Quotes about leaders
leadership communication simple
Great communication depends on two simple skills-context, which attunes a leader to the same frequency as his or her audience, and delivery, which allows a leader to phrase messages in a language the audience can understand. John C. Maxwell
leadership lonely lonely-at-the-top
It's lonely at the top, so you better know why you are there. John C. Maxwell
leadership levels determine
Those closest to me will determine the level of my success. John C. Maxwell
leadership team heart
Teams make you better than you are, multiply your value, enable you to do what you do best, allow you to help others do their best, give you more time, provide you with companionship, help you fulfill the desires of your heart and compound your vision and effort. John C. Maxwell
leadership excellence crowds
Diligent follow-up and follow-through will set you apart from the crowd and communicate excellence. John C. Maxwell
leadership character people
Character creates consistency, and if your people know what they can expect from you, they will continue to look to you for leadership. John C. Maxwell
leadership people way
Connecting is the ability to identify with people and relate to them in a way that increases your influence with them. John C. Maxwell
leadership leader promise
A highly credible leader under-promises and over-delivers. John C. Maxwell
leadership real persons
Real leadership is being the person others will gladly and confidently follow. John C. Maxwell
leadership greatness numbers
One is too small a number to achieve greatness. John C. Maxwell
leadership walks following
He that thinketh he leadeth and hath no one following him is only taking a walk. John C. Maxwell
leadership encouragement successful
If you are a leader, you should never forget that everyone needs encouragement. And everyone who receives it - young or old, successful or less-than-successful, unknown or famous - is changed by it. John C. Maxwell
leadership giving-up mean
Growth demands a temporary surrender of security. It may mean giving up familiar but limiting patterns, safe but unrewarding work, values no longer believed in, and relationships that have lost their meaning. John C. Maxwell
leadership people leader
A leader who develops people adds; a leader who develops leaders multiplies. John C. Maxwell
leadership character foundation
Character makes trust possible, and trust is the foundation of leadership. John C. Maxwell
leadership noble longing
Every person has a longing to be significant; to make a contribution; to be a part of something noble and purposeful. John C. Maxwell
leadership labels persons
You are the only person who can label what you do a failure. Failure is subjective. John C. Maxwell
leadership people pay
Find something you like to do so much that you would gladly do it for nothing; then learn to do it so well that people are happy to pay you for it. John C. Maxwell
leadership basketball long
Leaders will not experience long-term success unless a lot of people want them to. John C. Maxwell
leadership leader influence
Leadership is influence. John C. Maxwell
leadership clock-is-ticking priorities
Time management is an oxymoron. Time is beyond our control, and the clock keeps ticking regardless of how we lead our lives. Priority management is the answer to maximizing the time we have. John C. Maxwell
leadership effort boring
Life can be boring unless you put some effort into it. John C. Maxwell
leadership dream powerful
The dreams and passions stored within hearts are powerful keys which can unlock a wealth of potential. John C. Maxwell
leadership responsibility
Leadership is not a right-it is a responsibility. John C. Maxwell
leadership leader empowering
Leaders become great, not because of their power, but because of their ability to empower others. John C. Maxwell
leadership leader currency
Credibility is a leader's currency. With it, he or she is solvent; without it, he or she is bankrupt. John C. Maxwell
leadership organization impact
The single biggest way to impact an organization is to focus on leadership development. There is almost no limit to the potential of an organization that recruits good people, raises them up as leaders and continually develops them. John C. Maxwell
leadership self-esteem differences
It is hard to feel bad about yourself when you are doing something good for someone else. There are a lot of ways to lift your self-esteem, but making a positive difference in another's life has got to be my best leadership guidance. Serving others and working to add value to them will lift your spirits in a way that nothing else will. Trust me on this one. John C. Maxwell
leadership mistake notion
Don't buy into the notion that mistakes can somehow be avoided. They can't be. John C. Maxwell
leadership responsibility being-positive
If you want to be positive, upbeat, and passionate, you need to take responsibility for being that way. John C. Maxwell
leadership looks ears
It is hard to look up to a leader who keeps his ear to the ground.
leadership people turns
It turns out that doing the right thing, treating people right, is also the right thing for the company. James Goodnight
leadership people quality
Leadership is the special quality which enables people to stand up and pull the rest of us over the horizon. James Fisher