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“If your actions create a legacy that inspires others
to dream more, learn more, do more and become
more, then you are an excellent leader.”
MICHAEL JORDAN
JACINDA ARDERN
FORMER PROFESSIONAL
BASKETBALL PLAYER AND
OLYMPIC MEDALIST
FORMER PRIME MINISTER
OF NEW ZEALAND
BILL GATES
CO-FOUNDER OF MICROSOFT
AND CHAIR OF THE
GATES FOUNDATION
“I define a leader as anyone who
takes responsibility for finding the
potential in people and processes,
and who has the courage to develop
that potential.”
DOLLY PARTON
SINGER, SONGWRITER
AND ACTRESS
“No matter how much you’ve done or
how successful you’ve been, there’s
always more to do, always more to learn
and always more to achieve.”
“A good leader inspires people
to have confidence in the leader;
a great leader inspires people to have
confidence in themselves.”
“Leadership is about empathy. It is about
having the ability to relate to and connect
with people for the purpose of inspiring
and empowering their lives.”
BRENÉ BROWN
RESEARCH PROFESSOR
AND AUTHOR OF SIX #1
NEW YORK TIMES
BESTSELLERS
“Leadership is not about necessarily being the
loudest in the room, but instead being the bridge
or the thing that is missing in the discussion,
and trying to build a consensus from there.”
“‘Restore connection’ is not just for
devices, it is for people too. If we
cannot disconnect, we cannot lead.”
BARACK OBAMA
ARIANNA HUFFINGTON
CO-FOUNDER OF
THE HUFFINGTON POST,
FOUNDER & CEO OF
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“As we look ahead into the next century,
leaders will be those who empower others.”
44TH PRESIDENT OF THE
UNITED STATES
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