Frances Hesselbein

Practice self-awareness, self-evaluation, and self-improvement. If we are aware that our manners - language, behavior, and actions - are measured against our values and principles, we are able to more easily embody the philosophy, leadership is a matter of how to be, not how to do. ”

I always had this philosophy that only the best is good enough for those who serve girls. ”

In the future, it will not be the one big message, the one big voice, but millions of us, in our own way, healing, unifying, and experiencing that one defining moment when we recognize that sustaining the democracy is the common bottom line - whoever we are, whatever we do, wherever we are, the call is to sustain the democracy. ”

There's something exhilarating about being in the mountains and talking about management and the future with Peter Drucker. ”

Leadership is not a basket of tricks or strategies or skills that you pull out. Leadership begins with the quality of the person. ”

Leadership is a matter of how to be - not how to do it. ”

I didn't have a career plan. But what I did was, whenever there was a door open and a new opportunity, I always looked into it and took a chance and walked through the door. ”

Leadership flows from inner character and integrity of ambition, which inspires others to lend themselves to your organization's mission. ”

An exceptional career is one that provides an opportunity to serve. It is a satisfying career in which you can't wait to get up in the morning to begin! You have a sense of purpose and mission. You know why you do what you do. It is a response to a call to serve. Once we do that, everything flows positively. ”

We cannot ensure equal access or build upon our diverse strengths by sitting at our desks. ”