Quotes About Leadership

people don't function like machines. They have feelings. They think. They have problems, hopes, and dreams. Though people can be managed, they would much rather be led. And when they are led, they perform at a much higher level.

Thomas J. Watson, the former chairman of IBM, said, "Nothing so conclusively proves a man's ability to lead others as what he does from day to day to lead himself.

One of the best applications of this idea is expressed in what I call the 101 percent principle: Find the one thing that you believe is the potential leader's greatest asset, and then give 101 percent encouragement in that area. Focusing on a person's strengths promotes positive growth, confidence, and success as a potential leader. Focus

As a leader, my goal is to help people, not make them happy.

The attitude of the leader, coupled with a positive atmosphere in the organization, can encourage people to accomplish great things.

Leadership is more than management. Leadership is: • People more than projects • Movement more than maintenance • Art more than science • Intuition more than formula • Vision more than procedure • Risk more than caution • Action more than reaction • Relationships more than rules • Who you are more than what you do If you want to influence others, then you must learn to lead.

What They Know + What They See + What They Feel = Inspiration

The question is not, "Will my calendar be full?" but "Who will fill my calendar?" If we are leaders of others, the question is not, "Will I see people?" but "Who will I see?" My

3. We should work on changing ourselves before trying to improve others. A great danger to good leadership is the temptation to try to change others without first making changes to yourself.

If you run well but are unable to pass the baton to another runner, you lose the race.

there is no future in any job. The future lies in the man who holds the job.

Realize that the guys who criticize will minimize the guys whose enterprise rises above the guys who criticize and minimize.

Real leadership is being the person others will gladly and confidently follow. A

Or to put it the way President Theodore Roosevelt did: "The most important single ingredient in the formula of success is knowing how to get along with people." —

How does one "catch' leadership? By watching good leaders in action!

The leader is the servant who removes the obstacles that prevent people from doing their jobs.

El mundo se convierte en un lugar mejor cuando las personas se convierten en mejores líderes.

Being put in charge is not the same as being a leader.

Most people produce only when they feel like it. Leaders produce even when they don't feel like it.

Character makes trust possible. And trust makes leadership possible. That is the Law of Solid Ground.

Leadership is the capacity to translate vision into reality.

GET OUT OF YOUR NORMAL ENVIRONMENT TODAY WITH SOMEONE YOU LEAD.

Have you ever had to communicate someone else's vision? It's very difficult to do, isn't it?

CHARACTER COMMUNICATES CONSISTENCY Leaders without inner strength can't be counted on day after day because their ability to perform changes constantly. NBA great Jerry West commented, "You can't get too much done in life if you only work on the days when you feel good." If your people don't know what to expect from you as a leader, at some point they won't look to you for leadership.