Quotes About Leadership

For those who govern find it necessary to occupy themselves with things which they do not understand, and, above all, to waste the greater part of their energy in keeping themselves in power, striving to satisfy their friends, holding the discontented in check, and mastering the rebellious.

Anche il generale Bonaparte servì a difendere la rivoluzione francese contro la reazione europea, ma nel difenderla la strozzò. Lenin, Trotsky e compagni sono di sicuro dei rivoluzionari sinceri, così come essi intendono la rivoluzione, e non tradiranno; ma essi preparano i quadri governativi che serviranno a quelli che verranno dopo per profittare della rivoluzione ed ucciderla. Essi saranno le prime vittime del loro metodo, e con loro, io temo, cadrà la rivoluzione.

Leadership is the key to 99 percent of all successful efforts.

By Jove! we want a man like this Kaiser, who doesn't wait to be kicked, but works like a nigger for his country, and sees ahead.

Take a step or two forward lads.....it will be easier that way. His last words to the firing squad, lined up before him holding rifles, at his execution.

Whoever tells the best story shapes the culture.

Average is always a safe choice, and it is the most dangerous choice you can make.

Stephen Weatherby, still filling in for Nick, clears his throat at the podium. "Hey, good to see all of you," he says, which is church-speak for "Please shut up and sit down.

She'd worried at the beginning when she first met them that there were too many patrones. But within weeks she was sure that there was really one boss, and that the other three were working for her.

What politicians want to create is irreversible change because when you leave office someone changes it back again.

There was no end to the things that happened to sheep unless they had a shepherd who cared more about them than anything else in the world.

Manapság vezetÅ' emberek szeretik vállalni a felelÅ'sséget. Olvasom az újságban, onnét tudom. Vállaljuk a felelÅ'sséget, mondják. Ez egy mondat, mondott mondat. Csak hát a felelÅ'sség vállalása, az nem (csak) egy mondat. Mondatot mondani, arra is van ember. Én, én például azért vagyok, én vagyok azért, hogy mondatokat mondjak.

Group dynamics include team member interactions and emotions. You aren't responsible for other people's emotions, but as retrospective leader, you are responsible for keeping the session productive. And that means you need to be prepared to handle emotional interactions and situations.

I feel sorry for Sparta when you're queen. What are you going to do? Tell your husband and the rest of the court that they can wrap your beauty around them to keep warm and well all winter?

It's easy to fall in love with a girl who brings her husband a kingdom.' - Kelan

Let your teammates know why they are doing what they're doing. People want to feel that what they are doing is adding value to the client. There are few things more demoralizing than doing something that you and your team leader know is valueless. No one on your team should ever feel, "I've just spent two weeks of my life for nothing.

Respect also means never asking someone to do something you wouldn't do or haven't done yourself. As an associate, I always felt a bit better knowing that if I was in the office at midnight, my EM was too.

If your boss steps into your office and says, "We have a little problem and we want you to head up a team to solve it," then the lesson for you is a bit more complicated. Don't blithely accept the assignment and say, "Sure, boss." If you do, you could be setting yourself up for a fall.

took several years of gaining perspective before I understood the wisdom of the CEO's words. There are three reasons he was right: • It's impossible to do everything yourself all the time. • If you manage it once, you raise unrealistic expectations from those around you. • Once you fail to meet expectations, it is very difficult to regain credibility.

will be either converted to McKinsey's cause or bypassed. Sometimes, however, one powerful faction in an organization calls in McKinsey against the wishes of another powerful faction. That's when trouble arises, as we found out.

Running for the hills is not the way to go. We live in a time where there are actually fewer and fewer places left to run away to. Therefore, it's imperative to find ways to use your energy to dive into—not run from—existing paths of livelihood. A hip-hop mogul or an oil executive are powerful already. There's no reason they couldn't be powerfully selfless and compassionate as well.

Eisenhower was my war hero and the President I admire and respect most.

A man's ability to depend on his comrades and immediate leadership is absolutely necessary.

Possibly I lost faith that politicians in high places who do not have to endure war's savagery will ever stop blundering and sending others to endure it.