Quotes About Leadership

This Congress is simply not doing its job under Republican leadership.

Jesus called fishermen, not graduates of rabbinical schools. The main requirement was to be natural and sincere.

When I am asked what my vision for the Brooklyn Tabernacle is, I always respond, "I don't have one. Last time I read my Bible, it said it was Christ's church, not mine.

As a preacher myself, let me be blunt here. Preaching itself can easily become just a subtle form of entertainment. When I stand at the Judgment Seat of Christ, he is not going to ask me if I was a clever orator. He is not going to ask me how many books I wrote. He is only going to ask whether I continued in the line of men and women, starting way back in the time of Adam's grandchildren, who led others to call upon God.

I want to find the candidates who understand the principles of American exceptionalism and have the character, the courage, and the confidence to actually lead the greatest nation in the world.

a national government is bad enough, but this administration is the largest collection of scoundrels and morons in recent memory.

George W. Bush is a leader, and that's what we need in the White House. George Bush is someone you can believe and trust.

Managers have very tough jobs. I always respected their job but demanded respect in return.

Serving others prepares you to lead others.

Leaders are hard workers. They never expect more out of the people around them than they are willing to give themselves.

Jesus came to serve, and He wants you to follow His example.

Anyone who hides within the crowd is a coward.

If you're screwing up and people aren't saying anything, that means they have given up.

Kids] don't remember what you try to teach them. They remember what you are.

A traditional project manager focuses on following the plan with minimal changes, whereas an agile leader focuses on adapting successfully to inevitable changes.

In high-performance teams, "the leaders managed the principles, and the principles managed the team.

APM focuses on team management, from building self-organizing teams to developing a servant leadership style. It is both more difficult, and ultimately more rewarding than managing tasks.

The capability of self-organizing teams lies in collaboration. When two engineers scratch out a design on a whiteboard, they are collaborating. When team members meet to brainstorm a design, they are collaborating. When team leaders meet to decide whether a product is ready to ship, they are collaborating. The result of any collaboration can be categorized as a tangible deliverable, a decision, or shared knowledge.

What is the difference between project management and project leadership? Although there is an elusive line between them, the core difference is that management deals with complexity, whereas leadership deals with change.

Agile project leaders help their team balance at the edge of chaos—some structure, but not too much; adequate documentation, but not too much; some up-front architecture work, but not too much. Finding these balance points is the "art" of agile leadership.

Leaders who want to create adaptive, self-organizing teams steer rather than control—they influence, nudge, facilitate, teach, recommend, assist, urge, counsel, and, yes, direct in some instances.

When project leaders focus on delivery, they add value to projects. When they focus on planning and control, they tend to add overhead.

Project leaders need to focus on value in several ways: value determination (with product owners), value prioritization (backlog management), and value creation (iterative development).

Get the right people involved, and self-discipline comes more easily. Get the wrong people, and imposed discipline creeps in, destroying trust and respect.