"Leaders have a significant role in creating the state of mind that is the society. They can serve as symbols of the moral unity of the society. They can express the values that hold the society together. Most important, they can conceive and articulate goals that lift people out of their petty preoccupations, carry them above conflicts that tear a society apart, and unite them in pursuit of objectives worthy of their best efforts" Bennis & Nanus, Leaders, p. 200

"We discovered that the effective leader seemed able to create a vision that gave workers the feeling of being at the active centers of the social order. What they do is get the organization (and its workforce) to concentrate on serious acts. These serious acts consist of areas in society where its leading ideals and institutions come together to create an area in which the events that most vitally affect people's lives take place." Bennis & Nanus,Leaders, p. 76 (4)

" Leadership is a function of character as well as behavior." Bennis,An Invented Life-p.xiii

Ten Commandments of Expective Leadership

1. I will tell no one. But I will expect much.

2. The truth is the only thing that sets you free.

3. I will diligently expect to be what I expect of others.

4. I will unleash, unshackle, and be proud of my enthusiasm.

5. I will search for some positive strengths in every person. I will expect each person's best.

6. I will share life, love, and laughter with my team.

7. I know that expectations are the key to all happenings.

8. I know that the best control is a clearly and mutually understood expectation.

9. I will sculpt a vision and plan boldly.

10. I will live my plan. I will lead my team! I see myself as an instrument of human progress.

Batten,Tough Minded Leadership -frontispiece

"All of us need to balance all our energies, both male and female, and to be balanced whole persons. As we do that I think a lot of other things, like compassion, sensitivity, and creativity, will fall in place." Liebig, Merchants of Vision-pg.173

" Effective leaders:

1. ask, "What needs to be done?"

2. ask, "What can and should I do to make a difference?"

3. ask, "What are the organization's mission and goals?"

4. are extremely tolerant of diversity in people and do not look for carbon copies of themselves.

5. Are not afraid of strength in their associates.

6. Make sure that the person they see in the mirror in the morning is the kind of person they want to be, respect and believe in."

Hesselbein, Goldstein & Beckhard, Leader of the Future -pg.xii,xiii

"In the new organizations, titles and roles carry little weight until the leaders prove their competence. All authority has to be earned before it is exercised. In practical organizational terms, this means that leaders must be given the time and the space to prove themselves. Leaders grow; they are not made." Hesselbein, Goldstein & Beckhard, Leader of the Future -pg.5

"At the top of the organization, the leadership has to be personalized, because the task at this level is to provide the soft glue that holds this virtual community together. The glue is made up of a sense of common identity, linked to a common purpose and fed by an infectious energy and urgency. Mere words cannot create this glue-it has to be lived." Hesselbein, Goldstein & Beckhard, Leader of the Future -pg.8

" Fill your bowl to the brim And it will spill. Keep sharpening your knife And it will blunt. Chase after money and security And your heart will never unclench. Care about people's approval And you will be their prisoner. Do your work, then step back. The only path to serenity." Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching - pg.9

"We as business leaders can rediscover the value of wholeness. We can learn to be guided by our inner wisdom. We can operate from a broad awareness of enlightened self-interest." Ray & Rinzler, New Paradigm in Business - pg. Xiii

"Leadership is about tapping the wellsprings of human motivation-and about fundamental relations with one's fellows." Kouzes & Posner, Leadership Challenge -pg.xvi (700)

" The leader's primary contribution is in the recognition of good ideas, the support of those ideas, and the willingness to challenge the system in order to get new products, processes, services, and systems adopted. It might be more accurate, then, to say that leaders are early adopters of innovation. Leaders know well that experimentation, innovation, and change all involve risk and failure, but they proceed anyway." Kouzes & Posner, Leadership Challenge -pg.10