Quotes about leadership
leadership letting-go team
To do something really big, let go of your ego, and get ready to be part of a team. John C. Maxwell
leadership leader mentor
Encourage the many; mentor the few.
leadership law magnetism
But the law of magnetism really is true: who you are is who you attract.
leadership real leader
The real leader holds the power, not just the position.
leadership real tests
The real test of leadership isn't where you start out. It's where you end up.
leadership people respect-someone
When people respect someone as a person, they admire her. When they respect her as a friend, they love her. When they respect her as a leader, they follow her.
leadership dream people
The leader finds the dream and then the people. The people find the leader and then the dream.
leadership spirit incredibles
Enjoyment is an incredible energizer to the human spirit.
leadership effectiveness levels
Leadership ability determines a person's level of effectiveness.
leadership moving self
Self-centered leaders manipulate when they move people for personal benefit. Mature leaders motivate by moving people for mutual benefit.
leadership people purpose
People who use time wisely spend it on activities that advance their overall purpose in life.
leadership vision stubborn
Failed plans should not be interpreted as a failed vision. Visions don't change, they are only refined. Plans rarely stay the same, and are scrapped or adjusted as needed. Be stubborn about the vision, but flexible with your plan.
leadership holiday journey
I vividly remember a conversation I had many years ago in 1974, which marked a turning point in my leadership journey. I was sitting at a Holiday Inn with my friend, Kurt Campmeyer, when he asked me if I had a personal growth plan. I didn't. In fact, I didn't even know you were supposed to have one.
leadership exercise long
Look at our society. Everyone wants to be thin, but nobody wants to diet. Everyone wants to live long, but few will exercise. Everybody wants money, yet seldom will anyone budget or control their spending.
leadership pride stubborn
When you are full of pride on the inside, it makes you stiff, stubborn, and creates strife with others.
leadership vision alive
Good leaders must communicate vision clearly, creatively, and continually. However, the vision doesn't come alive until the leader models it.
leadership pride self
There are two kinds of pride, both good and bad. 'Good pride' represents our dignity and self-respect. 'Bad pride' is the deadly sin of superiority that reeks of conceit and arrogance.
leadership great-leader inspiring-leader
A leader is one who sees more than others see, who sees farther than others see, and who sees before others do." (Leroy Eims)
leadership thinking decision
Exceptionally hard decisions can deplete your energy to the point at which you finally cave in. If you mentally crumble and degenerate into negative thinking, you'll magnify the problem to the point where it can haunt you.
leadership book college
42% of college graduates never read a book after college.
leadership stupid creativity
Creativity requires the willingness to look stupid.
leadership speak
Listen twice as much as you speak.
leadership littles picks
We have to pick and choose between good and a little bit better.
leadership moving succeed
To succeed in life, we must stay within our strength zone but continually move outside our comfort zone.
leadership giving-up growing-up
To gain credibility, you must consistently demonstrate three things: Initiative: You have to get up to go up. Sacrifice: You have to give up to go up. Maturity: You have to grow up to go up. If you show the way, people will want to follow you. The higher you go, the greater the number of people who will be willing to travel with you.
leadership jobs cat
Cats do what cats do, ducks do what ducks do, and eagles do what eagles, do. If you take a duck and ask it to do an eagles' job, shame on you. As a leader, your job is to help your ducks to become better ducks and your eagles better eagles - to put individuals in the right places and help them reach their potential.
leadership differences great-leader
The great leaders in history were great not because of what they owned or earned but because of what they gave their lives to accomplish. They made a difference!
leadership choices life-is
Perhaps our greatest power in life is the power to choose. Without question, choices are the most determining factor in how our lives turn out.
leadership teacher people
What I had been taught all my life was not true: experience is not the best teacher! Some people learn and grow as a result of their experience; some people don't. Everybody has some kind of experience. It's what you do with that experience that matters.
leadership people able
Our days are like identical suitcases. Even though they are all the same size, some people are able to pack more into them then others. The reason? They know what to pack.
leadership risk oneself
Leadership is the willingness to put oneself at risk.
leadership crowds standing-out
Leadership is the readiness to stand out in a crowd.
leadership exercise discipline
While everyone exercises influence, the size and strength of our influence depends upon our effort. No one leads well without paying the price of discipline. As we push ourselves to grow and to learn, we enlarge our sphere of influence.