Quotes About Leadership

You are a man of many talents, King Jaxon." Creases deepened around his eyes. "And you, Queen Jezelia, are a woman of surprising strengths.

Choice is powerful and can lead to great things if not held in the tight fists of a few.

She was a natural leader. This was where she needed to be. Letting her go had been the right choice, even if the decision still burned in my gut.

Wait," I said, and they paused mid-stride. "Thank you. Rafe told me you were the best of Dalbreck's soldiers. Now I know that he didn't overestimate your abilities." I turned to Sven. "And I'm sorry I threatened to feed your face to the hogs." Sven smiled. "All in a day's work, Your Highness," he said, and then he bowed. *

She saw me as someone worth saving, in spite of my rags and past. She inspired me to be more than what others expected of me. I dared to believe I could make a difference because the queen had believed it first.

Ik ben een goede bewindsvrouwe voor mijn stad,' zei Arianna, 'maar ik ben ook een meisje. En ik ben verliefd op een ander. Als ik niet met hem kan trouwen, zal ik ongetrouwd blijven.

The speed of the leader is the speed of the gang.

We treat our people like royalty. If you honor and serve the people who work for you, they will honor and serve you.

A company is only as good as the people it keeps.

Do not desire to fit in. Desire to lead." - Mary Kay Ash

The speed of the leader is the speed of the gang." ~ Mary Kay

establish the vision; sell your dream, make it clear and alive; trust your people; don't interfere with their work; and give feedback at critical points.

Leadership is the art of accomplishing goals through other people.

what should have been their first care—the unity and prosperity of their own nation;

Frederick was now called "the Great" throughout Europe; and Prussia took her place among the "Five Great Powers." The

Rurik was the Clovis of Russia. When with his band of followers he was established at Novgorod the name of Russia came into existence, supposedly from the Finnish word ruotsi, meaning rowers or sea-farers.

It will be observed that when there were not enough thrones to go around, he simply created a kingdom! Certainly, with all his faults, no one can accuse him of not having provided well for his family!

It would be much better to assign work to established teams than to reconstitute teams around projects.

Schedule irreversible decisions for the last responsible moment, that is, the last chance to make the decision before it is too late.

No one has yet figured out how to manage people effectively into battle; they must be led," wrote John Kotter

It is much more important to develop people with the expertise to make wise decisions than it is to develop decision-making processes that purportedly think for people. We are also convinced that it is quite possible to develop many people who are able to make wise intuitive decisions.

the critical factor in motivation is not measurement,8 but empowerment: moving decisions to the lowest possible level in an organization while developing the capacity of those people to make decisions wisely.

empowerment: moving decisions to the lowest possible level in an organization while developing the capacity of those people to make decisions wisely.

WITHOUT LAUGHTER, WHAT MAN of sense could endure either politics or war?