Lance Secretan Quotes

United Kingdom, Motivational Speaker
January 1, 1939

Lance H.K. Secretan (born in Amersham, United Kingdom) is a former child actor best known for his work in leadership theory and how to inspire teams. From 1967 to 1980 Secretan was the Managing Director of Manpower Limited, based in the UK, part of the global Manpower Inc. Between 1980 and 1985, he taught leadership at McMaster and then York University in Canada and since 1985, he has worked as an author, independent management consultant, and coach and keynote speaker.

Leadership is not a formula or a program, it is a human activity that comes from the heart and considers the hearts of others. It is an attitude, not a routine.

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Leadership is not so much about technique and methods as it is about opening the heart. Leadership is about inspiration-of oneself and of others. Great leadership is about human experiences, not processes. Leadership is not a formula or a program, it is a human activity that comes from the heart and considers the hearts of others. It is an attitude, not a routine.

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As leaders, we become whole when we see that our focused, singular commitment to making the numbers and the metrics cannot be effective on its own, but only when it is part of the whole picture - only when we see that it takes more than metrics to make up the whole.

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- Up
- Picture
- Commitment
Authenticity is the alignment of head, mouth, heart, and feet - thinking, saying, feeling, and doing the same thing - consistently. This builds trust, and followers love leaders they can trust.

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- Thinking
- Heart
- Love
Followers are the customers of the Higher Ground Leader, who strives to meet or exceed the outer and inner needs of followers.

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- Leader
- Meet
- Higher
Science sometimes falls short when trying to fathom the depths of our essence - and our inspiration comes from that essence.

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People are motivated by fear, but they are not inspired by it. Everything that inspires us comes from love.

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- People
- Fear
- Motivated
Surely we have a responsibility to finally listen to - and honor - the siren calls of our souls, which have been silenced by our egos throughout our lives? How else can we connect with our essence, the source of our calling?

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