Quotes about leadership
leadership iran korea
We have treated our most serious adversaries, such as Iran and North Korea, in the most juvenile manner - by giving them the silent treatment. In so doing, we have weakened, not strengthened, our bargaining position and our leadership. Theodore C. Sorensen
leadership blow common-vision
You can't blow an uncertain trumpet. Theodore Hesburgh
leadership sports volleyball
Bill Walton, UH Volleyball coach, after his player kept looking at him on the bench every time the ball hit the floor...Next time you look at me I'll put you on the bench where you can see me better. My basic principle is that you don't make decisions because they are easy; you don't make them because they are cheap; you don't make them because they are popular. You make them because they are right. Theodore Hesburgh
leadership business blow
The very essence of leadership is that you have to have vision. You can't blow an uncertain trumpet. Theodore Hesburgh
leadership military command-and-control
Most people associate command and control leadership with the military. Margaret J. Wheatley
leadership taken past
I'm sad to report that in the past few years, ever since uncertainty became our insistent 21st century companion, leadership has taken a great leap backwards to the familiar territory of command and control. Margaret J. Wheatley
leadership wall team
They have eliminated rigidity, both physical and psychological, in order to support more fluid processes whereby temporary teams are created to deal with specific and ever-changing needs. They have simplified roles into minimal categories; they have knocked down walls and created workplaces where people, ideas, and information circulate freely. Margaret J. Wheatley
leadership believe organization
I believe that the capacity that any organization needs is for leadership to appear anywhere it is needed, when it is needed. Margaret J. Wheatley
leadership hero roles
Leadership is a series of behaviors rather than a role for heroes. Margaret J. Wheatley
leadership motivation real
In organizations, real power and energy is generated through relationships. The patterns of relationships and the capacities to form them are more important than tasks, functions, roles, and positions. Margaret J. Wheatley
leadership motivation differences
It's not differences that divide us. It's our judgments about each other that do. Margaret J. Wheatley
leadership sports brother
The fellow that calls you 'brother' usually wants something that doesn't belong to him. Kin Hubbard
leadership moving grief
The time has now come for the nation to turn a new page in Australia's history by righting the wrongs of the past and so moving forward with confidence to the future. We apologise for the laws and policies of successive parliaments and governments that have inflicted profound grief, suffering and loss on these our fellow Australians... Kevin Rudd
leadership wisdom country
Even here in America, we felt the cool, refreshing breeze of freedom when Nelson Mandela took the seat of Presidency in his country where formerly he was not even allowed to vote. We were enlarged by tears of pride as we saw Nelson Mandela's former prison guards invited, courteously, by him to watch from the front rows his inauguration. Maya Angelou
leadership might purpose
Might is a fine thing, and useful for many purposes; for "one goes further with a handful of might than with a bagful of right." Max Stirner
leadership art belief
Leadership is much more an art, a belief, a condition of the heart, than a set of things to do. Max de Pree
leadership responsibility reality
The first responsibility of a leader is to define reality. Max de Pree
leadership important needs
In the end, it is important to remember that we cannot become what we need to be by remaining what we are. Max de Pree
leadership needs followers
A good leader needs to stand behind his or her followers as often as he or she needs to stand in front of them. Marilyn vos Savant
leadership moving want
Do not tell them how to do it. Show them how to do it and do not say a word. If you tell them, they will watch your lips move. If you show them, they will want to do it themselves. Maria Montessori
leadership basketball motivational-sports
To have long term success as a coach or in any position of leadership, you have to be obsessed in some way. Pat Riley
leadership sports use
Do not use compulsion, but let early education be rather a sort of amusement. Plato
leadership taken new-beginnings
The beginning is the most important part of any work, especially in the case of a young and tender thing; for that is the time at which the character is being formed and the desired impression is more readily taken. Plato
leadership goliath business-leadership
It's alright to be Goliath but always act like David. Phil Knight
leadership commitment successful
He will return with a greater understanding of himself, greater leadership capabilities, better work habits, and a better knowledge of what it takes to be successful. It really depends on the young man's desire, commitment, work habits, and how important it is to him when he returns. LaVell Edwards
leadership men people
A leader is one who, out of madness or goodness, volunteers to take upon himself the woe of the people. There are few men so foolish, hence the erratic quality of leadership in the world. John Updike
leadership world manipulation
The world cannot be governed without juggling. John Selden
leadership teacher children
We expect teachers to handle teenage pregnancy, substance abuse, and the failings of the family. Then we expect them to educate our children. John Sculley
leadership adversity two
Leaders exhibit two essential characteristics, the willingness to confront adversity and a clearly articulated future preference. Martin O'Malley
leadership support facts
But the fact is that the vast majority of Republicans support the Sinn Fein leadership. Martin McGuinness
leadership courage rate
The conscience is eternal and never dies. Peace if possible, but truth at any rate. Martin Luther
leadership sports genuine
All genuine learning is active, not passive. Mortimer Adler
leadership teaching people
People learn the most when teaching others. Peter Drucker