Quotes by Timothy Warneka

ONE

Leadership that can be fully explained is never True Leadership.

An element of mystery must remain.

Methods of Leading People that can be completely understood

are not the eternal Way of Leading People.

"Wordless" is the beginning & end of True Leadership.

Leadership begins with words.

The door to endless mystery.

FIFTEEN

Leaders of tomorrow-if they are to be at all-will be subtle, embodied & responsive.

Their leadership knowledge beyond measure.

Because it is beyond measure, all we can do

Is describe their behavior.

Connected in relationship to all things

Yet standing alone.

Exploring the depths of the outer

While plumbing the space of the inner

Until outer and inner become one.

Far beyond flatland.

"Emotions are the untapped resource of every organization."

"A basic, albeit often overlooked fact of leadership is that we all exist

in the physical realm. Each of us comes into this life with a body. We live

and die in our bodies. What happens to us either before our births or after

our deaths is the subject for philosophies and religions. The fact remains

that, while we walk the Earth, everything that happens to us is an embodied

experience. Though obvious, this truth has been completely ignored by

most leadership strategies. Instead, those strategies have focused almost

exclusively on thoughts and ideas, as if people were simply heads floating

around in space."

"Great leadership starts with the body."

"People follow emotions, not force."

"Harmonious Emotional Engagement is the tool that allows leaders to take

full advantage of these three simple but profound principles:

People respond emotionally to every situation that occurs in an organization.

People's negative emotions reduce their performance in an organization.

People's positive emotions enhance their performance in an organization."

 "Leading people

demands active participation.

The skill cannot be learned by watching

from the sidelines."

"Not only does a flatland perspective hurt the people who work within

organizations, but current data suggests that this flatland perspective

Throughout my years of working with individuals and organizations, and

as a result of my two-and-a-half year journey of researching and writing

this book, I have discovered the Five Core Problems that leaders face

today. They are:

1. Organizations pay an enormous price when leaders ignore

emotions.

2. Organizations suffer when leaders mistakenly believe there is only

one right way to lead people.

3. Organizations fail when leaders refuse to believe there are wrong

ways to lead people.

4. Organizations flounder when leaders think that there are easy

answers to leading people.

5. Organizations lose viability when they follow the old structures that

serve people at the top first.