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Our chief want in life is somebody who will make us do what we can. (Babangida Ibrahim)
The measure of a great leader, is their success in bringing everyone around to their opinion twenty years later. (Babangida Ibrahim)
The first thing a great person does, is make us realize the insignificance of circumstance. (Babangida Ibrahim)
We are reformers in the spring and summer, but in autumn we stand by the old. Reformers in the morning, and conservers at night. (Babangida Ibrahim)
In really good companies, you have to lead. You have to come up with big ideas and express them forcefully. I have always been encouraged -- or sometimes forced -- to confront the very natural fear of being wrong. I was constantly pushed to find out what I really thought and then to speak up. Over time, I came to see that waiting to discover which way the wind was blowing is an excellent way to learn how to be a follower. (Babangida Ibrahim)
A leader is someone who helps improve the lives of other people or improve the system they live under. (Babangida Ibrahim)
There is no necessary connection between the desire to lead and the ability to lead, and even less the ability to lead somewhere that will be to the advantage of the led (Babangida Ibrahim)
A boss creates fear, a leader confidence. A boss fixes blame, a leader corrects mistakes. A boss knows all, a leader asks questions. A boss makes work drudgery, a leader makes it interesting. A boss is interested in himself or herself, a leader is interested in the group. (Babangida Ibrahim)
Right or wrong, the customer is always right. (Babangida Ibrahim)
Who has not served cannot command. (Babangida Ibrahim)
The person who renders loyal service in a humble capacity will be chosen for higher responsibilities, just as the biblical servant who multiplied the one pound given him by his master was made ruler over ten cities... (Babangida Ibrahim)
Time and money spent in helping men to do more for themselves is far better than mere giving. (Babangida Ibrahim)
Search others for their virtue, and yourself for your vices. (Babangida Ibrahim)
All of the great leaders have had one characteristic in common: it was the willingness to confront unequivocally the major anxiety of their people in their time. This, and not much else, is the essence of leadership. (Babangida Ibrahim)
I suppose leadership at one time meant muscles; but today it means getting along with people. (Babangida Ibrahim)
There are no office hours for leaders. (Babangida Ibrahim)
A good leader takes a little more than his share of the blame, a little less than his share of the credit. (Babangida Ibrahim)
The leader seeks to communicate his vision to his followers. He captures their attention with his optimistic intuition of possible solutions to their needs. He influences them by the dynamism of his faith. He demonstrates confidence that the challenge can be met, the need resolved, the crisis overcome. (Babangida Ibrahim)
Delegating work works, provided the one delegating works, too. (Babangida Ibrahim)
Those who can command themselves command others. (Babangida Ibrahim)
Ethics must begin at the top of an organization. It is a leadership issue and the chief executive must set the example. (Babangida Ibrahim)
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