Quotes About Leadership

Anyone who has worked in a hierarchical organisation must have noticed that bravery is rarely on display when a superior enters the room.

That's other guys. I'm more of the beaten NCO who sighs and looks off toward wherever as you tell him the next problem he's got to jump all over before everything catches fire and we explode in every direction.

He squinted thoughtfully, then grinned. "Actually, I thought having him around was pretty cool. People, not the wolf, were the real management issue, and for the most part, they acted in a respectful and responsible manner.

Bernie Ecclestone's comment that 'If you don't have a seat at the table, you're probably on the menu.

I still find it hard to really cover some of the events of this period properly. Roger was probably still my closest friend, and we were able to enjoy each other's company. But our friendship was increasingly put under strain as Roger struggled to modify what had been an ostensibly democratic band into the reality of one with a single leader.

Financial services is the most overmanaged and underled industry. This is inexpressibly bad news for the advisors out on the firing line, who hate to be managed and who crave to be led. They need leadership as desperately as they do air and water. And what do they get? Another compliance dictum... from 'management.

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Overall the fundamentals seem to be there and he's obviously got a very mature head on his shoulders. He's got a kind of presence.

Great leaders are not always popular.

Baseball manager Casey Stengel once quipped, "The secret of managing is to keep the guys who hate you away from the guys who are undecided.

Dominant teams rarely are outplayed or outclassed, but they sometimes beat themselves. Just because you are dominant does not mean you are infallible. Remember that dominance does not mean perfection; a lack of focus for even a short period of time can cost you. Do not relax when you are far ahead or dominating your marketplace. That is the time to push even harder.

As a leader, you cannot force the opposition to feel they can't succeed— they will do that on their own. But you can lead your team to such dominance that giving in becomes the opposition's only solution. Keep on your team to push hard and, eventually, the other team will submit.

Great leaders do not rush to make changes because of failure.

Some of the great leaders in history were not adored, but respected. My advice to leaders—stop trying to please everyone and do what you believe is best.

Lesson 2. Great leaders allow the team to take ownership of the rules.

In your business and personal life, think of those who are dominant. What do they all have in common? Do you have it in you to be like them?

The only dangerous thing about ignoramuses is when they vote for ignoramuses.

My advice to women in general: Even if you're doing a nine-to-five job, treat yourself like a boss. Not arrogant, but be sure of what you want - and don't allow people to run anything for you without your knowledge.

It's not hard to get your way when it's your way or the highway. People either follow suit or they're not around. I don't really like the sound of that, 'cause that sounds like a temper tantrum. I'm just very black and white when it comes to my business. There's really no gray area.

Who advised carrying a big stick?" President Theodore Roosevelt's motto was, "Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far." He meant that you should use diplomacy, but be ready to use force when necessary.

She accepted the mantle of the uncanny and until the end of this journey it was her fate. It was her vision they marched to, into a future she had dreamt for them.

If she's to guide kings, she'll need subtlety, and all the Anglisc know is blade and blood and boast." Hild said in Irish, "You have not met my mother.

Hild felt herself split in two: the butcher-bird thinking, I could take him, and the seer, I serve the king.

She raised her cup to Edwin and wondered how much longer she could help him stay king.