Blind Spots - Leadership Inspirations

Some of the world’s most gifted people have left us simple yet powerful statements on leadership. These inspirations can be applied to our current corporate and personal situations as we lead our teams and families.

· "No man will make a great leader who wants to do it all himself, or to get all the credit for doing it."

Andrew Carnegie

· "Outstanding leaders go out of their way to boost the self-esteem of their personnel. If people believe in themselves, it's amazing what they can accomplish."

Sam Walton

· "To handle yourself, use your head; to handle others, use your heart."

Eleanor Roosevelt

· “Don’t tell people how to do things, tell them what to do and let them surprise you with their results.”

George S. Patton

· “The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in the moments of comfort, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.”

Martin Luther King, Jr.

· "The most effective way to do it, is to do it."

Amelia Earhart

· “Leaders aren’t born, they are made. And they are made just like anything else, through hard work. And that’s the price we’ll have to pay to achieve that goal, or any goal.”

Vince Lombardi

· “Management is about arranging and telling. Leadership is about nurturing and enhancing.”

Tom Peters

· "It doesn't make sense to hire smart people and tell them what to do; we hire smart people so they can tell us what to do."

Steve Jobs

· “If your action inspires others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more

you are a leader”

John Quincy Adams