Bottom of the News… Friday, October 16, 2009

Good morning my fellow Rotarians. Today our speaker will most likely share his ideas and vision for our city and maybe even give us a glimpse of his leadership style.

As you know, this reporter does not make it a common practice to offer advice to our guests, BUT since expressing opinions seems to be a very popular thing during this political season, I thought it only appropriate to offer just a few quotes in regard to leadership. We begin with…

• Delegating work works, provided the one who is delegating works, as well. - Robert Half
• The leadership instinct you are born with is the backbone. You then must develop the funny bone and the wishbone that go with it. - Elaine Agather
• Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because they want to do it. - Dwight Eisenhower
• A leader is a dealer in hope. - Napoleon Bonaparte
• Leaders don't tell people HOW to do things, they tell them WHAT to do and let them surprise you with their results. – General George Patton
• The key to successful leadership today is influence, not position or authority. – Ken Blancard
• Inventories can be managed, but people must be led. – Ross Perot
• The best leader is the one who has sense enough to pick good men to do what needs to be done, and self-restraint to keep from meddling with them while they do it. - Teddy Roosevelt
• To be a leader, you have to make people want to follow you, and nobody wants to follow someone who doesn't know where he is going. – Joe Nameth
• Management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right things. - Peter F. Drucker
• Remember, perceptions become people’s reality, so the first responsibility of a leader is to define reality. - Max Depree
• If you think you are leader and turn around to see that no one is following you, then you are simply out for a walk. - John Maxwell
• Only one man in a thousand is a leader of men; the other 999 follow women. - Groucho Marx

And there you have it, pearls of wisdom on leadership, for our special guest (does that give you some help?) and for each of us. This is the Bottom of the News for Friday, October 16, 2009! ###