Right Wisdom

Today I would like to analyze another leadership quote. From time to time I list a quote and then give my interpretation of the quote. Today’s quote is found at brainyquote.com "Good leadership consists of showing average people how to do the work of superior people." John D. Rockefeller   One of the biggest roles of a leader is to motivate and inspire average people how to do the work of superior people. This is a very true quote. Leaders are someone who is looked up to and sometimes even emulated. That leader needs to motivate the followers so they can reach their greatest potential. I have been involved in Toastmasters for 7 years and when I first got into Toastmasters it was all about the communication aspect and the desire to improve my speaking ability to eventually become a public speaker. My focus has changed somewhat. I still want to be a public speaker but I really love the leadership portion of Toastmasters. It has been many of the leaders who I have ...

In today’s blog I am going to cite a leadership quote and then I will discuss my opinion of that quote. This is an occasional series I do. Sometimes I will read a quote or hear a quote and wonder how it fits in with the concept of leadership. Today’s quote from Brainyquote   " Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other." John F. Kennedy There is a lot of truth behind this quote. Leadership isn’t to be left stagnant once you reach a role as a leader, instead learning must continue so the leader can continue to grow and learn. I was thinking about this the other day when my daughter was complaining about doing her homework. I realized that children haven’t yet learned the importance of education. Education is really a lifelong pursuit. True learning becomes more defined as you get older but still learning needs to continue or you will fall behind. Leaders cannot afford to fall behind they must keep up on all the current changes to leadership. President...

Yesterday I started a series where I post a leadership quote and then discuss. Today I am posting my second quote. I also would love to have your analysis of the quotes that I post. Today’s quote:   "I praise loudly. I blame softly." (Catherine the Great, 1729-1796.) A short and sweet quote, that I think sums up leadership in a nutshell. This whole year I have been writing often that leadership is about people and how you treat them. As this quote says praise the people loudly. Let others know that you appreciate what they do and how they do it. If there is a problem and things go wrong the leader needs to be quiet about it. Talk softly and in private to those who are to blame. A leader doesn’t want others to perceive there is a problem on the ship. Blame and problems are kept quiet but resolved. It is important that you sweep the problems under the rug but instead address them quietly and resolve them. Instead a leader wants everyone to see a ship sailing ...

I would like to give you a quote on leadership and then give you my spin on the quote. I will do this over the next few blogs and the next few days. "People ask the difference between a leader and a boss.... The leader works in the open, and the boss in covert. The leader leads and the boss drives." (Theodore Roosevelt) I like this quote because it really defines very quickly the difference between being a leader and a boss.   Essentially a leader leads people. They show others the way to go and they blaze the path for innovation and vision. A leader wants others to see them work because they want the followers to follow and be guided by the vision of the leader. On the other hand a boss drives or another word for that would be boss. A boss bosses people around. They tell their people what to do. They really don’t have vision they just know what needs to get done and they tell others what to do. The boss sits in their office dictating to others what needs to b...