A few items shared with me over the last couple weeks:

• From John Quincy Adams: “If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader”
• The 5 Qualities of Remarkable Bosses (via INC.) and well worth reading:
• Develop every employee
• Deal with problems immediately
• Rescue your worst employee
• Serve others, not yourself
• Always remember where you came from
• And from the world of the quirky, but actually really good: Five Leadership Lessons from James T. Kirk:
• Never stop learning: “You know the greatest danger facing us is ourselves, an irrational fear of the unknown. But there’s no such thing as the unknown– only things temporarily hidden, temporarily not understood.”
• Have advisors with different world views: “One of the advantages of being a captain, Doctor, is being able to ask for advice without necessarily having to take it.”
• Be part of the away team: “Risk is our business. That’s what this starship is all about. That’s why we’re aboard her.” (Just don’t be nameless security guy #3 – he always dies)
• Play Poker, Not Chess
• Blow up the Enterprise:  ….. We are often, in our roles as leaders, driven by a passion. It might be a product or service, it might be a way of doing things. But no matter how much that passion burns within us, the reality is that times change. Different products are created. Different ways of doing things are developed. And there will come times in your life when that passion isn’t viable anymore. A time when it no longer makes sense to pursue your passion. When that happens, no matter how painful it is, you need to blow up the Enterprise. That is, change what isn’t working and embark on a new path, even if that means having to live in a Klingon ship for awhile.

A few enjoyable reads.