The responsibility of leadership is not to come up with all the ideas but to create an environment in which great ideas can thrive.
Give someone responsibility and they will do their best. Make them accountable and they will do even better.
The responsibility of the company is to help the people, grow as people. If we can do that, then the company will grow as a company.
Trust doesn't develop from always doing the right thing. Trust comes from taking responsibility when we do the wrong thing.
Leadership is not a license to do less. Leadership is a responsibility to do more
A leader should not take credit when things go right if they are not willing to accept responsibility when things go wrong.
A parent does not do everything for their kid. A parent that does everything for their kid produces a kid with no self-confidence. If our parents fixed everything for us and did not allow us to do anything on our own, or intervened every single time, we would all grow up to be completely dependent. The reason we grow up to be healthy adults is because our parents played this game of giving us responsibility, disciplining us when necessary, letting us try, letting us fail.
The courage of leadership is giving others the chance to succeed even though you bear the responsibility for getting things done.
The reason we grow up to be healthy adults is because our parents played this game of giving us responsibility, disciplining us when necessary, letting us try, letting us fail. No matter what we know they are there to support us and see us do well. Leaders are exactly the same.
We become leaders when we accept the responsibility to protect those in our care.
And when a leader embraces their responsibility to care for people instead of caring for numbers, then people will follow, solve problems and see to it that that leader’s vision comes to life the right way, a stable way and not the expedient way.
Only you can take responsibility for your happiness..but you can't do it alone. It's the great paradox of being human.
We think leadership is about rank and power, but better to think of leadership as the responsibility for other human beings. That leadership and rank may not go together. So it manifests in this remarkable way.
The responsibility of leadership is not taken, it is given. Only when others choose to follow us can we truly lead.
A company and leaders of the company have the responsibility of the precious lives of all the human beings that work there.
