If you don't understand that you work for your mislabeled 'subordinates', then you know nothing of leadership. You know only tyranny. Dee Hock leadershipmislabeledsubordinate Change image and share on social
If you go back to the first single-cell form of life, it clearly possessed the capacity to receive, to utilize, to store, to transform, and to transmit information. Dee Hock backcapacitycell Change image and share on social
If you look to lead, invest at least 40% of your time managing yourself - your ethics, character, principles, purpose, motivation, and conduct. Invest at least 30% managing those with authority over you, and 15% managing your peers. Dee Hock authoritycharacterconduct share on social
An illustration I use to get people to understand it is this: I'll ask major corporate audiences: Why don't you just take all your traditional beliefs about organizations, and apply them to the neurons in your brain? Dee Hock applyaudiencebelief share on social
Success follows those adept at preserving the substance of the past by clothing it in the forms of the future. Dee Hock adeptcltheform Change image and share on social
Lead yourself, lead your superiors, lead your peers, and free your people to do the same. All else is trivia. Dee Hock freeleadpeer Change image and share on social
As I like to say, the entire collective memory of the species - that means all known and recorded information - is going to be just a few keystrokes away in a matter of years. Dee Hock collectiveentireinformation Change image and share on social
What will become compellingly important is absolute clarity of shared purpose and set of principles of conduct sort of institutional genetic code that every member of the organization understands in a common way, and with deep conviction. Dee Hock absoluteclaritycode share on social
