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6 Lessons on Leadership from Captain Bligh

by Alec Satin
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Observing some of the actions and attitudes of the cold, hard Captain William Bligh can provide you with a measure to use against your own behavior as a project manager.

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Quote – The leader and the boss

by Alec Satin

People ask the difference between a leader and a boss… The leader works in the open and the boss is covert.  The leader leads and the boss drives.
- Theodore Roosevelt
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Quote – Work you love

by Alec Satin

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Getting up in the morning and having work you love is what makes life different for people.  And if you get into a position where you really don’t love what you’re doing, get off it.  It’s easy to be on someone else’s track or something that sounds like a safety play.
-Bob Woodward, as quoted in Bits and Pieces

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Quote – Personal resources…

by Alec Satin

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Living in today’s society is a stressful business for everyone, and everyone needs to figure out how to find the personal resources to try to make the world a better place.
Ray Sidney, as quoted in Bits and Pieces

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Quote – Essence of Leadership

by Alec Satin

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All the great leaders have had one characteristic in common: it was the willingness to confront unequivocally the major anxiety of their people in their time.  This, and not much else, is the essence of leadership.
-John Kenneth Galbraith, as quoted in Bits and Pieces

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