes their leadership so effective.
Are
great leaders born or
does it take a lifetime
of experience to manage the masses?
Like Jim Collins says, the role
of a
leader is to grow
great leaders so when you leave the organization doesn't miss a beat.
You're a
great leader and can handle a group
of people, but you also don't know anything about business and technical areas.
Great leaders understand communication and sell that huge vision, but don't lose sight
of the details that are necessary in getting there.
«The title alone
of this book has been a
great lesson for me, and I think it is something that every
leader has to
do or learn to get comfortable with to manage stress and stay productive, effective, and happy in their role.
While
great leaders do a tremendous amount
of thinking, that thinking happens behind the scenes.
In the book The Secret: What
Great Leaders Know and
Do by Ken Blanchard and Mark Miller, an interviewer states that he provides candidates a list
of personal and professional references.
Great leaders are passionate, tenacious and will
do what it takes to see the vision
of their company come to fruition.
Any good
leader should be
doing this consistently anyway, but sharing details about the future
of the company might help keep the employee interested and engaged, and offer them a
greater sense
of ownership in the company, says Kerr.
The face - to - face comes after Trudeau, whose government is struggling with a pipeline crisis at home, pitched Canada as a
great place to invest by telling hundreds
of business
leaders «that big things can get
done in Canada.»
«I don't know if is all [man's fault] but the majority is, for the most part, it is man who continuously slaps down nature,» Pope Francis, No. 4 on Fortune's list
of the world's
greatest leaders, told Reuters earlier this year.
The book goes into detail
of what it takes to be a
great leader and some strategies one can
do to achieve leadership.
The
Greater Vancouver Board
of Trade is itself a
leader in this area and I'm grateful to be part
of the inspiring and rewarding work that we are
doing.
Whether it's a trip to a breathtaking place they've never been before, an opportunity to attend Girl Scout camp and revel in the power
of the
great outdoors, or the chance to try something new, every experience helps them find the G.I.R.L. (Go - getter, Innovator, Risk - taker,
Leader) ™ within to
do amazing things for herself and for her community.
«I will
do all that I humanly can, as
leader of the government, to bring about a significant improvement and to address some
of the
great deficiencies that exist,» Howard said.
Most
of the points we as leadership potentials defined as a
great leader had nothing to
do with «IQ.»
To ensure populist parties
do not increase their share
of the vote, the German
leader is likely to closely focus on maintaining the economy's robust growth and to carefully consider the implications
of any steps to promote
greater political and fiscal union across the EU.
To ensure populist parties
do not increase their share
of the vote, the German
leader is likely to closely focus on maintaining the economy's robust growth and to carefully consider the implications
of any steps to promote
greater political and fiscal union across the European Union (EU).
By
doing so, employees are demonstrating an active investment in their professional development and becoming one
of your enterprise's
greatest leaders.
His other books include Money: How the Destruction
of the Dollar Threatens the Global Economy — and What We Can
Do About It, co-authored by Elizabeth Ames (McGraw - Hill Professional); Freedom Manifesto: Why Free Markets are Moral and Big Government Isn't, co-authored by Elizabeth Ames (Crown Business, August 2012); How Capitalism Will Save Us: Why Free People and Free Markets Are the Best Answer in Today's Economy, co-authored by Elizabeth Ames (Crown Business, November 2009); and Power Ambition Glory: The Stunning Parallels between
Great Leaders of the Ancient World and Today... and the Lessons You Can Learn, co-authored by John Prevas (Crown Business, June 2009).
When
did it become immoral and un-Christian for 60 %
of the people in the USA, and their
leaders, to ask that the wealthy pay 3.9 percent more in taxes on income
greater than $ 1,000,000?
I often think
of it like this: personally, I don't think I'm a
great leader.
I
did not consciously come to this conviction under the influence
of Wesley, but I have little doubt that as the
leader of a
great lay movement he would agree.
Surely William Shakespeare
did not set out to write
great literature, nor Handel to write classical music; nor
did the mother
of John and Charles Wesley, when she spanked them for mischief, say to herself, «I am training up the
leaders of Methodism.»
He can say he is; he can speak the words and meet with the
greatest Christian
leaders of our time, but that
does not save a man.
Because for each young
leader we've profiled, there are hundreds
of others
doing similarly
great work.
Do you complain privately about your secretary — who performs miracles already with the bad syntax
of your dictation, but who can not quite make you sound like Winston Churchill — because, if you took trouble with your syntax, you would be like an ordinary man and not a
great spiritual
leader?
