A quote from Elbow Grease vs. Motozilla by John Cena
“It just goes to show the only thing more powerful than HARD work is TEAM work.”
Alexander Lyon - Leadership Foundations: Leadership Styles and Models - LinkedIn Learning
"Leadership is not about the height of our position, but the power of our influence."
Colonel Nicole Malachowski (USAF retired)
"Nothing of significance is accomplished alone."
John Maxwell
"People do not care how much you know, until they know how much you care."
“I am a person of value that values people, and adds value to them, We are a people of value that values people, and adds value to them, You are a person of value that values people, and adds value to them.”
John Donne
"No man is an island entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main."
Byron Katie
"The world is nothing but my perception of it. I see only through myself. I hear only through the filter of my story."
Maya Angelou
"People will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel."
John Quincy Adams
"If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader."
James M. Kouzes, & Barry Z. Posner. (2021). Everyday People, Extraordinary Leadership : How to Make a Difference Regardless of Your Title, Role, or Authority. page 83
"Everyone has the chance to lead if they choose to take what they've been given and make something extraordinary happen."
Nido Qubein
"Your present circumstances don't determine where you can go, they merely determine where you can start."
Bobb Biehl, pg 55 Leading with Questions
If you ask profound questions… you get profound answers. If you ask shallow questions, you get shallow answers. If you ask no questions, you get no answers at all.
Bob Hoskins
I have failed more than I have succeeded, and it is on the ashes of those failures that all my success has been built.
Elizabeth Edwards
Resilience is accepting your new reality, even if it’s less good than the one you had before. You can fight it, you can do nothing, but scream about what you’ve lost, or you can accept that and try to put together something that’s good.
Buddhist proverb
If you light a lamp for someone it will also brighten your own path
Ken Blanchard
None of us is as smart as all of us.
James M. Kouzes, & Barry Z. Posner. (2021). Everyday People, Extraordinary Leadership : How to Make a Difference Regardless of Your Title, Role, or Authority. page 130
Help begets help, just as trust begets trust.
Bob Davis. (2007). Up the Organization. pg xviii
The most important currency of leadership is time. If you commit your time to your people and create an atmosphere and perception of fairness, you will earn their respect.
Terrance E. Deal
Celebrations infuse life with passion and purpose. They summon the human spirit.
Misty Copeland
Anything is possible when you have the right people there to support you.
Martha Beck
Having fun is not a diversion from a successful life; it is a pathway to it.
Brian Tracy
Praise is a powerful people-builder. Catch individuals doing something right!
Rick Warren
All leaders are learners. The moment you stop learning, you stop leading. I learn as much as I can, from as many as I can, as often as I can.
Gordon Hester
Being aware of your own weaknesses could be your biggest strength.
Tom Peters
Leaders don't create followers, they create more leaders.
Warren Bennis
Becoming a leader is synonymous with becoming yourself. It is precisely that simple and it is also that difficult.
Criag Groeschel
We don't need a title to lead. We just need people to care. We would rather follow a leader with a heart than a leader with a title.