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“Train people well enough so they can
leave; treat them well enough so they
don’t want to.”
RICHARD BRANSON
“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.”
C LO S I N G T H E B O O K S
OPRAH WINFREY
“Leadership is about making others
better as a result of your presence
and making sure that impact lasts
in your absence.”
“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.”
DOLLY PARTON
“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.”
JACINDA ARDERN
“Earn your leadership every day.”
MICHAEL JORDAN
SHERYL SANDBERG
“A good leader inspires people to have
confidence in the leader; a great leader
inspires people to have confidence
in themselves.”
“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.”
ELEANOR ROOSEVELT
BRENÉ BROWN
“A leader’s job is not to prove you
are smarter than others. A leader’s job
is to make sure everybody is giving
their smart ideas out.”
“‘Restore connection’ is not just for
devices, it is for people too. If we
cannot disconnect, we cannot lead.”
JACK MA
“As we look ahead into the next
century, leaders will be those who
empower others.”
BILL GATES
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ARIANNA HUFFINGTON
“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.”
BARACK OBAMA
