Captain America: a weak man knows the value of strength… and compassion #quote

My favorite quote from Captain America: The First Avenger Abraham Erskine to Captain America: “This is why you were chosen. Because the strong man who has known power all his life, may lose respect for that power, but a weak man knows the value of strength, and knows… compassion.”

The Five Practices of Exemplary Leadership

I’ve been reading The Five Practices of Exemplary Leadership by James Kouzes and Barry Posner. They collected stories from ordinary people — the experiences they recalled when asked to think of a peak leadership experience. Despite differences in culture, gender, age, and other variables, these “Personal Best” stories revealed similar patterns of behavior. They found…