“When a leader walks in the room - the followers feel intimidated, the snakes feel threatened, but the next leaders feel inspired.”
— Deion Sanders, Professional Football & Baseball player
“The commander therefore has the "double burden" of "preserving optimism in himself and in his command," and that optimism and pessimism are infectious and they spread more rapidly from the head down than any direction.”
— Dwight D. Eisenhower, President, I read this in the book, How Ike Led
“Never forget what it's like to be managed.”
— Adaire Fox-Martin, Global President of Google Cloud's GTM, I heard this during one of her monthly sales all hands calls
“Your title makes you a manager, but your people make you a leader.”
— Donna Dubinsky, CEO of Palm and Handspring and Numenta