It is a shame that so many leaders spend their time pondering their rights as leaders instead of their awesome responsibilities as leaders.

Authority cannot be bought or sold, given or taken away.

It is a shame that so many leaders spend their time pondering their rights as leaders instead of their awesome responsibilities as leaders.

Leadership: The skill of influencing people to work enthusiastically toward goals identified as being for the common good.

...while everyone's focusing on keeping the boss happy, who's focusing on keeping the customer happy?

INTENTIONS - ACTION = SQUAT

...leaders who do not hold their people accountable to a set standard are, in effect, thieves and liars. Thieves because they are stealing from the stockholder who pays them to hold people accountable, and liars because they pretend that everything is OK with their people when in fact everything is not OK.