Quotes About Leadership

the bad leader is he who the people despise; the good leader is he who the people praise; the great leader is he who the people say, "We did it ourselves

The most effective people are those who can "hold" their vision while remaining committed to seeing current reality clearly

Courage is simply doing whatever is needed in pursuit of the vision

We will never transform the prevailing system of management without transforming our prevailing system of education. They are the same system.

When young people develop basic leadership and collaborative learning skills, they can be a formidable force for change.

The core leadership strategy is simple: be a model.

The practice of shared vision involves the skills of unearthing shared "pictures of the future" that foster genuine commitment and enrollment rather than compliance. In mastering this discipline, leaders learn the counterproductiveness of trying to dictate a vision, no matter how heartfelt.

It's not as if our party has a leadership campaign underway.

the group needs to readily accept the choices and the direction of the dominant members.

His ideal meeting was thirty seconds long: What's the problem? I see and what possible solutions are there? Okay, I like the sound of the third option, what are the pros and cons? Good. Make it happen.

The leader's success in this skill is not just in the development of a vision — the corporate world is littered with concept videos, detailed mockups, and other scenarios of possible futures. Their success is instead shown in how the vision catalyzes action, inspiring the people within a company to charge forward because they want to live in a world where that vision is made a reality.

More than twenty years ago, Peter Drucker described managers as "relays—human boosters for the faint, unfocused signals that pass for information in the traditional, pre-information organization.

We measure success and reward performance without knowing how governance and culture impact individuals and teams.

Although leaders and followers are closely linked, it is the leader who often initiates the relationship, creates the communication linkages, and carries the burden for maintaining the relationship.

What we need to remember is a simple framework known as the E3 or E-cubed team framework which consists of Endorsement, Execution, and Excitement.

Intelligence we gathered at the time indicated that this was in fact leadership and we struck the leadership.

There has not yet been a major ground offensive battle... There are, we know, negotiations going on between the opposition forces and the Taliban leadership for surrender.

after watching Hitler return from Munich in the evening of 30 June: 'Depend on it, it is precisely this Hitler going on his way over heaps of bodies, whom they [the generals] have yearned for in their deepest heart of hearts.'83

The others were led to it by admonition and example, by the need to prove hardness, after a while by indifference.

Worse than Munich with worse than Chamberlain!

A leader is not determined by just capability but also attitude.

Politics is the only field in which the character of a person does not stand in the way of his career.

Politics is a matter of leading other people. Admittedly not where they want to go, but where they ought to go.

The manager who understands what her employees want and need must seldom resort to the authority of the org chart or the paycheck. Taking a third-level approach, the smart manager doesn't scream the truth, but whispers messages that make others feel strong and successful. Only then are great change and real leadership possible.