Business

Wylie Welling Carhartt

Mr. Wylie Carhartt was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan, January 22nd, 1885. His father being Hamilton Carharttand mother being Annette (Welling) Carhartt.

Frederick Trent Stanley

Frederick Trent Stanley was born August 12th,1802, in New Britain, Connecticut. Early in his career, he worked in a variety of jobs before founding Stanley Bolt Manufacturing in 1842.

Gates, Bill

As we look ahead into the next century, leaders will be those who empower others.

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Welch, Jack

“Before you are a leader, success is all about growing yourself. When you become a leader, success is all about growing others.”

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Rohn, Jim

"A good objective of leadership is to help those who are doing poorly to do well and to help those who are doing well to...

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Taylor, Bill

"The true mark of a leader is the willingness to stick with a bold course of action, an unconventional business strategy, a unique product-development roadmap,...

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Kelley, David M.

"The way I would measure leadership is this: of the people that are working with me, how many wake up in the morning thinking that...

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Verveer, Melanne

"For me, leadership is making a difference. It's using your agency to bring about change."

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Agather, Elaine

"The leadership instinct you are born with is the backbone. You develop the funny bone and the wishbone that go with it."

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Secretan, Lance

"Great leadership is about human experiences, not processes. Leadership is not a formula or a program, it is a human activity that comes from the...

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McKinney, Michael

"Leadership is difficult but it is not complex."

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Romney, Mitt

"Leadership is about taking responsibility and not making excuses."

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Randall, Clarence

"The leader must know, must know that he knows, and must be able to make it abundantly clear to those around him that he knows."

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Geneen, Harold

"Leadership is practiced not so much in words as in attitude and in actions."

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Van Valkenburg, George

"Leadership is doing what is right when no one is watching."

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Firestone, Harvey S.

"The growth and development of people is the highest calling of leadership."

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Glasow, Arnold

"One of the tests of leadership is the ability to recognize a problem before it becomes an emergency."

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Smith, Fred

"Leadership is getting people to work for you when they are not obligated."

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Hesselbein, Frances

"Leadership is a matter of how to be, not how to do it."

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Bowles, Erskine

"Leadership is the key to 99 percent of all successful efforts."

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Cash Hanson, Lisa

"Leadership is the ability to guide others without force into a direction or decision that leaves them still feeling empowered and accomplished."

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Casullo, David

Leadership is the collective action of everyone you influence. Your behavior--your actions and your words--determines how you influence. Our job as leaders is to...