Quotes about leadership
leadership able attempting
While most managers spend their time attempting to predict the future accurately - and while that's valuable - the best managers are able to generate a future which was not going to happen otherwise - that is, a future which was not predictable. Werner Erhard
leadership animal landscape
I like to direct landscapes just as I like to direct actors and animals. Werner Herzog
leadership giving humanity
In the course of history, there comes a time when humanity is called to shift to a new level of consciousness, to reach a higher moral ground. A time when we have to shed our fear and give hope to each other. That time is now. Wangari Maathai
leadership imagination quality
All poets adore explosions, thunderstorms, tornadoes, conflagrations, ruins, scenes of spectacular carnage. The poetic imagination is therefore not at all a desirable quality in a chief of state. W. H. Auden
leadership joy great-leader
No person can be a great leader unless he takes genuine joy in the successes of those under him.
leadership nature reality
Now, here's a good question: should serious people focus on global political instability - terrorism, failing states, nuclear weapons - or should we focus on global climate instability - droughts, floods, extreme weather? Here's the correct answer: yes, both, because climate disruption will make every other national security problem worse. Van Jones
leadership tests
The only test of leadership is that somebody follows. Robert K. Greenleaf
leadership firsts needs
Leadership must first and foremost meet the needs of others.
leadership future-leaders firsts
Good leaders must first become good servants.
leadership light differences
The best leaders are clear. They continually light the way, and in the process, let each person know that what they do makes a difference. The best test as a leader is: Do those served grow as persons; do they become healthier, wiser, freer, more autonomous, more likely themselves to become leaders?
leadership sports dream
The four Cs of making dreams come true: Curiosity, Courage, Consistency, Confidence. Walt Disney
leadership men years
I say no body of men are fit to make Presidents, judges and generals, unless they themselves supply the best specimens of the same; and that supplying one or two such specimens illuminates the whole body for a thousand years. Walt Whitman
leadership men example
Produce great men, the rest follows.
leadership eye race
In order to cultivate a set of leaders with legitimacy in the eyes of the citizenry, it is necessary that the path to leadership be visibly open to talented and qualified individuals of every race and ethnicity. Sandra Day O'Connor
leadership horse experts
The really expert riders of horses let the horse know immediately who is in control, but then they guide the horse with loose reins and very seldom use the spurs. So it was with our chief [William Rehnquist]. He guided us with loose reins and used the spurs only rarely to get us up to speed with our work.
leadership meaningful sports
You can only make so much money in life and only enjoy so many creature comforts. The important thing is to do something meaningful-to leave something behind.
leadership sports sorry
When I was in the batter's box, I felt sorry for the pitcher. Rogers Hornsby
leadership sports running
Sport is not about being wrapped up in cotton wool. Sport as about adapting to the unexpected and being able to modify plans at the last minute. Sport, like all life, is about taking risks. Roger Bannister
leadership skills people
People who know what they want and why they want it, and have the skills to communicate that to others in a way that gains support Warren G. Bennis
leadership skills followers
It is the capacity to develop and improve their skills that distinguishes leaders from followers.
leadership jobs reality
The first job of a leader is to define a vision for the organization...the capacity to translate vision into reality.
leadership world hospitality
Around the world, the generals are being ousted, and the poets are taking charge.
leadership vision hospitality
The ability to plan for what has not yet happened, for a future that has only been imagined, is one of the hallmarks of leadership.
leadership art boys
I'd always rather err on the side of openness. But there's a difference between optimum and maximum openness, and fixing that boundary is a judgment call. The art of leadership is knowing how much information you're going to pass on - to keep people motivated and to be as honest, as upfront, as you can. But, boy, there really are limits to that.
leadership dream believe
Leaders are people who believe so passionately that they can seduce other people into sharing their dream.
leadership running thinking
I used to think that running an organization was equivalent to conducting a symphony orchestra. But I don't think that's quite it; it's more like jazz. There is more improvisation.
leadership opposites future-leaders
That's nonsense; in fact, the opposite is true. Leaders are made rather than born.
leadership groups great-leader
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.
leadership organization wake-up
A new leader has to be able to change an organization that is dreamless, soulless and visionless ... someone's got to make a wake up call.
leadership ideas want
The leader has a clear idea of what he wants to do professionally and personally, and the strength to persist in the face of setbacks, even failures
leadership wise reality
Power is the basic energy needed to initiate and sustain action or, to put it another way, the capacity to translate intention into reality and sustain it. Leadership is the wise use of this power: Transformative leadership.
leadership eye horizon
Leaders keep their eyes on the horizon, not just on the bottom line.
leadership people followers
The new leader is one who commits people to action, who converts followers into leaders, and who may convert leaders into agents of change.