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Educational Approval Board. Foundations for Legendary Leadership. Capturing the Essence of Excellence. BUILD A LEGACY: . “Cultivate in yourself the qualities you admire most in others.” Arnold Glason. Presented by the Two Faces of “E”….
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Foundationsfor Legendary Leadership Capturing the Essence of Excellence.
BUILD A LEGACY: “Cultivate in yourself the qualities you admire most in others.” Arnold Glason
Presented by the Two Faces of “E”… Management Training Seminars6520 York HeightsWaterloo, WI 53594www.elainetrain.com1-800429-4558
CRAFT A LEGEND: “Leadership is action, not a position.”Donald H. McGannon
A = Attitude "The greatest discovery of my generation is that human beings can alter their lives by altering their attitude of mind." William James
A = Attitude ““Whether you think you can or think you can't, you’re right." Henry Ford
A = Attitude "Believe and act as if it were impossible to fail." Charles F. Kettering
A = Attitude “It's hard to lead a cavalry charge if you think you look funny on a horse.” Adlai Steveneson
B = Brain “Learning without thought is labor lost; thought without learning is perilous.” Confucius
B = Brain "The illiterate of the future are not those that cannot read or write...they are those that cannot learn, unlearn and relearn." Alvin Toffler “Learn to pause . . .or nothing worthwhile will catch up to you.” Doug King
C = Communication “The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place.” George Bernard Shaw
C = Communication “You can have brilliant ideas, but if you can’t get them across, your ideas won’t get you anywhere.” Lee Iacocca.
C = Communication “When I use a word, it means just what I choose it to mean, neither more or less.” Humpty Dumpty to Alice in Through the Looking Glass
D = Diversity “One cannot build a rich and full orchestra with just one instrument. Harmony by definition requires multiple notes” Elaine Estervig Beaubien
“If a person is sitting backward on a horse, why do we assume that it’s the person who is backward, not the horse?”
“People who dance appear to be insane to those who can’t hear the music.” George Carlin
D = Diversity “Nothing is more dangerous than an idea when it’s the only one you have.” Emile Chartier
E – Empowerment “A leader is best when people barely know she exists…when her work is done, her aim is fulfilled, they will say, ‘We did this ourselves.’” Lao-tzu
E = Empowerment "Our research suggests that those companies that consider the people who work for them to be cannon fodder are at a strategic disadvantage." David Scarborough
E = Empowerment "A good leader inspires others with confidence in her; a great leader inspires them with confidence in themselves!"
E = Empowerment “Leadership is lifting a person's vision to higher sights, the raising of a person's performance to a higher standard, the building of a personality beyond its normal limitations." Peter F. Drucker
E = Empowerment “The key to successful leadership today is influence, not authority.” Kenneth Blanchard
F = Failure “You don't drown by falling in the water; you drown by staying there." Edwin Louis Cole
F – Failure “A person can fail many times, but he isn't a failure until he begins to blame somebody else.” John Burroughs
G = Goals “No one ever pulled a rabbit out of a hat without putting one in there in the first place.”
G = Goals "Can you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here," asked Alice. "That depends a good deal on where you want to get to,” said the cat.
G = Goals “You got to be careful if you don't know where you're going, because you might not get there.” Yogi Berra
H = Humor “A workplace without laughter is a workplacewithout inspiration.” Chad Dickerson
H – Humor “Laughter is like changing a baby's diaper. It doesn't permanently solve any problems, but it makes thing more acceptable for a while.”
H = Humor “A sense of humor is part of the art of leadership, of getting along with people, of getting things done." Dwight D.Eisenhower
H = Humor Celebrate what you want to see more of…
I – Integrity "Always do what is right. It will gratify most of the people and astound the rest." Mark Twain
I = Integrity “In looking for people to hire, you look for three qualities: integrity, intelligence, and energy. And if they don't have the first, the other two will kill you." Warren Buffet
J – Justice “The sword of justice has no scabbard.” Antione De Riveral
J = Justice “It’s the spirit and not the form of law that keeps justice alive.” Earl Warren
K – Knowledge “I not only use all the brains that I have, but all that I can borrow.” Woodrow Wilson
K = Knowledge “Knowledge itself is power.” Francis Bacon
K = Knowledge “Knowing more is the first step to doing more.”
K = Knowledge "If you think education is expensive, try ignorance." Derek Bok
L - Listen "By providing each of us with an enormous need to be heard, our egos overwhelm any desire to hear." Kevin J. Murphy
L = Listen “The ear of the leader must ring with the voices of the people." Woodrow Wilson
L – Listen “Listening is a magnetic and strange thing, a creative force. When we are listened to, it creates us, makes us unfold and expand.” Brenda Ueland
L = Listen “You can make more friends in two months by becoming really interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get other people interested in you.” Dale Carnegie
M – Motivate "Human Nature has been sold short...[humans have] a higher nature which includes the need for meaningful work, for responsibility, for creativeness, for being fair and just, for doing what is worthwhile and for preferring to do it well." Abraham Maslow
M = Motivation “It’s a funny thing about life: if you refuse to accept anything but the very best you will very often get it.” Somerset Maugham
M = Motivation “When Alexander the Great visited Diogenes and asked whether he could do anything for the famed teacher, Diogenes replied: 'Only stand out of my light.' One of the best things we can do for creative men and women is to stand out of their light.” John W. Gardner
N – Nutrition Leadership requires energy…energy must be fueled. You must feel good to project confidence, life, and vitality.
