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“Leadership is not about being the best. Leadership is about making everyone else better.”      

“When people focus on their natural strengths in work, they’re jumpstarting their potential to be among the best in their field.” – Lee Ellis Lee’s new book, Leadership Behavior DNA, helps your pinpoint your specifics for work and leadership – purchase your copy        

“Change is easy. Improvement is far more difficult.” – Dr Ferdinand Porsche    

“Nothing will kill a great employee faster than watching you tolerate a bad one.” – Perry Belcher      

“When recently observing a client leader, the thing that impressed me most was a healthy balance of confidence and humility.” – Lee Ellis        

“The Platinum Rule says – ‘Do unto others as they would like to be done unto.’” – Lee Ellis      

“The most common issue that undermines leaders is the doubts and insecurities of the core self. It’s a universal issue we all face, so choose to love yourself and others.” – Lee Ellis      

A great story on the leadership influence that we can have on others, and the need to look past behavioral issues and be more intuitive. It’s a challenge (and opportunity) for all of us who call ourselves honorable leaders – be encouraged! “As she stood in front of her 5th grade class on the very […]

“Strength lies in differences, not in similarities.” – Stephen Covey      

“I have trouble imagining what I could do that’s beyond the practicality of what I can do.” – David Byrne      

“Creativity is inventing, experimenting, growing, taking risks, breaking rules, making mistakes, and having fun.” – Mary Lou Cook          

“It is hard to imagine a more stupid or dangerous way of making decisions than by putting those decisions in the hands of people who pay no price for being wrong.” – Thomas Sowell        

  “Only a fool tests the water with both feet.” – African Proverb    

  “If you are not willing to risk the unusual, you will have to settle for the ordinary.” – Jim Rohn      

“To be content with what we possess is the greatest and most secure of riches.” – Marcus Tullius Cicero    

“Do not go where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson    

“The path of sound credence is through the thick forest of skepticism.” – George J. Nathan      

“Courage is the backbone of leadership. It remains the key force and the pivot point around which our other strengths are leveraged, high core values are preserved, and personal and institutional integrity are maintained.” – Gus Lee        

“Sometimes, struggles are exactly what we need in our life. If we were to go through our life without any obstacles, we would be crippled. We would not be as strong as what we could have been. Give every opportunity a chance, leave no room for regrets.” – Friedrich Nietzsche    

“The secret of joy in work is contained in one word—excellence. To know how to do something well is to enjoy it.” – Pearl Buck