Jeff Orr
@thejefforr.bsky.social
🤖 IT industry analyst, ISG Research
🏭ex-Product Manager: GPU; Wi-Fi; 4G
👨💼ex-Tech Strategy, The Walt Disney Company
🌱 Certified Master Gardener
🗒️ PKM Practitioner (Obsidian)
🌐 Bend, Oregon, USA
🏭ex-Product Manager: GPU; Wi-Fi; 4G
👨💼ex-Tech Strategy, The Walt Disney Company
🌱 Certified Master Gardener
🗒️ PKM Practitioner (Obsidian)
🌐 Bend, Oregon, USA
Great leaders are not defined by the absence of weakness, but rather by the presence of clear strengths
- John Zenger
- John Zenger
November 9, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Great leaders are not defined by the absence of weakness, but rather by the presence of clear strengths
- John Zenger
- John Zenger
Great leaders are almost always great simplifiers, who can cut through argument, debate, and doubt to offer a solution everybody can understand
- General Colin Powell
- General Colin Powell
November 8, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Great leaders are almost always great simplifiers, who can cut through argument, debate, and doubt to offer a solution everybody can understand
- General Colin Powell
- General Colin Powell
Effective leadership is putting first things first. Effective management is discipline, carrying it out.
- Stephen Covey
- Stephen Covey
November 2, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Effective leadership is putting first things first. Effective management is discipline, carrying it out.
- Stephen Covey
- Stephen Covey
Education is the mother of leadership
- Wendell Willkie
- Wendell Willkie
November 1, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Education is the mother of leadership
- Wendell Willkie
- Wendell Willkie
Don't necessarily avoid sharp edges. Occasionally they are necessary to leadership.
- Donald Rumsfeld
- Donald Rumsfeld
October 26, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Don't necessarily avoid sharp edges. Occasionally they are necessary to leadership.
- Donald Rumsfeld
- Donald Rumsfeld
The first responsibility of a leader is to define reality. The last is to say thank you. In between, the leader is a servant.
- Max DePree
- Max DePree
October 25, 2025 at 12:07 PM
The first responsibility of a leader is to define reality. The last is to say thank you. In between, the leader is a servant.
- Max DePree
- Max DePree
Inspiring conduct has so much more of an impact than coercing it
– Thomas Friedman
– Thomas Friedman
October 19, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Inspiring conduct has so much more of an impact than coercing it
– Thomas Friedman
– Thomas Friedman
Do what you feel in your heart to be right–for you’ll be criticized anyway
- Eleanor Roosevelt
- Eleanor Roosevelt
October 18, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Do what you feel in your heart to be right–for you’ll be criticized anyway
- Eleanor Roosevelt
- Eleanor Roosevelt
All of the great leaders have had one characteristic in common: it was the willingness to confront unequivocally the major anxiety of their people in their time. This, and not much else, is the essence of leadership.
- John Kenneth Galbraith
- John Kenneth Galbraith
October 12, 2025 at 12:07 PM
All of the great leaders have had one characteristic in common: it was the willingness to confront unequivocally the major anxiety of their people in their time. This, and not much else, is the essence of leadership.
- John Kenneth Galbraith
- John Kenneth Galbraith
As we look ahead into the next century, leaders will be those who empower others
- Bill Gates
- Bill Gates
October 11, 2025 at 12:07 PM
As we look ahead into the next century, leaders will be those who empower others
- Bill Gates
- Bill Gates
Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity.
- General George Patton
- General George Patton
October 5, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity.
- General George Patton
- General George Patton
A man who wants to lead the orchestra must turn his back on the crowd
- Max Lucado
- Max Lucado
October 4, 2025 at 12:07 PM
A man who wants to lead the orchestra must turn his back on the crowd
- Max Lucado
- Max Lucado
Leaders think and talk about the solutions. Followers think and talk about the problems.
