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Quote: Vision and leadership

Vision and leadership go hand in hand--that is if you want to be effective as a leader.

“However visionary, a leader with no followers is just a guy out taking a walk.”  Robert Bell  I like reading about leadership and observing other leaders.  I know that I’m not a perfect leader myself, but I can always improve.  Someone once told me that If you turn around and no one is following you—you are not a leader.  In the military we had annual evaluations that really counted.  There was one report that someone wrote of a lieutenant that said, “His men follow him out of pure curiosity.”

I do think that the leader should cast a vision for the future.  Not everyone will climb on board with the ideas espoused, but those that do will make a real difference.  As you cast your vision, what is it that you want to accomplish?  You can have some short term goals, but the tough stuff takes a while to accomplish.  Shooting for the moon is not such a bad idea.  To end this, here is another quote, “Aim high and you won’t shoot your foot off.”  Phyllis Diller

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