Leadership Quotes
The task of leadership is not to put greatness into people, but to elicit it, for the greatness is there already.
Remember that the six most expensive words in business are: 'We've always done it that way'
I haven't always recruited for the best talent. I've taken a few guys who would fit for different reasons. Leadership. Toughness
The country is full of good coaches. What it takes to win is a bunch of interested players.
A leader's role is to raise people's aspirations for what they can become and to release their energies so they will try to get there.
The neglect this implied, the suffering and wasted quality of human life were appalling.
There is a difference between being a leader and being a boss. Both are based on authority. A boss demands blind obedience; a leader earns his authority through understanding and trust.
Everything around you that you call life was made up by people that were no smarter than you and you can change it, you can influence it, you can build your own things that other people can use.
Leadership is not about titles, positions or flowcharts. It is about one life influencing another.
Leadership is the art of accomplishing more than the science of management says is possible.
I'll be long gone before some smart person ever figures out what happened inside this Oval Office.
In this era of world leadership, the metal detector is the altar and the minicam may be god.
A great company in the media business needs visionary leaders, not a conglomerate structure headquartered in Columbus Circle that second guesses.
Good leaders don't tell people what to do, they give teams capability and inspiration.
The roots of effective leadership lie in simple things, one of which is listening. Listening to someone demonstrates respect; it shows that you value their ideas and are willing to hear them.
I wish I had played team sports. I think every kid should. Teamwork builds character - teaches people about leadership and cooperation.
The best way to give advice to your children is to find out what they want and then advise them to do it.
The most essential quality for leadership is not perfection but credibility. People must be able to trust you.
A successful person finds the right place for himself. But a successful leader finds the right place for others. By John Maxwell
The best way to lead people into the future is to connect with them deeply in the present.
Yes, there is a Nirvanah; it is leading your sheep to a green pasture, and in putting your child to sleep, and in writing the last line of your poem
A leader or a man of action in a crisis almost always acts subconsciously and then thinks of the reasons for his action.
Nothing so undermines organizational change as the failure to think through the losses people face.
As a leader you should always start with where people are before you try to take them to where you want them to go.
Well, Dwight was born to be No. 2 and I don't think he would know what to do as a leader. But he loves following. He would have made a great fascist.
If you want to rebel, rebel from inside the system.That's much more powerful than rebelling outside the system.
Little things make the difference. Everyone is well prepared in the big things, but only the winners perfect the little things.
I often say that leadership is deeply personal and inherently collective. That's a paradox that effective leaders have to embrace.
The shepherd always tries to persuade the sheep that their interests and his own are the same.
We need people who influence their peers and who cannot be detoured from their convictions by peers who do not have the courage to have any convictions.
It's the journey that matters. Learning is more important than the test. Practice well, and the games will take care of themselves.
Accountants are in the past, managers are in the present, and leaders are in the future.
The only prerequisites to leadership are that you remain positive, calm, and open-minded.
In order to solve problems, information has to be shared; and not only information, but doubts, fears and questions.