Quotes About Insight

There is something that is much more scarce, something finer far, something rarer than ability. It is the ability to recognize ability.

You have to look at leadership through the eyes of the followers and you have to live the message.

America would be a better place if leaders would do more long-term thinking.

And the most successful leader of all is one who sees another picture not yet actualized. He sees the things which belong in his present picture but which are not yet there.

The ablest administrators do not merely draw logical conclusions from the array of facts of the past which their expert assistants bring to them, they have a vision of the future.

Some great men owe most of their greatness to the ability of detecting in those they destine for their tools the exact quality of strength that matters for their work.

It is hard to look up to a leader who keeps his ear to the ground.

A leader is one who sees more than others see, who sees farther than others see, and who sees before others do." (Leroy Eims)

A leader should be a visionary and have more foresight than an employee.

The leader is a person who has the possibility through destiny to know the people, to recognize their capacities, and to bring them to bear on the problem.

Intuition is a powerful business tool. Use it.

Finding the leaders of the future is a question of recognizing those people who give leadership in a crisis.

Staff has a genius for sitting on its brains and coming up with perfect hindsight.

We are far more effective on the inside looking out than the outside looking in.

A leader can't dash ahead around the bend out of sight.

Trying to get people to face reality and see the world the way it really is is an absolutely critical aspect of leadership, in my view.

You cannot understand the teacher or their teaching without understanding the person the teacher is.

The most important emotion in classrooms is surprise.

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

You have to understand the teen years of any leader to understand the mechanics of their leadership.

Great leaders and great organizations are good at seeing what most of us can't see. They are good at giving us things we would never think of asking for.

To lead people, you must follow behind.

An effective leader is also an effective listener.

Don't just DO something. Stand there! (and get perspective and understanding)