Showing posts with label command. Show all posts
Showing posts with label command. Show all posts

February 24, 2014

IF YOU DON'T I SWEAR I WILL . .


"What you cannot enforce, do not command."

Sophocles 
5th century BC Greek tragic poet

"Enforcement" takes many forms.

The best is when you gain willing participation from others for what you hope they will do.

July 17, 2009

Management: Up Close and Personal?


"Never reveal all of yourself to other people; hold back something in reserve so that people are never quite sure if they really know you."

Michael Korda
Novelist, Editor-in-Chief Simon & Schuster


"The power to command has never meant the power to remain mysterious."

Marshal Ferdinand Foch
Early 20th century French Soldier/Military Theorist


Both quotes are related to charisma; a valuable management trait most would agree.

One says hold something back, the other, being aloof and in command are not related.

Which do you feel says it best?

Which are you?