Harold Hillman Quotes

“As a leader, help people feel good about who they are and what they bring. That is the real key to authentic leadership.”

“As a leader, you want to make it easy for people to surface their concerns, questions, apprehensions and hopes – without the fear of being deemed a fool by a person who can make or break their lives.”

“As a young leader a few decades ago, I learned that it was not possible to be compassionate with another person if I was not compassionate with myself.”

“He who doesn’t suffer fools gladly may indeed be one himself.”

“It is very difficult to be imperfect with a perfect boss. You hide stuff. You aren’t candid with your real concerns. You dare not expose any holes in your thinking. You dress stuff up so that you don’t get classified a fool, all the time wondering if you can ever be human with this person who isn’t very humane.”

“People who don’t suffer fools gladly are usually pretty hard on themselves.”

“Women generally are more self-aware and, by virtue, more emotionally intelligent than their male peers.”

“The privilege of a lifetime is to become who you truly are.”