We are not trapped in what the science of management says we can do. We are capable of doing what the art of leadership says is possible. Colin Powell More Quotes by Colin Powell More Quotes From Colin Powell The best method of overcoming obstacles is the team method Colin Powell obstaclesteamovercoming First you train the followers to accomplish the mission. Second, you resource them: Make sure that they have the tools to do the job. Third, you reward them: You give them medals or bonuses. Colin Powell toolsjobsgiving Organization doesn't really accomplish anything. Plans don't accomplish anything, either. Theories of management don't much matter. Endeavors succeed or fail because of the people involved. Only by attracting the best people will you accomplish great deeds. Colin Powell organizationmotivationalpeople When you wrestle with a pig, he has fun, and you just end up dirty. Colin Powell pigsfundirty Trust is the glue that holds an org together & the lubricant that moves it forward. Colin Powell gluetogethermoving An organization that is not facing up to people who are not getting the job done, is going to have difficulties. Colin Powell organizationjobspeople If everybody trusts one another, then the person who didn't prevail will faithfully execute the decision as if it was their idea. Colin Powell decisionpersonsideas A mirror reflects a man's face, but what he is really like is shown by the Colin Powell company-you-keepmirrorsmen In other words, don't expect to always be great. Disappointments, failures and setbacks are a normal part of the lifecycle of a unit or a company and what the leader has to do is constantly be up and say 'we have a problem, let's go and get it'. Colin Powell normalleaderdisappointment One of the greatest talents of all is the talent to recognize and to develop talent in others. Colin Powell talent Don't let your ego get too close to your position, so that if your position gets shot down, your ego doesn't go with it. Colin Powell politicalbusinessmilitary Each of us must work to become a hardheaded realist, or else we risk wasting our time and energy on pursuing impossible dreams. Yet constant naysayers pursue no less impossible dreams. Their fear and cynicism move nothing forward. They kill progress. How many cynics built empires, great cities, or powerful corporations? Colin Powell powerfuldreammoving All children need a laptop. Not a computer, but a human laptop. Moms, Dads, Grannies and Grandpas, Aunts, Uncles - someone to hold them, read to them, teach them. Loved ones who will embrace them and pass on the experience, rituals and knowledge of a hundred previous generations. Loved ones who will pass to the next generation their expectations of them, their hopes, and their dreams. Colin Powell momdreamlove If a leader doesn't convey passion and intensity then there will be no passion and intensity within the organization and they'll start to fall down and get depressed. Colin Powell passionorganizationfall What could be more important than equipping the next generation with the character and competence they need to become successful Colin Powell successfulchristiancharacter As a leader you set the tone for your entire team. Communicate your vision. Colin Powell teamleadermotivational The best way to create a winning team is to train them, give them everything they need to get the job done and second, make sure they know what the job is and what the job will be. So you connect strategy to resources. Colin Powell teamwinningjobs All values are important, everyone who has ever touched my life in some way was a mentor for good or bad. Life is a blend, and a person is a blend of all the influences that have touched their lives. Colin Powell mentorimportantway Have a sense of humor to break the tension in times of great toil. Colin Powell sense-of-humortoilbreak Let me just be candid: My party is full of racists. And the real reason a considerable portion of my party wants President Obama out of the White House has nothing to do with the content of his character, nothing to do with his competence as commander-in-chief and president, and everything to do with the color of his skin. And that's despicable. Colin Powell partyrealcharacter
