1. SUPPLEMENTAL TEXT REVIEW By: Nick Aiello

2. A Leader’s Legacy By: James M. Kouzes & Barry Posner

3. “Being a leader brings with it a responsibility to do something of significance that makes families, communities, work organizations, nations, the environment, and the world better places than they are today.” (p. 13)

4. “- the best way to learn something is to teach it to somebody else.” (p. 21)

5. “To stay honest with ourselves, what we really need are ‘loving critics’ – people who care deeply enough to give us honest feedback about how we’re doing.” (p. 28)

6. “We need applause to do our best.” (p. 41) “We need to accept and acknowledge that nothing really significant can ever be achieved unless people feel appreciated by their leaders. People who are ignored aren’t going to put forth the effort it takes to sustain greatness.” (p. 45)

7. “…people perform significantly more effectively when their leaders treat them with dignity and respect, listen to them, support them, recognize them, make them feel important, build their skills, and show confidence in them.” (p. 58)

8. “We can’t afford to surround ourselves with yes-people. We need to have people willing to support us and also willing to voice their disagreements.” (p. 69)

9. “…expanding freedom of choice increases personal responsibility, commitment, and productivity.” (p. 80) “…we won’t know what people are capable of if we don’t give them the opportunity to grow and develop.”(p. 82)

10. “Self-confidence is really awareness of and faith in your own powers, and these powers become clear and strong only as you work to identify and develop them.” (p. 94)

11. “It’s not the leader’s vision, it’s the people’s vision that matters most.” (p. 113)

12. “Leadership is about taking people to places they’ve never been before, and we can’t go to those places without courage. Leadership is courage in action.” (p. 140)

13. “The courage to be human is the courage to be humble.” (p. 156)

14. “Leaders aren’t saints. They’re human beings, full of the same flaws and failings as the rest of us. […] in the course of living our lives as courageously as we can, we will all fail, and sometimes we’ll fail miserably.” (p. 162)

15. “We only learn to move forward when we experiment and experience doing differently what we already know how to do well.” (p. 167)

16. “News Flash: You can do all this leadership stuff perfectly and still get fired!” (p. 170)

17. “What you do know is that you can make a difference. You can leave this world better than you found it.” (p. 181)

18. Reference Kouzes, J. & Posner, B. (2006) A leaders legacy. San Francisco, CA: John Wiley &Sons.