Leadership Quotes
It was while I was pastoring that I began to realize that pastors were not growing churches because they didn't understand leadership because they were not trained, adequate leaders.
For many many years, I've taught, not only leadership, but I've taught people that they need a personal growth plan. Growth is not an automatic process for you or me or anybody.
Many times when people leave churches we think it's a doctrinal issue, but most of the time it's a leadership issue.
The leader continually passes on the vision to those who come around, knowing that dreams, if presented right, are contagious.
The best way to learn is by doing; never ask others to do what you're not willing to do yourself.
Talented performers flock to the best and brightest leaders, and these leaders in turn lift the lids off their people and uncork the latent talent inside of them.
My leadership began to take flight when I allowed myself to press people to change-whether they thanked me or cursed me.
A leader's attitude is caught by his or her followers more quickly than his or her actions.
Your leadership skills determine the level of your success, and the success of those who work around you.
The leader finds the dream and then the people. The people find the leader and then the dream.
Leaders who practice the Law of Victory believe that anything less than success is unacceptable. And they have no Plan B.
My role is to make sure we're moving in the right direction, getting points, rebounds, steals, assists and providing leadership.
People who add value to others do so intentionally. I say that because to add value, leaders must give of themselves, and that rarely occurs by accident.
Some people say I would love to take a selfie with Moses. Do you understand the gap between Moses and God?
In my experience, followers always ask leaders 3 questions: 1) Do you care 4 me? 2) Can you help me? 3) Can I trust you?
Sometimes we shrink from leadership because our pride makes us afraid of failure. That's not humility.
It takes a lot of people to create a success. That's why I say that few leaders are successful unless a lot of people want them to be.
Our days are like identical suitcases. Even though they are all the same size, some people are able to pack more into them then others. The reason? They know what to pack.
Leadership deals with people and their dynamics, which are continually changing. The challenge of leadership is to create change and facilitate growth.
Leadership involves the heavy burden of responsibility, and the fear of getting it wrong can paralyze a leader.
The great leaders in history were great not because of what they owned or earned but because of what they gave their lives to accomplish. They made a difference!
Too often when people think of their journey into leadership, they envision a career path. What they should be thinking about is their own leadership development!
There clearly are cases where evil people exist, but you don't have to violate the privacy of every single citizen of America to find them.
The bottomline in leadership isn't how far we advance ourselves but how far we advance others.
Success comes to those who have an entire mountain of gold that they continually mine, not those who find one nugget and try to live on it for fifty years.
All of the people in my life whom I consider to be close friends or colleagues are good thinkers.
The only point of having power it seems to me is to empower others. The only point of leadership is to inspire.
I think one of the great things that I have seen happen since the rise of the movement for black lives is the growth of more training and leadership spaces.
Kids on a team are like flowers in a bouquet, there is always one that wants to face a different way than the arranger desires.