"There are three main areas of focus: vision, priorities and alignment. It is critical to articulate a clear vision - how do we add value based on what key competences? Some leaders fail to be clear enough or fail to update the vision based on changes in their industry and in the world."

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Source : Source: bobmorris.biz

Robert S. Kaplan

#Focus Quotes #Priorities Quotes #Leader Quotes

“A tale is told of a man in Paris during the upheaval in 1948, who saw a friend marching after a crowd toward the barricades. Warning him that these could not be held against the troops, that he had better keep way, he received this reply, " I must follow them. I am their leader."”
“The terrible thing about TERRORISM is that ultimately it destroys those who practice it. Slowly but surely, as they try to extinguish life in others, the light within them dies.”
“The irony is that the person not taking risks feels the same amount of fear as the person who regularly takes risks.”

Source : Peter McWilliams (1997). “Do It!: Let's Get Off Our Buts”, Mary Book / Prelude Press
“Solving problems should be a joy, a welcome challenge to our creativity.”
“French laicite is probably aggressive and antagonistic to the religion, but there are other models of secularism in the world where there could be reconciliation between religion and secularism.”

Source : "Tunisia's Challenge: A Conversation with Rachid al-Ghannouchi". UMCI News (Potomac Falls, VA), December 14, 2011.
“Secrets with girls, like guns with boys, are never valued till they make a noise.”
“Photography has always reminded me of the second child.. trying to prove itself. The fact that it wasn't really considered an art.. that it was considered a craft.. has trapped almost every serious photographer.”
“We plan to lift the veil of secrecy surrounding the preparation of the budget. We also plan to open up the process of government appointments.”

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