If you cast the vision and your followers do not understand the mission, you will never arrive at the destination.

Twitter is where leaders become followers…and where followers lead the way!

Iam not popular or else i would have had lots of followers on Twitter. – Hari Krishna Karne

“When is enough, enough? 2 followers will always be “stuck”, until 1 becomes a leader.”

Quotes on Colleagues

A leopard never changes it’s spots – “You can lead a horse to water but a pencil must be lead.”

“Credit where Credit’s due” – “Sterling Work!”

“Everyone’s got their good points, and that’s the thing to focus on. They will come out eventually – You just haven’t given them enough time yet.” – Randy Pausch

Fight for your loyal troops like they were your own children.

For the others, play it straight and discuss every ‘situation’ with your Boss and HR before you decide to confront them for their own good and your own.

Followers choose their Leaders.

“Good Man; Good Plan”.

“If their manner grates, give great manners.” *

If they’ve got a personal crisis, let them go and sort it, flexibility works both ways.

If you can call them a Muppet when muppetation occurs without offending them then they are in the clique.

If you can’t get in today call your Boss direct and tell him why. If, as the Boss, you don’t hear from them by 9:30 then you call them direct.

If you’ve asked someone to do some work for you, have you checked with their Boss first?

“It doesn’t matter what I think, this is the way it is.”

Like water off a duck’s back, you soon learn where the pond slime is.

“Look, the bad guys always lose in the end.”

Keep an eye on the bad apples in case they try to spoil the barrel.

Never give them the satisfaction.

Nobody’s perfect, everyone’s got something wrong with them.

To try to speak to people as often as possible rather than use electronic communication – “You learn more face to face.”

Train your team until you can trust them to do their job but don’t train for training’s sake.

When people are open with you, that’s when a colleague becomes a friend.

When suffering a close bereavement, you need two weeks off to sort yourself and everything else out.

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