A
great deal
of what's in the healthcare bill is actually original Republican ideas, including the controversial mandate to purchase insurance if you don't have it, that Republican
leaders first endorsed, then rejected when Obama introduced it.
Well either he was the
leader and head
of the catholic church who has
done all these
great things (and thus knew all about this situation and the cover up) or he was simply a figure head and is to be pitied for being used as a pawn and not deserving
of any praise.
Neville i mentioned those people only because the discussion was talking about dominionism the combination
of the church and state as a governing rule all those people were government
leaders all
of them suffered in there own way.Its was the suffering that prepared them for the roles that they were to play and there faith in God was what helped them get through.We are made stronger in our weakness no matter how important or unimportant we may appear to others.I guess it is easy to fall into the lie about political involvement that its hard to make change but some people have had a huge impact.Really it is God who deserves the praise he is the one that creats the opportunitys to make impact on the world as in our strength we can
do nothing.In hebrews the
great men and woman
of faith there are those that seemed unimportant to the world and many suffered for there faith Our Lord knows everyone by name and every small act
of faith we
do he remembers because we
do it out
of our love for him that is what the christian walk is about living for Jesus and sharing that love with others.brentnz.
In fact, we might see Eid Al Ahda and Rosh Hashanah as far more advanced than the rest
of the world precisely because these holidays call to consciousness this repressed but real tendency to pass on the pain that was
done to us onto our children, and to remind us that the
great spiritual
leader Abraham was able to NOT
DO IT, thereby giving us the message that we too need not sacrifice our children either actually by supporting the war machine or symbolically by passing onto them various other forms
of hurt, oppression and cruelty.
(It was during the months immediately following the publication
of The Socialist Decision that Hitler proceeded to
do just that; and it was only a year later that Gregor Strasser, generally considered the
leader of the more authentically socialist wing
of the party, together with all those who offered any challenge to Hitler's absolute leadership, was murdered in the
Great Purge
of June 30, 1934.)
He was a
great Catholic student
leader at Notre Dame, and I expect he'll continue to
do great things at University
of St. Thomas.
MLK might have been a
great leader for his people, and he might have been a
great man, but that doesn't mean that he was an expert on the subject
of biblical studies or any other relevant subject like evolution or physics.
doubtful jesus ever lived, no good evidence if he ever
did live, he didn't
do any magic tricks from the bible, he was just a cult
leader the fictional character
of jesus said some
great things about love, but also supported slavery and other awful things
But worshipers and worship
leaders do need a more sophisticated and thorough understanding
of the multiple effects
of PowerPoint in worship, and in a
great many cases a more judicious and limited use
of it is in order.
«It's up to those that are coming in as our
leader to either ride on the wave
of this excitement and
do great things or destroy it for themselves.»
Reading all
of these people's comments gives one an image
of a
great tide
of humanity washing in and out
of an institution that
does not have the rigid membership boundaries often perceived by church
leaders who look at the church from the inside out (and who are responsible for keeping the statistics).
Holloway affirms that «we are not to
do evil that good might come» and that «we should not endorse a wicked political
leader, even if he holds out the promise
of forestalling
greater evils.»
«Political
leaders do not want to give a speech, cut a ribbon, or pose for photographs at the opening
of a casino,» David Blankenhorn points out in a new and damning study, New York's Promise: Why Sponsoring Casinos Is a Regressive Policy Unworthy
of a
Great State.
St. Paul warns us that we are not to
do evil that good might come, which means we should not endorse a wicked political
leader, even if he holds out the promise
of forestalling
greater evils.
In his statement on Facebook, Graham,
leader of both the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association and Samaritan's Purse, said, «I don't know all the details, but I would encourage our president to give
great consideration to the threat to lives
of Christians in countries like Iraq.»
I
do not like this pope... to modern the church lost a lots
of people after Vatican ii... he's the
leader of the church but I don't think he understands how the church worked in the last 2000 years... that's why we need a European pope again they understand how dress when they read mess he's to plain... people want to see a pope in the old liturgical clothing the old Latin mass was
great with the
great pomp... the church can modernize but just don't give up the old I think traditions I think pope benedict understood that... he came from Bavaria where they still celebrating mass in the old baroque style he's the pope not just a simple priest... the queen
of England understands that people want to see pomp pretty soon he will wear street cloth..