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For the next two days, I will be bringing in real time the top leadership quotes and lessons from the 2021 Global Leadership Summit (GLS). Therefore, make sure you bookmark this site and check back often. For those not familiar with the GLS, it is two days of rich, high-impact, inspiring sessions, and learnings from a diverse faculty who will share their wisdom and practical perspective to support you in your leadership growth.
As a way to add additional value to leaders, I want to provide you a complimentary copy of my latest ebook The Top 60 Leadership Quotes From 2021 Part 1. Because of the world we currently live in, the fundamentals of leadership are more important than ever. The quotes in this book deal with the basics of leadership. If you want to be the best leader you can possibly be, click HERE or on the image provided to download this FREE resource. The lessons learned from last year, if applied, will sustain you for years to come.
The morning’s next speaker with Gen. Stanley McChrystal. Recognized as a transformational leader with a remarkable record of achievement, Gen. McChrystal is a retired four-star Army General widely praised for leading a comprehensive counterterrorism organization that fused intelligence and operations, redefining the way military and government agencies interact. Over the course of his career, he led a number of elite organizations including the International Security Assistance Forces, Joint Special Operations Command as well as the 75th Ranger Regiment. In 2009, the President of the United States and the Secretary General of NATO appointed him to be the Commander of U.S. Forces Afghanistan and NATO ISAF. His command included more than 150,000 troops from 45 allied countries. McChrystal is the author of My Share of the Task and Team of Teams: New Rules of Engagement for a Complex World.
The following are 14 Leadership Quotes from his session on risk:
- “If any of struggle with humility, I recommend marriage.”
- “We have a risk problem… We have risks that worry us and impact us.”
- “It’s hard to assess risk… and it’s hard to translate that.”
- “You can make risk go away. You can think about it differently.”
- “Things get riskier at scale.”
- “Doing things well in a small scale did not translate to success on the battlefield.”
- “Action – Structure – Community.”
- “Inertia – the inability to get up and get moving… Over years, policies built up and created our inertia.”
- “Policies become an excuse for inaction. The policy is now it can’t be illegal and it can’t be immoral. Now get out there.”
- “The only people you have to have are usually the most junior and most inexperienced. Things have to happen near the enemy, or the customer, or the congregation.”
- “Decentralize information until you are uncomfortable and then decentralize one level further.”
- “You get better by repetition but the difference is in communication.”
- “If the leadership is wrong, you’re always sputtering.”
- “People believe in stories, they believe in stories about themselves.”
Just an amazing session! Next up is Jamie Kern Lima. Also, to further invest in your leadership click What Are Leaders Currently Reading? The Top 10 Most Read Leadership Posts Of July ’21.
The Top 60 Leadership Quotes From 2021 Part 1 is my latest ebook. For many entering a post-pandemic environment, leadership looks completely different than the pre-pandemic world. People are more broken now. They are more uncertain. Fear and anxiousness are unwelcome constant companions. Cultures are more unhealthy. Relationships are more dysfunctional. Hope seems to be in short supply. Every day seems to bring a new hacking, natural disaster, or unexpected calamity.
Therefore, the fundamentals of leadership are more important than ever. The quotes in this book deal with the basics of leadership. If you want to be the best leader you can possibly be, click HERE or on the image provided to download this FREE resource. The lessons learned from last year, if applied, will sustain you for years to come.