Quotes About Communication

Without a terrific leader, you're not going to have a Great Group. But it is also true that you're not going to have a great leader without a Great Group.

... three main components of leadership: mastery of the subject-matter, ability convincingly to articulate the particular course of action required and a fervent belief in its correctness.

Probably every subject is interesting if an avenue into it can be found that has humanity and that an ordinary person can follow.

If you want to be a leader, it doesn't mean that you have to have an opinion on everything. But if you do have an opinion and it is clear and you feel strongly about it, then you should say it.

The wise leader speaks rarely and briefly. After all, no other natural outpouring goes on and on. It rains and then it stops. It thunders and then it stops.

When I finally got a management position, I found out how hard it is to lead and manage people.

The leader continually passes on the vision to those who come around, knowing that dreams, if presented right, are contagious.

'Teamwork' is the word that bosses use when they actually mean 'Do what I say'

If you whoop and holler all the time, the players just get used to it.

If we're all on the same page, no one's reading the whole book.

A fundamental responsibility of leadership is make sure that everybody knows the mission, understands it, lives it.

People in power have to be careful about what comes out of their mouth. They have to find exactly the right word that can't be attacked.

Everybody who aspires to high positions of leadership in their state and in their country should be willing to take unscreened, unrehearsed questions from the people who pay their salary.

If a preacher tells you how God says you are, I don't see how you can say that's bad preaching.

People quit people before they quit companies.

Don't be afraid to ask the 'dumb' question, everyone else will be relieved you had the guts to ask!

Let the massacres remind us to turn down our political volume and venom.

We all need people who will help us look at situations from a different perspective.

Servant leadership teaches us that you have to lay your cards on the table.

Words have power. Use the language of leadership versus the vocabulary of a victim.

Influence requires humility. The essence of influence is others. The key word is relationships.

Relationships are the foundation of leadership.

Take the time and energy to manage your boss the same way you manage your team.

If your focus is always changing, expect confusion to be rampant on your team.