Quotes About Leadership

Times of calamity and distress have always been producers of the greatest men. The hardest steel is produced from the hottest fire; the brightest star shreds the darkest night.

My principal business is giving commercial value to the brilliant - but misdirected - ideas of others.

Whether you know it or not, you are a role model for somebody. Watch what you say and know that you're responsible for your actions.

It is the leader's role to lift followers out of their everyday selves up to a higher level of awareness, motivation, and commitment.

The effective leader recognizes that she is more dependent on her people than they are on her. Walk softly.

People naturally follow leaders stronger than themselves.

If you do it right 51 percent of the time you will end up a hero.

If it was something that I really committed myself to, I don't think there's anything that could stop me becoming President of the United States.

Never bring the problem solving stage into the decision making stage. Otherwise, you surrender yourself to the problem rather than the solution.

For individuals, character is destiny. For organizations, culture is destiny.

When I've heard all I need to make a decision, I don't take a vote. I make a decision.

Were born to be players, not pawns.

You measure a player from the head up.

A strong player, which has the sufficient critical mass, can withhold pressure better and create a more stable environment that benefits shareholders as well as employees.

If you are in a leadership position, do not rely on your title to convince people to follow you. Build relationships. Win people over. Do that and you will never be a lonely leader.

Our chief want in life, is, someone who shall make us do what we can. This is the service of a friend. With him we are easily great.

The Pertinent Question is NOT how to do things right - but how to find the right things to do, and to concentrate resources and efforts on them.

Leadership is the ability to recognize the special abilities and limitations of others, combined with the capacity to fit each one into the job where he will do his best.

In nearly every case, trying to lead everyone results in leading no one in particular.

Initiating is really and truly difficult, and that's what leaders do. They see something others are ignoring and they jump on it.

I've never had a single moment of depression, because I know my cause will triumph.

I built a steel plant from the grassroots, so I learned all the nuts and bolts. When there was a problem, I would be able to guide them, though I am not a technical person.

The ONLY thing leaders have in common is the shared decision to lead.

Confidence means non-paralysis, a willingness to act, and act decisively, to start new things and cut failing ventures off.