A new manager spends a week at his new office with the manager he is replacing. On the last day the departing manager tells him, “I have left three numbered envelopes in the desk drawer. Open an envelope if you encounter a crisis you can’t solve.”
Three months down the road there is a major drama, everything goes wrong - the usual stuff - and the manager feels very threatened by it all. He remembers the parting words of his predecessor and opens the first envelope. The message inside says, “Blame your predecessor!” He does and gets off the hook.
About half a year later, the company is experiencing a dip in sales, combined with serious product problems. The manager quickly opens the second envelope. The message read, “Reorganize!” This he does, and the company quickly rebounds.
Three months later, at his next crisis, he opens the third envelope. The message inside says, “Prepare three envelopes.”
I was playing a character. - Paris Hilton
Confidence is a very fragile thing. - Joe Montana
Leadership is an ever-evolving position. - Mike Krzyzewski
Behind leadership there is always a person. - Unknown
Nowadays men lead lives of noisy desperation. - James Thurber
Greatness is a road leading towards the unknown. - Charles de Gaulle
The most effective way to lead is to lead from within. - Lolly Daskal
Public behavior is merely private character writ large. - Stephen Covey
Confidence is what you have before you understand the problem. - Woody Allen
Character is the root of the tree; conduct, the fruit it bears. - E.M. Bounds
You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him float. - Unknown
You don't put skill on like a coat - you build it day by day. - Unknown
To succeed in life, you need two things: ignorance and confidence. - Mark Twain
Image is what people think we are; integrity is what we really are. - John C Maxwell
Character may almost be called the most effective means of persuasion. - Aristotle
The beginning of leadership is a battle for the hearts and minds of men. - Bernard L Montgomery
The growth and development of people is the highest calling of leadership. - Harvey S Firestone
The true test of a man's character is what he does when no one is watching. - John Wooden
The lead car is absolutely unique, except for the one behind it which is identical. - Murray Walker
Leadership at one time meant muscles; but today it means getting along with people. - Mahatma Gandhi
It requires less character to discover the faults of others than is does to tolerate them. - J. Petit Senn
The trust of the people in the leaders reflects the confidence of the leaders in the people. - Paulo Freire
Character is better than ancestry, and personal conduct is of more importance than the highest. - Thomas J. Barnardo
You learn more from failure than from success. Don't let it stop you. Failure builds character. - Unknown
Management by objective works - if you know the objectives. Ninety percent of the time you don't. - Peter F Drucker
Education makes a people easy to lead, but difficult to drive; easy to govern but impossible to enslave. - Henry Brougham
Don't be accusing me of taking a bribe. You know what they call that, "definition of character." - Archie Bunker
The task of leadership is not to put greatness into humanity, but to elicit it, for the greatness is already there. - John Buchan
Character is like a tree and reputation like a shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing. - Abraham Lincoln
He that takes truth for his guide, and duty for his end, may safely trust to God's providence to lead him aright. - Blaise Pascal
Every human being is intended to have a character of his own; to be what no others are, and to do what no other can do. - William Henry Channing
Though my friends envied me because I always seemed so cheerful and confident, I was secretly terrified of practically everything. - Erica Jong
Unless a man has considerable skill and reliance in his weapon, he will not remain cool in the presence of dangerous game close by. - Townsend Whelen
I hope you have not been leading a double life, pretending to be wicked and being really good all the time. That would be hypocrisy. - Oscar Wilde
Integrity is: choosing courage over comfort; choosing what's right over what's fun, fast or easy; and practicing your values. - Brene Brown
Management is efficiency in climbing the ladder of success; leadership determines whether the ladder is leaning against the right wall. - Stephen Covey
I love inventing names, but I also collect unusual names, so that I can look through my notebook and choose one that suits a new character. - J K Rowling
Every man, as to character, is the creature of the age in which he lives. Very few are able to raise themselves above the ideas of their times. - Voltaire
Thirteen roadways lead through life
To thirteen doors of death,
Homeward from foolish fears and strife
We float on failing breath. - Tao
A woman with confidence is hypnotic. A smile is mesmerizing. Presence, openness, a sense of humor - these are all things that make a woman attractive. - Jessica Ortner
Confidence is a very fragile thing. - Joe Montana
Leadership is an ever-evolving position. - Mike Krzyzewski
Behind leadership there is always a person. - Unknown
Nowadays men lead lives of noisy desperation. - James Thurber
Greatness is a road leading towards the unknown. - Charles de Gaulle
The most effective way to lead is to lead from within. - Lolly Daskal
Public behavior is merely private character writ large. - Stephen Covey
Confidence is what you have before you understand the problem. - Woody Allen
Character is the root of the tree; conduct, the fruit it bears. - E.M. Bounds
You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him float. - Unknown
You don't put skill on like a coat - you build it day by day. - Unknown
To succeed in life, you need two things: ignorance and confidence. - Mark Twain
Image is what people think we are; integrity is what we really are. - John C Maxwell
Character may almost be called the most effective means of persuasion. - Aristotle
The beginning of leadership is a battle for the hearts and minds of men. - Bernard L Montgomery
The growth and development of people is the highest calling of leadership. - Harvey S Firestone
The true test of a man's character is what he does when no one is watching. - John Wooden
The lead car is absolutely unique, except for the one behind it which is identical. - Murray Walker
Leadership at one time meant muscles; but today it means getting along with people. - Mahatma Gandhi
It requires less character to discover the faults of others than is does to tolerate them. - J. Petit Senn
The trust of the people in the leaders reflects the confidence of the leaders in the people. - Paulo Freire
Character is better than ancestry, and personal conduct is of more importance than the highest. - Thomas J. Barnardo
You learn more from failure than from success. Don't let it stop you. Failure builds character. - Unknown
Management by objective works - if you know the objectives. Ninety percent of the time you don't. - Peter F Drucker
Education makes a people easy to lead, but difficult to drive; easy to govern but impossible to enslave. - Henry Brougham
Don't be accusing me of taking a bribe. You know what they call that, "definition of character." - Archie Bunker
The task of leadership is not to put greatness into humanity, but to elicit it, for the greatness is already there. - John Buchan
Character is like a tree and reputation like a shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing. - Abraham Lincoln
He that takes truth for his guide, and duty for his end, may safely trust to God's providence to lead him aright. - Blaise Pascal
Every human being is intended to have a character of his own; to be what no others are, and to do what no other can do. - William Henry Channing
Though my friends envied me because I always seemed so cheerful and confident, I was secretly terrified of practically everything. - Erica Jong
Unless a man has considerable skill and reliance in his weapon, he will not remain cool in the presence of dangerous game close by. - Townsend Whelen
I hope you have not been leading a double life, pretending to be wicked and being really good all the time. That would be hypocrisy. - Oscar Wilde
Integrity is: choosing courage over comfort; choosing what's right over what's fun, fast or easy; and practicing your values. - Brene Brown
Management is efficiency in climbing the ladder of success; leadership determines whether the ladder is leaning against the right wall. - Stephen Covey
I love inventing names, but I also collect unusual names, so that I can look through my notebook and choose one that suits a new character. - J K Rowling
Every man, as to character, is the creature of the age in which he lives. Very few are able to raise themselves above the ideas of their times. - Voltaire
Thirteen roadways lead through life
To thirteen doors of death,
Homeward from foolish fears and strife
We float on failing breath. - Tao
A woman with confidence is hypnotic. A smile is mesmerizing. Presence, openness, a sense of humor - these are all things that make a woman attractive. - Jessica Ortner
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