submitted by Jackie Overton, Employee Forum Chair.
“The leadership instinct you are born with is the backbone. You develop the
funny bone and the wishbone that go with it.”
– Elaine Agather, CEO for the Dallas, TX region of JPMorgan Chase
funny bone and the wishbone that go with it.”
– Elaine Agather, CEO for the Dallas, TX region of JPMorgan Chase
“The very essence of leadership is that you have to have vision. You can’t
blow an uncertain trumpet.”
– Theodore M. Hesburgh, President Emeritus of the University of Notre-Dame
blow an uncertain trumpet.”
– Theodore M. Hesburgh, President Emeritus of the University of Notre-Dame
“Never forget that only dead fish swim with the stream.”
– Malcolm Muggeridge, author and satirist
– Malcolm Muggeridge, author and satirist
“You can build a throne with bayonets, but you can’t sit on it for long.”
– Boris Yeltsin, first president of the Russian Federation
– Boris Yeltsin, first president of the Russian Federation
“Safety first has been the motto of the human race for half a million years;
but it has never been the motto of leaders. A leader must face danger. He
must take the risk and the blame, and the brunt of the storm.”
– Herbert N. Casson, author
but it has never been the motto of leaders. A leader must face danger. He
must take the risk and the blame, and the brunt of the storm.”
– Herbert N. Casson, author
“I skate where the puck is going to be, not where it has been.”
– Wayne Gretzky, hockey player
“Life is like a dogsled team. If you ain’t the lead dog, the scenery never
changes.”
– Lewis Grizzard, writer and humorist
changes.”
– Lewis Grizzard, writer and humorist
“Pity the leader caught between unloving critics and uncritical lovers.”
– John Gardner, novelist
– John Gardner, novelist
“I am looking for a lot of men who have an infinite capacity to not know what
can’t be done.”
– Henry Ford, Founder of Ford Motor Company
can’t be done.”
– Henry Ford, Founder of Ford Motor Company
“The challenge of leadership is to be strong, but not rude; be kind, but not
weak; be bold, but not bully; be thoughtful, but not lazy; be humble, but
not timid; be proud, but not arrogant; have humor, but without folly.”
– Jim Rohn, speaker and author
weak; be bold, but not bully; be thoughtful, but not lazy; be humble, but
not timid; be proud, but not arrogant; have humor, but without folly.”
– Jim Rohn, speaker and author