The Way of the Leader

Difficult things of the world
Can only be tackled when they are easy.
Big things of the world
Can only be achieved by attending to their small beginnings.

Excerpted from verse 63 in Tao Te Ching by Lao Tzu, translated by John C.H. Wu

The Way of the Leader

What is well planted cannot be uprooted.

Excerpted from verse 54 in Tao Te Ching by Lao Tzu, translated by John C.H. Wu

Reflection

In any organization, Leadership appears like a reflection; thus do we see the Leader according to the differences in our understandings.

The Power of Metaphor

Leaders, read between the lines.

The Way of the Leader

To give life but to claim nothing,
To do your work but to set no store by it,
To be a leader, not a butcher,
This is called hidden Virtue.

Excerpted from verse 51 in Tao Te Ching by Lao Tzu, translated by John C.H. Wu

The Tyrant's M.O.

Also known as "the bungee boss" for the ability to spring in when an issue hits senior management's radar then spring back out again when the coast is clear, the tyrant, according to Wiseman and McKeown, "has two modes: One is 'all over it' and the other is 'completely absent'" (p. 183).

Found in Multipliers: How the Best Leaders Make Everyone Smarter by Liz Wiseman with Greg McKeown

The Way of the Leader

The Leader has no interests of his own, but takes the interests of those around him as his own.

Based on verse 49 in Tao Te Ching by Lao Tzu, translated by John C.H. Wu