A Quote by Chinua Achebe
Nigera is what it is because its leaders are not what they should be.
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Leaders who want to show sensitivity should listen often and long and talk short and seldom. Many so-called leaders are too busy to listen. True leaders know that time spent listening is well invested.
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Nigeria is what it is because its leaders are not what they should be.
Maybe strong leaders are not quite as alluring as we think, and we should celebrate the fact that our leaders are just like us. Just because one candidate can't remember his whole speech and the other likes to put his feet up on the job doesn't mean they can't govern.
We need to move beyond the idea that girls can be leaders and create the expectation that they should be leaders.
As the political leaders of Europe meet to save the euro and European Union, so should religious leaders.
U.S. leaders should think that if they are aiding terrorist plans to eliminate Cuban leaders, they themselves will not be safe.
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the best leaders try to train their followers themselves to become leaders. ... they wish to be leaders of leaders.
..leaders should be looked upon as being 'in front', 'sharing' rather than 'showing' the way... it is the followers who save leaders and therefore make them.
The American people should not wonder where their military leaders draw the line between military advice and political preference. And our nation's soldiers, sailors, airmen, and Marines should not wonder about the political leanings and motivations of their leaders.
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Transformational leaders are important because they make choices that most other leaders would not.
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