Let me share with you Richard Branson’s top 10 quotes on leadership from LinkedIn, January 7, 2015, which I read a few days ago. Here they are, in order of preference from 1 on ka:
1. Leadership is the ability to hide your panic from others. – Lao Tuz
2. Great leaders are almost always great simplifiers, who can cut through argument, debate and doubt to offer a solution everybody can understand. – Colin Powell
3. Leadership is the capacity to translate vision into reality. – Warren Bennis
4. Leadership is the art of giving people a platform for spreading ideas that work. – Seth Godin
5. You manage things; you lead people. – Admiral Grace Murray Hopper
6. The smartest thing I ever did was to hire my weakness. – Sara Blakely
7. Leaders think and talk about the solutions. Followers think and talk about the problems. – Brian Tracy
8. Tend to the people, and they will tend to the business. – John Maxwell
9. Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower. – Steve Jobs
10. A lot of people have gone further than they thought they could because someone else thought they could. – Zig Ziglar
Which is your favorite ka?
My top three picks are 7, 10, and 6 ka.
The first is because I always think that being a leader means he/she along with his/her team must try to get solutions for problems/challenges lying in front of them for all not to get stuck (complaining/feeling upset or scared or confused!?!).
My second is what I think of our own Thai kids ka. We, parents and teachers included, need to do more, especially those who don’t really do well in studies. Having faith in them could potentially get them started, or get them going to a more challenging path to discover themselves.
The third is also related to the Thai context of ‘face’ and ‘authority’ ka. No one is smart at everything and if our Thai bosses are open to those who can do some of the work better to perform to reach the goal successfully and smoothly. I think our context has shaped many Thai bosses to ‘hide my weakness’, not ‘hire my weakness’ lae ka.
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