Quotes About Respect

The boss depends on authority; the leader on goodwill.

Listening (the first competence of leadership) is not a skill, it is a discipline. All you have to do is keep your mouth shut.

A good manager is best when people barely know that he exists. Not so good when people obey and acclaim him. Worse when they despise him.

Humility is a great quality of leadership which derives respect and not just fear or hatred.

If you treat staff as your equal, they'll roll their sleeves up to get the job done.

Lead by inspiration, not intimidation.

Trust is the essence of Leadership.

You should never be so high and mighty you can't listen to somebody else and learn something from them. Leadership is as much about using the ear as using the mouth.

One of the most important leadership lessons is realizing you're not the most important or the most intelligent person in the room at all times.

Good leadership requires you to surround yourself with people of diverse perspectives who can disagree with you without fear of retaliation.

Answer e-mails from junior people before more senior ones. Junior people have further to go and tend to remember who slighted them.

Leadership is something you earn, something you're chosen for. You can't come in yelling, 'I'm your leader!' If it happens, it's because the other guys respect you.

Always do everything you ask of those you command.

Become the kind of leader that people would follow voluntarily; even if you had no title or position.

Leadership comes by the example you set through your work. It begins from the way you are perceived as a worker and the respect that comes with it.

Customers should be number 1, Employees number 2, and then only your Shareholders come at number 3.

Leadership without mutual trust is a contradiction in terms.

Never attempt to teach a pig to sing; it wastes your time and annoys the pig.

It is only the Negro leadership, the bourgeois, hand-picked, handful of Negroes who think that they're going to get some kind of respect, recognition, or protection from the Government.

When people respect someone as a person, they admire her. When they respect her as a friend, they love her. When they respect her as a leader, they follow her.

I don't think one can question MS' leadership.

Leadership doesn't come from age.

Listen more than you talk.

A leader should never compare his technical skills with his employee's.