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While growing your management skill...you set out to learn more about business. To grow yourself as a leader is a human thing. For that you must set out to learn more about humans, and yourself.

— Kent Thiry Vanderbilt Commencement Address (2011)

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Just as beauty is in the eye of the beholder, leadership is in the eyes of the led.

We say we are a community first and a company second. That doesn't mean we don't care about profit, but that's a means, not the end.

Leadership is not a function of position, it is a function of behavior.

Vanderbilt Commencement Address (2011)

Speak your dreams, no one climbs a mountain accidentally.

Vanderbilt Commencement Address (2011)

Management is a business skill; you can study it and learn about it. Leadership is a human skill; to become a better leader you need to learn more about humans, starting with yourself.

University of Colorado Leeds School of Business Commencement Address (2013)

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