Leaders Eat Last: Why Some Teams Pull Together and Others Don't

Marine leaders are expected to eat last because the true price of leadership is the willingness to place the needs of others above your own

if a politician is in perfect alignment with us they are not being completely honest.

Just as a parent can’t buy the love of their children with gifts, a company can’t buy the loyalty of their employees with salaries and bonuses. What produces loyalty, that irrational willingness to commit to the organization even when offered more money elsewhere, is the feeling that the leaders of the company would be willing, when it matters, to sacrifice their time and energy to help us. We will judge a boss who spends time after hours to help us as more valuable than a boss who simply gives us a bonus when we hit a target.