- Brian Tracy
- Brian Tracy
September 28, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Leaders think and talk about the solutions. Followers think and talk about the problems.
- Brian Tracy
- Brian Tracy
The leader has to be practical and a realist yet must talk the language of the visionary and the idealist
- Eric Hoffer
- Eric Hoffer
September 27, 2025 at 12:07 PM
The leader has to be practical and a realist yet must talk the language of the visionary and the idealist
- Eric Hoffer
- Eric Hoffer
Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it
- General Dwight Eisenhower
- General Dwight Eisenhower
September 21, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it
- General Dwight Eisenhower
- General Dwight Eisenhower
No man will make a great leader who wants to do it all himself, or to get all the credit for doing it
- Andrew Carnegie
- Andrew Carnegie
September 20, 2025 at 12:07 PM
No man will make a great leader who wants to do it all himself, or to get all the credit for doing it
- Andrew Carnegie
- Andrew Carnegie
A ruler should be slow to punish and swift to reward
- Ovid
- Ovid
September 14, 2025 at 12:07 PM
A ruler should be slow to punish and swift to reward
- Ovid
- Ovid
You manage things; you lead people
- Rear Admiral Grace Murray Hopper
- Rear Admiral Grace Murray Hopper
September 13, 2025 at 12:07 PM
You manage things; you lead people
- Rear Admiral Grace Murray Hopper
- Rear Admiral Grace Murray Hopper
The teacher who is attempting to teach without inspiring the pupil with a desire to learn is hammering on cold iron
- Horace Mann
- Horace Mann
September 7, 2025 at 12:07 PM
The teacher who is attempting to teach without inspiring the pupil with a desire to learn is hammering on cold iron
- Horace Mann
- Horace Mann
A true leader has the confidence to stand alone, the courage to make tough decisions, and the compassion to listen to the needs of others. He does not set out to be a leader, but becomes one by the equality of his actions and the integrity of his intent.
-Douglas MacArthur
-Douglas MacArthur
September 6, 2025 at 12:07 PM
A true leader has the confidence to stand alone, the courage to make tough decisions, and the compassion to listen to the needs of others. He does not set out to be a leader, but becomes one by the equality of his actions and the integrity of his intent.
-Douglas MacArthur
-Douglas MacArthur
Outstanding leaders go out of their way to boost the self-esteem of their personnel. If people believe in themselves, it's amazing what they can accomplish.
-Sam Walton
-Sam Walton
August 31, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Outstanding leaders go out of their way to boost the self-esteem of their personnel. If people believe in themselves, it's amazing what they can accomplish.
-Sam Walton
-Sam Walton
The challenge of leadership is to be strong, but not rude; be kind, but not weak; be bold, but not bully; be thoughtful, but not lazy; be humble, but not timid; be proud, but not arrogant; have humor, but without folly
-Jim Rohn
-Jim Rohn
August 30, 2025 at 12:07 PM
The challenge of leadership is to be strong, but not rude; be kind, but not weak; be bold, but not bully; be thoughtful, but not lazy; be humble, but not timid; be proud, but not arrogant; have humor, but without folly
-Jim Rohn
-Jim Rohn
A leader takes people where they want to go. A great leader takes people where they don't necessarily want to go, but ought to be.
-Rosalynn Carter
-Rosalynn Carter
August 24, 2025 at 12:07 PM
A leader takes people where they want to go. A great leader takes people where they don't necessarily want to go, but ought to be.
-Rosalynn Carter
-Rosalynn Carter
A great leader's courage to fulfill his vision comes from passion, not position
-John Maxwell
-John Maxwell
August 23, 2025 at 12:07 PM
A great leader's courage to fulfill his vision comes from passion, not position
-John Maxwell
-John Maxwell
A good general not only sees the way to victory; he also knows when victory is impossible
-Polybius
-Polybius
August 17, 2025 at 12:07 PM
A good general not only sees the way to victory; he also knows when victory is impossible
-Polybius
-Polybius