'Maya' on leadership and mentoring

On Leadership

A leader sees greatness in other people.
You can’t be much of a leader
if all you see is yourself.

Only equals make friends.
A man or woman who sees other people
as whole and prepared and accords them respect
and the same rights
has arranged his or her own allies.

On mentoring

Who have you mentored?
Some are famous, and some are not.
I mean, I mentor you.
Everything I have learned,
everything I’ve done,
is at the ready when I talk to you.
And in a way,
you will never forget me.

What I mean is
you may forget how and where you got it,
but in a few weeks, a few months,
years from now,
you will say something and think,
Oh, I’m glad that came to me.

‘Maya Angelou’ worked as a cook, streetcar conductor, waitress, singer, dancer, editor, teacher, civil rights organiser, and actress before becoming one of America’s most beloved writers. Angelou was interviewed for HBR in May 2013.

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