Quotes About Leadership

Here's the truth that you have to wrestle with: the reason that art (writing, engaging, leading, all of it) is valuable is precisely why I can't tell you how to do it. If there were a map, there'd be no art, because art is the act of navigating without a map.

Los líderes son vulnerables, no controladores, y nos llevan a un lugar nuevo, no a la seguridad barata, rápida y sumisa.

Corporations are traditionally built around the CEO, with all his perks and power. The closer you get to being king/CEO, the more influence and power you have. The goal of the corporation is to enrich the king and to keep him in power. And then, recently, something happened.

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While it's calming to be reassured, it never lasts. As soon as we hear the words, the feeling begins to fade away. There's never enough reassurance to make up for a lack of commitment to the practice. We have no choice other than to trust ourselves enough to lead the way.

The problem is obvious—if you spend all day hitting the ball back, you'll never end up serving.

Great bosses and world-class organizations hire motivated people, set high expectations, and give their people room to become remarkable. The

Forward motion isn't the default state of any group of people, particularly groups with lots of people.

You're not the only person who looks for the best choice. Everyone does. As a result, the rewards for being first are enormous. It's not a linear scale. It's not a matter of getting a little more after giving a little more. It's a curve, and a steep one.

We need original thinkers, provocateurs, and people who care. We need marketers who can lead, salespeople able to risk making a human connection, passionate change makers willing to be shunned if it is necessary for them to make a point. Every organization needs a linchpin, the one person who can bring it together and make a difference. Some organizations haven't realized this yet, or haven't articulated it, but we need artists.

Generous and authentic leadership will always defeat the selfish efforts of someone doing it just because she can. How

There are no longer any great jobs where someone else tells you precisely what to do

Tribes are about faith—about belief in an idea and in a community.

I hope that's not so simple that it gets ignored, because it's important. It's such an effective idea that it saves children's lives every day. All the Sternins did was find the mom with the healthy kids. And then they helped the others in the village notice what she was doing. They gave that mom a spotlight, encouraging her to keep it up and, more important, encouraging others to follow her lead.

If your team is filled with people who work for the company, you'll soon be defeated by tribes of people who work for a cause.

If everyone tries to lead all the time, not much happens.

The relentless act of invention and innovation and initiative is the best marketing asset.

Si encarga a alguien en su organización que cree una nueva Vaca Púrpura, ¡déjelo tranquilo! No use críticas internas ni pruebas de funcionalidad para comprobar si el nuevo producto es tan bueno como el que ya tiene. En lugar de eso, elija al inconformista adecuado y apártese del camino.

We can schedule for it. Thursday, April 3rd, 3:05…start something. We can train for it, plan for it, announce it, and even hire for it. If initiating is as essential to the modern organization as it appears, we better be doing all of that and more.

No, the real reason is this: Meetings are a great place to hide. Meetings are where we go to wait for someone else to take responsibility. Meetings are a safe haven, a refuge from what might happen.

Power used to be about giving, not getting.

The communication can be one of four kinds: • Leader to tribe • Tribe to leader • Tribe member to tribe member • Tribe member to outsider

Tribes, though, aren't about stuff. They're about connection.

La razón por la que cuesta tanto seguir al líder es ésta: el líder es el líder porque hizo algo extraordinario. Y esa cosa extraordinaria ya está hecha. Ya no tiene nada de extraordinaria cuando la hacen los demás.