Fairholm's principles of leadership excellence r Quality, Service, Innovation & Productivity improvement #leadership #dminlgp #dmingml

We ask many embryonic leaders to be political in organizations without adequate training #Fairholm #dminlgp #dmingml

Excellence cultures r decentralized. They devolve responsibility throughout the organization #leadershipexcellence #dminlgp #dmingml

To surround themselves with excellent people, leaders must understand their followers' capacities #Fairholm #dminlgp #dmingml

Properly placed trust empower us. Misplaced trust spells defeat #Fairholm #dminlgp #dmingml

Trust can only be given, never commanded. Do u agree? #dminlgp #dmingml

Leading organisations & managing talent is an exercise in creativity #dminlgp #dmingml #managingtalent - http://t.co/1r96Rjdx

Progressive leaders see their role in change as a task of creation, not control #Fairholm #dminlgp #dmingml

Seeing leadership as a sharing role, not a starring role is a difficult thing to overcome for some #Fairholm #dminlgp #dmingml

The 1st principle of values-based leadership is the leader's role in stakeholder development #Fairholm #dminlgp #dmingml

Leadership reluctance to deal with organizational values limits the organization's collective capacity to lead #Fairholm #dminlgp #dmingml

Leadership excellence has emerged as a technology & a value system #leadership #Fairholm #dminlgp #dmingml

Bureaucracy often produces simple, shortsighted answers rather than deal with long-term implications #Fairholm #dminlgp #dmingml

Totalitarianism in the workplace is incompatible with high performance #Fairholm #leadership #dminlgp #dmingml

Never confuse faith that u will prevail in the end with the discipline u need to confront current realities #goodtogreat # #dmingml

Leadership is about vision, but equally about creating a climate where people r not afraid to tell the truth #goodtogreat #dminlgp #dmingml

Leadership is both an individual and collective activity (Fairholm) #leadership #dminlgp #dmingml

#dminlgp #dmingml Food for thought Rodger. I really like what you are saying here in relation to applying the princi... http://t.co/fBI2Xest

@Buechsel #dminlgp #dmingml Excellent post Tim. The one intriguing thought I had as I read this book, was that altho... http://t.co/Ov7tgiZM

@andycampbell #dminlgp #dmingml Wow, there's a lot to chew on here. One thing I do agree with you on, is that sadly ... http://t.co/vMTYBCVM

Leadership is, among other things, a task of shifting other people's paradigm (Fairholm) #leadership #dminlgp #dmingml

Trust is central to leadership because followers r people who choose to follow leaders #leadership #dminlgp #dmingml

There is nothing wrong with pursuing a vision for greatness, unless it ignores the brutal facts of reality #goodtogreat #dminlgp #dmingml

Leaders bear an almost sacred duty to create conditions that enable people to grow & have happy & productive lives (Senge) #dminlgp #dmingml

Creating the best organisational climate #3 Conduct autopsies, without blame #goodtogreat #culture #dminlgp #dmingml