If you are building a corporate culture of greatness, you have to define culture on your own terms and with the people you work with.
Interpretation
To create a strong corporate culture, leaders must establish their own definitions of culture collaboratively with their team.
This quote emphasizes the importance of defining corporate culture in a way that aligns with the values and goals of the organization, highlighting the need for collaboration between leaders and their teams. By involving employees in the definition of culture, organizations can foster a sense of ownership and commitment, which can drive greatness in their culture and overall performance.
In practice
In a leadership seminar discussing effective strategies for team building.
When people are speaking, they require our undivided attention. We focus on them; we listen very carefully. We listen to the spoken words and the unspoken messages. This means looking directly at the person, eyes connected; we forget we have a watch, just focusing for that moment on that person.
It takes courage for a leader to identify and confront self-imposed barriers, to put in place the personal strategies required to unleash the energy, innovation, and commitment to self-development.
Women are working for part or all of their adult lives now. The possibilities are limitless, but you need to prepare.
The real leader redefines or defines the mission in a very powerful way so that people understand it; it permeates the organization.
Leadership is not a basket of tricks or strategies or skills that you pull out. Leadership begins with the quality of the person.
Social-sector organizations have to be better managed than for-profit organizations... because they have no margin of error.
Coaching is about helping young people have a chance _x000D_ to succeed. There is no more awesome responsibility _x000D_ than that. One of the greatest honors a person can have _x000D_ is being called 'Coach.'
As I've said, there were patriots who supported this war, and patriots who opposed it. And all of us are united in appreciation for our servicemen and women, and our hopes for Iraqis' future.
Leadership is a series of behaviors rather than a role for heroes.
The more a general is accustomed to place heavy demands on his soldiers, the more he can depend on their response.
It is now, more than ever, necessary that political leaders be outstanding for honesty, integrity and commitment to the common good.
I think the most important thing... is leadership. It's something that has been lacking in young women and girls for a very long time, not because we don't want to but because of what society has labeled women to be. I think we are the most powerful beings in the world and that we should be given every opportunity.
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