“The thermostat, on the other hand, manages to change the environment in sync with the outside world. Every organization needs at least one thermostat. These are leaders who can create change in response to the outside world, and do it consistently over time.”
― Tribes: We Need You to Lead Us
― Tribes: We Need You to Lead Us
“The easiest thing is to react. The second easiest thing is to respond. But the hardest thing is to initiate.”
― Tribes: We Need You to Lead Us
― Tribes: We Need You to Lead Us
“Initiating is really and truly difficult, and that’s what leaders do. They see something others are ignoring and they jump on it. They cause the events that others have to react to. They make change.”
― Tribes: We Need You to Lead Us
― Tribes: We Need You to Lead Us
“What people are afraid of isn’t failure. It’s blame. Criticism.”
― Tribes: We Need You to Lead Us
― Tribes: We Need You to Lead Us
“begin to realize that the safest thing you can do feels risky and the riskiest thing you can do is play it safe.”
― Tribes: We Need You to Lead Us
― Tribes: We Need You to Lead Us
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