Quotes About Leadership

Have you found a good road to where you are? If so, we want to send other men to join you. Livingstone replied, I want men who will come even if there is no road at all." If you keep your attitude positive but plan for the worst, you'll find yourself in a good position to solve problems that come your way.

William A. Hewitt, Chairman of Deere and Company, says, "To be a leader you must preserve all through your life the attitude of being receptive to new ideas. The quality of leadership you will give will depend upon your ability to evaluate new ideas, to separate change for the sake of change from change for the sake of me.

Necesitamos líderes más valerosos y culturas más valientes.

Para lograr algo grande de verdad, despójese de su ego, y prepárese a formar parte de un equipo.

Recruit the Best People You Can to Develop:

Connecting has a lot to do with letting who you are influence everything you do."8

If you want to get ahead, leading up is much better than kissing up." —DAN REILAND

Commit to Spend the Time Needed to Develop Leaders:

Find someone to mentor. Once you reach a certain level in your leadership, the most valuable thing you have to give is yourself. Find someone to pour your life into. Then give him time and resources to become a better leader.

LEADERS Initiate Lead; pick up phone and make contact Spend time planning anticipate problems Invest time with people Fill the calendar by priorities FOLLOWERS React Listen; wait for phone to ring Spend time living day-to-day; react to problems Spend time with people Fill the calendar by requests

Effective leaders....always rise to a challenge. That's one of the things that separates winners from whiners.....Walton rose above it by solving his problems with creativity and tenacity. Anyone who expects the road to be easy will continually find himself in trouble.

la persona que sabe cómo, siempre tendrá un trabajo, pero la persona que sabe por qué siempre será el jefe.

Don't settle for being merely a teller of stories about significance. Decide to be the story of significance. Become the central character in your story of making a difference!

Successful leaders help their people find their right seats. Sometimes that requires moving people around to find where they make the greatest contribution. Sometimes it means trying and failing. As a leader, you have to take it all in stride. Positioning people correctly is a process, and you have to treat it that way.

Los administradores pueden mantener el rumbo, pero no pueden cambiarlo. Para cambiar el rumbo de las personas, se necesita influencia.

Remain Approachable As a Leader, Role Model, and Coach:

As you release tasks to the leaders you're developing, you need to trust them, believe in them, and hold them accountable.

A leader who loves the status quo soon becomes a follower.

Raymond Smith, former CEO and Chairman of the Bell Atlantic Corporation, once remarked, "Taking the safe road, doing your job, and not making any waves may not get you fired (right away, at least), but it sure won't do much for your career or your company over the long haul. We're not dumb. We know that administrators are easy to find and cheap to keep. Leaders—risk takers—are in very short supply. And ones with vision are pure gold.

I observed that the greatest speakers didn't just tell better stories. They actually made the stories better by living them first.

THE PRICE TAG OF LEADERSHIP: SELF-DISCIPLINE

Because I lacked the ability to prioritize correctly and bring focus to my leadership.

Leaders recognize the abilities in people and work fluidly with them. They are able to mentor people with different talents, temperaments, and styles. While average leaders try to lead everyone the same way, level 4 leaders lead everyone differently. That takes creativity and confidence.

The most successful people in life are the ones who settle their critical issues early and manage them daily.