Leadership Quotes

“The other type of politician tends to be manipulative, selfish, and have unhealthy needs to be the center of attention.
These people play games, start rumors, get little done but take credit for
others’ work, and jockey to been seen as indispensable to their leaders.
Leaders who fall under this type of politician’s spell often have teams
with poor morale and performance.
Partners”
― Richard L. Hughes, Leadership: Enhancing the Lessons of Experience

“People prefer to explain others’ behavior on the basis of personal attributions even when obvious situational factors may fully account for the behavior.”
― Richard L. Hughes, Leadership: Enhancing the Lessons of Experience

“Some leaders now see their job as just coming up with big and vague ideas, and they treat implementing them, or even engaging in conversation and planning about the details of them, as mere ‘management’ work that is beneath their station and stature.”
― Richard L. Hughes, Leadership: Enhancing the Lessons of Experience

“When you see a leader’s behavior (even when it may appear obviously effective or ineffective to you), you should not automatically conclude something good or bad about the leader, or what is the right way or wrong way for leaders to act. You need to think about the effectiveness of that behavior in that context with those followers.”
― Richard L. Hughes, Leadership: Enhancing the Lessons of Experience

“Exemplary followers present a consistent picture to both leaders and coworkers of being independent, innovative, and willing to stand up to superiors. They apply their talents for the benefit of the organization even when confronted with bureaucratic stumbling blocks or passive or pragmatist coworkers. Effective leaders appreciate the value of exemplary followers. When one of the authors was serving in a follower role in a staff position, he was introduced by his leader to a conference as “my favorite subordinate because he’s a loyal ‘No-Man’.” Exemplary followers—high on both critical dimensions of followership—are essential to organizational success. Leaders, therefore, would be well advised to select people who have these characteristics and, perhaps even more important, create the conditions that encourage these behaviors.”
― Richard L. Hughes, Leadership: Enhancing the Lessons of Experience

“Exemplary followers present a consistent picture to both leaders and coworkers of being independent, innovative, and willing to stand up to superiors. They apply their talents for the benefit of the organization even when confronted with bureaucratic stumbling blocks or passive or pragmatist coworkers. Effective leaders appreciate the value of exemplary followers. When one of the authors was serving in a follower role in a staff position, he was introduced by his leader to a conference as “my favorite subordinate because he’s a loyal ‘No-Man’.” Exemplary followers—high on both critical dimensions of followership—are essential to organizational success.”
― Richard L. Hughes, Leadership: Enhancing the Lessons of Experience