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Practice self-awareness, self-evaluation, and self-improvement. If we are aware that our manners - language, behavior, and actions - are measured against our values and principles, we are able to more easily embody the philosophy, leadership is a matter of how to be, not how to do.

~Frances Hesselbein

Topics: Able Actions Against Aware Behavior Easily Embody How Language Leadership Manners Matter Measured More Our Philosophy Practice Principles Self-Awareness Self-Improvement Values

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When you see a roadblock or challenge as an opportunity, it is amazing how you are already halfway there.

~Frances Hesselbein

Topics: Amazing Challenge Halfway How Opportunity Roadblock See You

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

~Frances Hesselbein

Topics: How Leadership Matter

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Girl Scouts helps girls make decisions that are right for them and offer support.

~Frances Hesselbein

Topics: Decisions Girl Girl Scouts Helps Make Offer Right Scouts Support Them

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Good leaders make people's strengths effective and their weaknesses irrelevant.

~Frances Hesselbein

Topics: Effective Good Irrelevant Leaders Make People Strengths Weaknesses

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Leadership is not a basket of tricks or strategies or skills that you pull out. Leadership begins with the quality of the person.

~Frances Hesselbein

Topics: Basket Begins Leadership Out Person Pull Quality Skills Strategies Tricks You

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It takes courage for a leader to identify and confront self-imposed barriers, to put in place the personal strategies required to unleash the energy, innovation, and commitment to self-development.

~Frances Hesselbein

Topics: Barriers Commitment Confront Courage Energy Identify Innovation Leader Personal Place Put Required Self-Development Strategies Takes

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I did not want to take a troop. I was the mother of a little boy. I knew nothing about little girls.

~Frances Hesselbein

Topics: About Boy Did Girl Knew Little Little Girls Mother Nothing Take Troop Want

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Not long after I was married, World War II began. My husband John volunteered for the Navy and was sent to Pensacola for training as a Naval Combat Air Crew photographer. It seemed a strange assignment for a young newspaper editor and writer, already exempt, but off he went, saying goodbye to our 18-month-old Johnny and me.

~Frances Hesselbein

Topics: After Air Assignment Began Combat Crew Editor Exempt Goodbye He Husband John Johnny Long Married Me Naval Navy Newspaper Off Our Photographer Saying Saying Goodbye Seemed Sent Strange Training Volunteered War World World War World War Ii Writer Young

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Carry a big basket. In other words, be open to new ideas, different partners, and new practices, and have a willingness to dump out the old and irrelevant to make room for new approaches.

~Frances Hesselbein

Topics: Approaches Basket Big Carry Different Dump Ideas In Other Words Irrelevant Make New New Ideas Old Open Other Out Partners Practices Room Willingness Words

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Businessman

Born: November 1st, 1915

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