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Today's Quotes Remember the difference between a boss and a leader; a boss says "Go!" - a leader says "Let's go!" ~E.M. Kelly A chief is a man who assumes responsibility. He says "I was beaten," he does not say "My men were beaten." ~Antoine de Saint-Exupery A leader leads by example, whether he intends to or not. Leadership is action, not position. ~Donald H. McGannon You can't lead anyone else further than you have gone yourself. ~Gene Mauch The leadership instinct you are born with is the backbone. You develop the funny bone and the wishbone that go with it. ~Elaine Agather You don't have to hold a position in order to be a leader. ~Anthony J. D'Angelo, The College Blue Book Example is not the main thing in influencing others. It is the only thing. ~Albert Schweitzer Leaders are visionaries with a poorly developed sense of fear and no concept of the odds against them. ~Robert Jarvik You do not lead by hitting people over the head. That's assault, not leadership. ~Dwight D. Eisenhower Nothing so conclusively proves a man's ability to lead others as what he does from day to day to lead himself. ~Thomas J. Watson If two or three persons should come with a high spiritual aim and with great powers, the world would fall into their hands like a ripe peach. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson A leader is a dealer in hope. ~Napoleon Bonaparte Leaders don't create followers, they create more leaders. ~Tom Peters One measure of leadership is the caliber of people who choose to follow you. ~Dennis A. Peer A good leader is a person who takes a little more than his share of the blame and a little less than his share of the credit. ~John C. Maxwell A leader is best When people barely know that he exists. ~Witter Bynner, The Way of Life According to Laotzu The real leader has no need to lead - he is content to point the way. ~Henry Miller, The Wisdom of the Heart If you wish a general to be beaten, send him a ream full of instructions; if you wish him to succeed, give him a destination, and bid him conquer. ~Augustus William Hare and Julius Charles Hare, Guesses at Truth, by Two Brothers, 1827 I am more afraid of an army of one hundred sheep led by a lion than an army of one hundred lions led by a sheep. ~Charles Maurice, Prince de Talleyrand-Périgord A man is only a leader when a follower stands beside him. ~Mark Brouwer I suppose that leadership at one time meant muscle; but today it means getting along with people. ~Indira Gandhi Leaders need to be optimists. Their vision is beyond the present. ~Rudy Giuliani A leader leads by example not by Force. ~Sun Tzu A leader who doesn't hesitate before he sends his nation into battle is not fit to be a leader. ~Golda Meir The best executive is the one who has sense enough to pick good men to do what he wants done, and self-restraint enough to keep from meddling with them while they do it. ~Theodore Roosevelt He led his regiment from behind - He found it less exciting. But when away his regiment ran, His place was at the fore, O. ~W.S. Gilbert Leadership is based on a spiritual quality; the power to inspire, the power to inspire others to follow. ~Vince Lombardi We have great managers who haven't spent a day in management school. Do we have great surgeons that haven't spent a day in surgical school? ~Henry Mintzberg Every leader needs to look back once in a while to make sure he has followers. ~Author Unknown The art of leadership is saying no, not yes. It is very easy to say yes. ~Tony Blair Leadership: the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it. ~Dwight D. Eisenhower When trouble arises and things look bad, there is always one individual who perceives a solution and is willing to take command. Very often, that person is crazy. ~Dave Barry, "Things That It Took Me 50 Years to Learn" Authority without wisdom is like a heavy axe without an edge, fitter to bruise than polish. ~Anne Bradstreet A leader has the vision and conviction that a dream can be achieved. He inspires the power and energy to get it done. ~Ralph Nader Inside my empty bottle I was constructing a lighthouse while all the others were making ships. ~Charles Simic Management is nothing more than motivating other people. ~Lee Iacocca There go my people. I must find out where they are going so I can lead them. ~Alexandre Ledru-Rollin I am not a labor leader. I don't want you to follow me or anyone else. If you are looking for a Moses to lead you out of the capitalist wilderness you will stay right where you are. I would not lead you into this promised land if I could, because if I could lead you in, someone else could lead you out. ~Eugene V. Debs To lead the people, walk behind them. ~Lao-Tzu Charlatanism of some degree is indispensable to effective leadership. ~Eric Hoffer A chief is a man who assumes responsibility. He says "I was beaten," he does not say "My men were beaten." ~Antoine de Saint-Exupery A leader leads by example, whether he intends to or not. ~Author Unknown Leadership is action, not position. ~Donald H. McGannon You can't lead anyone else further than you have gone yourself. ~Gene Mauch The leadership instinct you are born with is the backbone. You develop the funny bone and the wishbone that go with it. ~Elaine Agather You don't have to hold a position in order to be a leader. ~Anthony J. D'Angelo, The College Blue Book Example is not the main thing in influencing others. It is the only thing. ~Albert Schweitzer Leaders are visionaries with a poorly developed sense of fear and no concept of the odds against them. ~Robert Jarvik You do not lead by hitting people over the head. That's assault, not leadership. ~Dwight D. Eisenhower Nothing so conclusively proves a man's ability to lead others as what he does from day to day to lead himself. ~Thomas J. Watson If two or three persons should come with a high spiritual aim and with great powers, the world would fall into their hands like a ripe peach. