Leading Without Authority Quotes

“Uncertainty is where new value is created. Everything you want in life is on the other side of all your excuses for not trying.”
― Keith Ferrazzi, Leading Without Authority: How the New Power of Co-Elevation Can Break Down Silos, Transform Teams, and Reinvent Collaboration

“the momentum of the past and will not accept any victim language. We will check each other if someone slips into a victim mindset and speaks like a victim. Look to ourselves first: When feeling frustrated with the other person, we will look to change our own behavior first, asking, “What’s my part?” before finger-pointing and blaming others. Spend the time to serve and care about the person: We commit to serving and sharing with each other to deepen our relationship and building the psychological safety, so the other person knows we genuinely care about them. Celebrate: We will celebrate and praise each other’s performance and our wins.”
― Keith Ferrazzi, Leading Without Authority: How the New Power of Co-Elevation Can Break Down Silos, Transform Teams, and Reinvent Collaboration

“our shared mission. Collaboration: We will collaborate, not sell each other on our ideas or bleed into consensus. We will be insatiably curious while breaking through to new levels of innovation. We will respectfully challenge the other’s ideas and provide the candid feedback on the mission to attain better outcomes. Development: We commit to helping each other develop our skill sets and/or behaviors so our performance improves. We give each other permission to trust our instincts and to give the candid feedback the other person needs to hear so we can grow. Speak truth: We will speak the truth in service of the mission and each other. We give each other permission to trust our instincts and give feedback and candor when needed. We will see and receive such candor in service of each other because we care about each other’s success. No victims: Nothing will stand in the way of our transformation. We will divorce ourselves from”
― Keith Ferrazzi, Leading Without Authority: How the New Power of Co-Elevation Can Break Down Silos, Transform Teams, and Reinvent Collaboration

“We are committed to the mission and to each other’s success: We will not let each other fail. In fact, we will ensure each other succeeds. We will elevate each other as we work together to achieve”
― Keith Ferrazzi, Leading Without Authority: How the New Power of Co-Elevation Can Break Down Silos, Transform Teams, and Reinvent Collaboration

“The strongest leaders are those who are lifelong students.”4”
― Keith Ferrazzi, Leading Without Authority: Why You Don’t Need To Be In Charge to Inspire Others and Make Change Happen