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The battle for women's rights has been largely won. ”
I do not believe in using women in combat, because females are too fierce. ”
Most people associate command and control leadership with the military. ”
I think a major act of leadership right now, call it a radical act, is to create the places and processes so people can actually learn together, using our experiences. ”
I think it is quite dangerous for an organisation to think they can predict where they are going to need leadership. It needs to be something that people are willing to assume if it feels relevant, given the context of any situation. ”
I believe that the capacity that any organisation needs is for leadership to appear anywhere it is needed, when it is needed. ”
I'm sad to report that in the past few years, ever since uncertainty became our insistent 21st century companion, leadership has taken a great leap backwards to the familiar territory of command and control. ”
The vast literature concerning whistleblowers shows that, far from weird extremists, they are really quite ordinary people: male and female, young and old, junior and senior, no more nerdy or obsessive than most hard workers. ”
Making those around you feel invisible is the opposite of leadership. ”
One of the sad truths about leadership is that, the higher up the ladder you travel, the less you know. ”