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson A leader is a dealer in hope. ~Napoleon Bonaparte, attributed Leaders don't create followers, they create more leaders. ~Tom Peters One measure of leadership is the caliber of people who choose to follow you. ~Dennis A. Peer A good leader is a person who takes a little more than his share of the blame and a little less than his share of the credit. ~John C. Maxwell A leader is best When people barely know that he exists. ~Witter Bynner, The Way of Life According to Laotzu The real leader has no need to lead - he is content to point the way. ~Henry Miller, The Wisdom of the Heart If you wish a general to be beaten, send him a ream full of instructions; if you wish him to succeed, give him a destination, and bid him conquer. ~Augustus William Hare and Julius Charles Hare, Guesses at Truth, by Two Brothers, 1827 I am more afraid of an army of one hundred sheep led by a lion than an army of one hundred lions led by a sheep. ~Charles Maurice, Prince de Talleyrand-Périgord A man is only a leader when a follower stands beside him. ~Mark Brouwer I suppose that leadership at one time meant muscle; but today it means getting along with people. ~Indira Gandhi Leaders need to be optimists. Their vision is beyond the present. ~Rudy Giuliani A leader leads by example not by Force. ~Sun Tzu A leader who doesn't hesitate before he sends his nation into battle is not fit to be a leader. ~Golda Meir The best executive is the one who has sense enough to pick good men to do what he wants done, and self-restraint enough to keep from meddling with them while they do it. ~Theodore Roosevelt He led his regiment from behind - He found it less exciting. But when away his regiment ran, His place was at the fore, O. ~W.S. Gilbert Leadership is based on a spiritual quality; the power to inspire, the power to inspire others to follow. ~Vince Lombardi We have great managers who haven't spent a day in management school. Do we have great surgeons that haven't spent a day in surgical school? ~Henry Mintzberg Every leader needs to look back once in a while to make sure he has followers. ~Author Unknown The art of leadership is saying no, not yes. It is very easy to say yes. ~Tony Blair Leadership: the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it. ~Dwight D. Eisenhower When trouble arises and things look bad, there is always one individual who perceives a solution and is willing to take command. Very often, that person is crazy. ~Dave Barry, "Things That It Took Me 50 Years to Learn" Authority without wisdom is like a heavy axe without an edge, fitter to bruise than polish. ~Anne Bradstreet A leader has the vision and conviction that a dream can be achieved. He inspires the power and energy to get it done. ~Ralph Nader Inside my empty bottle I was constructing a lighthouse while all the others were making ships. ~Charles Simic Management is nothing more than motivating other people. ~Lee Iacocca There go my people. I must find out where they are going so I can lead them. ~Alexandre Ledru-Rollin I am not a labor leader. I don't want you to follow me or anyone else. If you are looking for a Moses to lead you out of the capitalist wilderness you will stay right where you are. I would not lead you into this promised land if I could, because if I could lead you in, someone else could lead you out. ~Eugene V. Debs To lead the people, walk behind them. ~Lao-Tzu Charlatanism of some degree is indispensable to effective leadership. ~Eric Hoffer Finance Attain the Financial Freedom 102 Finance Tips RBI Finance Education Basic Fundamentals Advanced Finance Read More... Communication Communicate Effectievly 10 Tips for better communication Body Language Online Dictionary Speaking Skills Art Of Asking Everyone is a Sales Person Executive Presence Voice Power Read More... Business Get the Top Tips for Effective business launch. 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Today's Thought-The HealthCare CEO Monday, March 23, 2009 Jack O. Bovender, Jr. is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA, the nation’s leading provider of healthcare services. Bovender is a 35-year veteran of the healthcare industry and has worked at HCA for more than 20 years. He began his hospital administrative career in 1969 as a lieutenant in the United States Navy stationed at the Naval Regional Medical Center in Portsmouth, Va. He later served as Chief Executive Officer of Medical Center Hospital in Largo, Fla., and West Florida Regional Medical Center in Pensacola, both owned at the time by HCA. From 1985 to 1992, Bovender held several senior-level positions with HCA, including Division Vice President in HCA’s Atlanta Division and President of HCA’s Eastern Group Operations. In 1992, he was named Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer for HCA. Following HCA’s merger with Columbia in 1994, Bovender left the company to serve on the boards of several public and private companies, including Quorum Health Group, Inc., American Retirement Corp. and Nashville Electric Service. He returned to HCA in 1997 as HCA’s President and Chief Operating Officer. He was appointed to HCA’s Board of Directors in 1999 and was named President and CEO in 2001. He became Chairman and CEO of HCA in January 2002. Bovender currently serves as on the boards of the Nashville Community Foundation, Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce, the Nashville Healthcare Council, the St. Luke’s Community House, Nashville Airport Authority and Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business. In addition, Bovender is a member emeritus of Duke University Divinity School’s Board of Visitors and Chairman of the Duke University Divinity School Capital Campaign Committee. He also served on the Board of Governors of the American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE), an international professional society of nearly 30,000 healthcare executives, and also is a member of the Business Council and the Listed Company Advisory Committee to the New York Stock Exchange.He received his bachelor’s degree in psychology from Duke University in 1967 and his master’s degree in healthcare administration from Duke University in 1969. Bovender and his wife, Barbara, live in Nashville. They have a son, Richard, who is a graduate of Syracuse University. Bovender was born on August 16, 1945. WYD Team posted by Win Your Dreams @ 8:45 AM

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