180 quotes found
“A person always doing his or her best becomes a natural leader, just by example.”
“A good leader can engage in a debate frankly and thoroughly, knowing that at the end he and the other side must be closer, and thus emerge stronger. You don't have that idea when you are arrogant, ...”
“Being a good listener is absolutely critical to being a good leader you have to listen to the people who are on the front line.”
“Being a good leader requires remembering that you're there for a reason, and the reason certainly isn't to have your way. High-integrity leaders not only welcome questioning and criticism - they in...”
“Good leaders must communicate vision clearly, creatively, and continually. However, the vision doesn't come alive until the leader models it.”
“In the past a leader was a boss. Today's leaders must be partners with their people... they no longer can lead solely based on positional power.”
“A leader has the vision and conviction that a dream can be achieved. He inspires the power and energy to get it done.”
“No authoritarian leader cedes power easily or turns it over to bodies he cannot control.”
“If you call yourself a leader, then you have to be decisive. If you're decisive, then you have the chance to be a leader. These are two sides to the same coin.”
“I'm really thankful and complimented when people come to me and say, thank you for the great times for all these years. But I don't think about it as being a leader.”
“A leader who confines his role to his people's experience dooms himself to stagnation a leader who outstrips his people's experience runs the risk of not being understood. ”
“On top of my to-do list in preparing for Beijing is 'On China' by Henry Kissinger, who has had firsthand experience with every top Chinese leader since Mao, so his insights are valuable and his acc...”
“No man will make a great leader who wants to do it all himself or get all the credit for doing it.”
“People buy into the leader before they buy into the vision.”
“Leadership consists not in degrees of technique but in traits of character; it requires moral rather than athletic or intellectual effort, and it imposes on both leader and follower alike the burde...”
“To be an objective leader means aligning your models with the needs of the organization. There is no question anymore that collaboration, seeking out diverse perspectives and developing new ways to...”
“Leadership is the other side of the coin of loneliness, and he who is a leader must always act alone. And acting alone, accept everything alone.”
“Leadership is an active role; 'lead' is a verb. But the leader who tries to do it all is headed for burnout, and in a powerful hurry.”
“I think for me, or for anyone who plays the quarterback position, it's almost an unspoken word when you think about leadership. Some guys can be a leader and be a running back or a lineman, or wide...”
“Leadership is an individual sport, one that has to be fine-tuned to each of the people that reports to you. Leaders also need to provide the direction, energy, encouragement and inspiration for eac...”
