Quotes About Direction

Without strong visionary leadership, no strategy will be executed effectively.

He that thinketh he leadeth and hath no one following him is only taking a walk.

Leadership implies movement toward something and convictions provide that direction.

There's all kind of vision in this Book. Just open it up and your people will follow.

Leaders live by choice, not by accident.

The task of the leader is to get his people from where they are to where they have not been.

Leadership is knowing what you want and making it happen.

Leadership is about moving people from where they are to where you hope they'll go.

Leaders keep their eyes on the horizon, not just on the bottom line.

You can't defer if you're the person who's in the leadership position.

Management works in the system; leadership works on the system.

There are times when a leader must move out ahead of the flock, go off in a new direction, confident that he is leading his people the right way.

Each of us was created to rule, govern, control, master, manage, and lead our environments. You are in essence a leader, no matter who you are.

It is the job of leaders to eliminate uncertainty.

Leading means running fast enough to keep ahead of your people.

The leader is the organization's top strategist... systematically envisioning the future and specifically mapping out how to get there.

In a very real way, ownership is the essence of leadership. When you are ridiculously in charge, then you own whatever happens in a company, school, et cetera.

If you wish a general to be beaten, send him a ream full of instructions; if you wish him to succeed, give him a destination, and bid him conquer.

Leaders must know where they are going if they expect others to willingly join them on the journey.

My experience is that Delhi behaves the way the leadership defines.

In choosing a President, we really don't choose a Republican or Democrat, a conservative or liberal. We choose a leader.

Leadership is about calling people to do things beyond themselves.

Leadership is the ability to encourage the best efforts of others in working toward a desirable goal.

What originally led us to serve others by leading them seldom remains our North Star.