I have never seen a good organization where the standards weren't high. — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
An organization that is not facing up to people who are not getting the job done, is going to have difficulties. — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
I think that military, corporate, and non-political organizations are pretty much similar. — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
Every organization should tolerate rebels who tell the emperor he has no clothes — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
Nobody wants to be in a mediocre organization. You don't have the same energy flowing through. — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
The essence of leadership is building bonds of trust in your organization. — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
Leadership is all about people. It is not about organizations. It is not about plans. It is not about strategies. It is… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
I have seen many organizations where there is this sense of purpose in the headquarters but it never gets cascaded down to… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
If a leader doesn't convey passion and intensity then there will be no passion and intensity within the organization and they'll start… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
The best leaders are those who break that mission down into the organization's constituent parts, so that everybody understands their role and… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
This is something else that is drilled into us in the military: Make sure you know who your replacement is, in case… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
Give me the right people and I don’t much care what organization you give me. Good things will happen. Give me the… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
Good leaders set vision, missions, and goals. Great leaders inspire every follower at every level to internalize their purpose, and to understand… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
I have always admired the Linking Pin theory of management specialist Rensis Likert. It says that in every organization there are leaders… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
Every organization needs to be introspective, transparent, and honest with itself. This only works if everyone is unified on the goals and… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
There is a war on terror that must be fought. Nobody's immune... And so rather than finding fault with what Spain has… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
Organization doesn't really accomplish anything. Plans don't accomplish anything, either. Theories of management don't much matter. Endeavors succeed or fail because of… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
Failure is a part of life and you have to learn to deal with it. Failure is something that is part of life's cycle… — Colin Powell Copy Share
Effective leaders are made, not born. They learn from trial and error, and from experience. — Colin Powell Copy Share
The purposes of the United States should not be doubted. The Security Council resolutions will be enforced - the just demands of peace and… — Colin Powell Copy Share
I always like to take my time and examine the two candidates, see not only the two candidates but the policies they will bring… — Colin Powell Copy Share
We can seldom get our children to do what we tell them, but they almost never fail to imitate us. — Colin Powell Copy Share
With respect to where we are now, we have a voluntary army. And if we ever go back to conscription I hope that at… — Colin Powell Copy Share
There are no secrets to success: don't waste time looking for them, success is the result of perfection, hard work, learning from failure, loyalty… — Colin Powell Copy Share
So like any football or basketball coach, you always always believe you're going to win. — Colin Powell Copy Share
We hope that more assistance will be available to the nations of the region, to include Egypt, on the three pillars that I discussed… — Colin Powell Copy Share
One of the most worrisome things that emerges from the thick intelligence file we have on Iraq's biological weapons is the existence of mobile… — Colin Powell Copy Share
Pissing people off doesn't mean you're doing the right things, but doing the right things will almost inevitably piss people off. — Colin Powell Copy Share
The less you associate with some people, the more your life will improve. Any time you tolerate mediocrity in others, it increases your mediocrity.… — Colin Powell Copy Share
