A good leader needs to have a compass in his head and a bar of steel in his heart.
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Don't hire a master to paint you a masterpiece and then assign a roomful of schoolboy artists to look over his shoulder and make suggestions.Robert Townsend
One of the most important tasks of a manager is to eliminate his people's excuses for failure.
Robert Townsend
If people are coming to work excited...if they're making mistakes freely and fearlessly...if they're having fun...if they're concentrating on doing things, rather than preparing reports and going to meetings...then somewhere you have a leader.
Robert Townsend
Most people in big companies are administered, not led. They are treated as personnel, not people.
Robert Townsend
Is what I'm doing or about to do getting us closer to our objective.
Robert Townsend
Many ideas are good for a limited time -- not forever.
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