1. Leadership: It Happens at Every Level Erna L. Grasz Vice President of Research and Development Nellcor – A Division of Tyco Healthcare March 12, 2005 Dare To Be Different

2. LEADERSHIP the ART of mobilizing others to want to struggle for shared aspirations. Kouzes and Posner MANAGEMENT the Discipline of utilizing scarce resources and human effort to accomplish specific goals and objectives. John Ullmann

3. Every one of us is A Leader Leaders must be agents of adjustment - Warren Bennis

4. Your life career will have ups and downs If you have not failed, you have not tried hard enough. Shirley Hufstedler Years in your career Feeling of satisfaction and success High Learn as You Go

5. Leadership is Life Long Learning Allow yourself to emerge Change is the only constant The 3 Is Navigate the chaos BELIEVE One only gets to the top rung of the ladder by steadily climbing one rung at a time and suddenly all sorts of powers and abilities which you thought never belonged to you, do. Then you think Well, Ill have a go, too - Margaret Thatcher

6. Ernas favorite quotes and thoughts Leadership is the art of mobilizing others to want to struggle for shared aspirations. Kouzes and Posner Effective leadership is not based on being clever, it is based on being consistent. Old wisdom quote No one on the face of this earth can make you feel inferior without your permission- Eleanor Roosevelt If right or wrong is not so obvious pray for what is wise. - Ernas mom Goals are FIRM but schedules are SOFT- Nicole Shapiro Example is not the main thing in influencing others. It is the only thing. Albert Schweitzer What you are speaks so loudly, I cannot hear what you say. Ralph Waldo Emerson Shared values are the glue that hold this organization together- Shelly Brown-Aspect Communications Having impact is like a stone dropped in a pool of still water, creating ripples upon ripples.- Erna Grasz If you have not failed, you have not tried very hard- Shirley Hufstedler, lawyer, former judge and former US sec of Education- You have to look at success incrementally. It takes too long to get to any major success.... If one can look at life as being successful on a moment by moment basis, one might find that most of it is successful.- Norman Lear Some people succeed because they are destined to but most succeed because they are committed to. Roscoe Dunjee- Entrepreneur and Activist God does not ask your ability or inability. He only asks your availability. - Mary Kay Ash We cannot direct the winds....But we can adjust the sails. Author Unknown People take different roads to success. Just because they are not on your road, does not mean they have gotten lost-- Ernas mom To accomplish great things we must not only act but also dream-We must not only plan, but also believe. Anatole France

7. How to Contact Erna Grasz egrasz@comcast.net www.erna-g.com