 | United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Labor and Public Welfare - 1959 - 1518 pages
...strengrtli to carry out this general purpose. Remembered, too, was the wise teaching of the Chinese philosoj "A leader is best when people barely know he exists....and proclaim him ! Worst when people despise him. Fall to honor people, they fail to honor you. The Friendly Seniors is made up of men and women who... | |
 | Thomas J. Sergiovanni, John E. Corbally - Business & Economics - 1986 - 358 pages
...Leadership. Judging leadership as the ability to lead without seeming to lead, Lao Tse's classic aphorism: A leader is best When people barely know he exists. Not so good when people obey and acclaim him, Worse when they despise him. "Fail to honor people, They fail to honor you"; But of a... | |
 | Raymond F. Veilleux - Technology & Engineering - 1988 - 564 pages
...about 565 BC, the Chinese philosopher Lao Tse suggested the following idea about leadership: Leadership A leader is best When people barely know he exists Not so good When people obey and acclaim him. Worse when they despise him. But of a good leader Who talks little When his work is done... | |
 | Paul Ingrassia, Joseph B. White - Business & Economics - 1995 - 536 pages
...tablet upon which was affixed a brass placque engraved with an epigram from the Chinese mystic Lao-tzu. A leader is best When people barely know he exists. Not so good when people obey and acclaim him. Worse when they despise him. But of a good leader who talks little when his work is done,... | |
 | Rabindra N. Kanungo, Manuel Mendonca - Business & Economics - 1996 - 170 pages
...leadership is more likely to be ethical, more effective, and more enduring. Preparing for Ethical Leadership A leader is best when people barely know he exists. Not so good when people obey and acclaim him. Worse when they despise him. If you fail to honour people, they fail to honour you. But... | |
 | Stephen R. Connor - Medical - 1998 - 222 pages
...them to provide care and to communicate openly. LaoT'su (Blakney. 1 955) spoke wisely when he said. A leader is best when people barely know he exists, not so good when people obey and acclaim him, worst when they despise him. Fail to honor people, they fail to honor you. But of a good... | |
 | Anne-Marie Nelson - Patient satisfaction - 1997 - 378 pages
...Past President, Medical Group Management Association^ Administrator, Murfreesboro Medical Clinic, PA A leader is best when people barely know he exists, not so good when people obey and acclaim him, worse when they despise him. But of a good leader who talks little, when his work is done,... | |
 | Benjamin R. Barber - Philosophy - 2000 - 310 pages
...which the Western democracies are unlikely to be able to live up to. "A leader is best," he advised, "when people barely know he exists. Not so good when people obey and acclaim him, worse when they despise him . . . but of a good leader, who talks little, when his work... | |
 | Mark A. Ray - Sports & Recreation - 1999 - 196 pages
...you to the threshold of your own mind.... Kahhl Gibmn Leadership is action, not position. DH McGonnon A leader is best when people barely know he exists, Not so good when people obey and acclaim him Worse when they despise him. Fail to honor people, They fail to honor you. But of a good... | |
 | Ellen Gottesdiener - Business & Economics - 2002 - 366 pages
...the opening of the session or during a workshop orientation meeting. GROUND RULES FDR THE FACILITATOR "A leader is best when people barely know he exists. Not so good when people obey and acclaim him. Worst when they despise him. But of a good leader, who talks little, When his work is... | |
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But of a good leader, who talks little, When his work is done, his aim fulfilled, They will say, "We did this ourselves. 
