Quotes About Influence

Followers tell you what you want to hear. Leaders tell you what you need to hear.

When it comes to identifying a real leader, that task can be much easier. Don't listen to the claims of the person professing to be the leader. Don't examine his credentials. Don't check his title. Check his influence. The proof of leadership is found in the followers. I

When you like people and treat them like individuals who have value, you begin to develop influence with them. You develop trust.

The only thing that walks back from the tomb with the mourners and refuses to be buried is the character of a man. This is true. What a man is survives him. It can never be buried. -J. R. MILLER

God, when I am wrong, make me willing to change. When I am right, make me easy to live with. So strengthen me that the power of my example will far exceed the authority of my rank.

The one with the plan is the one with the power. It doesn't matter in what kind of activity you're involved. Employees want to follow the business leader with a good business plan. Volunteers want to join the pastor with a good ministry plan. Children want to be with the adult who has the well-thought-out vacation plan. If you practice strategic thinking, others will listen to you and they will want to follow you. If

You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him drink." That may be true. But it's also true that you can feed a horse salt and make him thirsty.

Your attitude colors every aspect of your life. It is like the mind's paintbrush.

Believe in the value of others. Carlisle said, "A great man shows his greatness by the way he treats the little man." The value you place on people determines whether you are a motivator or a manipulator of men.

Leadership has less to do with position than it does disposition.

You will never achieve a dream or vision unless you own it. Furthermore, as a leader, you will not be able to get others to buy into a vision that you do not own.

Clearly, if leaders have a strong set of ethical values and live them out, then people will respect them, not just their position. Immature leaders try to use their position to drive high performance.

This is true. What a man is survives him. It can

So much of leadership relies on good character. Trust is created through it. Talent is protected by it. Internal peace is fostered by it.

In the end, people are persuaded not by what we say, but by what they understand.

It's not the position that makes the leader; it's the leader that makes the position. -STANLEY HUFFTY

We can change our whole life and the attitude of people around us simply by changing ourselves. —RUDOLF DREIKURS

Inspirar a otros para hacer un mejor trabajo es el logro de un líder.

I am going to keep a positive attitude and use it to influence others.

But the Law of Magnetism really is true: who you are is who you attract.

John W. Gardner observed, "If I had to name a single all-purpose instrument of leadership, it would be communication.

When you develop confidence, those around you—friends, family, and associates—will increase in their own confidence levels. Confidence breeds confidence.

It's a simple thing to offer encouragement, but it can have a tremendous effect on someone's life.

The Courage to Teach