Quotes about Leadership Dynamics

Men," she said, rolling her eyes as she sat before her screen again. "Don't they realize that if we wanted to rule the world, we could?

It was Trotsky who said the party is always trying to keep up with the masses. Strategy comes from below and tactics from above, not the reverse...

Group dynamics were complex at best, even (he grimaced) unexplainable.

It's a complex relationship when your dad happened to be president and you are president and then you have all the amateur psychology that goes on when people try to speculate about motivations.

What people can't possibly imagine is what it's like to have two presidents who have a relationship as father and son.

As far as my relationship with President Putin is concerned, it's fine.

We have good personal relationship with President Obama, our relations are quite frank and business-like. And this is quite enough to do our job.

The showrunner relationship in television is what the director relationship in film, there's really no more important relationship.

Leadership is a two-way street, loyalty up and loyalty down. Respect for one's superiors; care for one's crew.

I love the Mexican people; I respect the Mexican leaders - but the leaders are much sharper, smarter and more cunning than our [American] leaders.

If I were to vote, I would intentionally vote for the goofiest candidate. It is my theory that when the people can outwit the leader, the more respected their voices will be.

Why are revolutions so rare? Why do the masses sometimes clap and cheer for centuries on end, doing everything the man on the balcony commands them, even though they could in theory charge forward at any moment and tear him to pieces?

Women were not, no matter their circumstances, considered heads of household.

Those who act as if they know more than their boss seldom do.

I often say that leadership is deeply personal and inherently collective. That's a paradox that effective leaders have to embrace.

North Korea and evangelical empires have the same principle of leadership: nepotism to the nth degree. You may not get the call, but you inherit the mailing list.

The first follower is actually an underestimated form of leadership in itself. … The first follower is what transforms a lone nut into a leader.

The inevitable end of multiple chiefs is that they fade and disappear for lack of unity.

Listening is not a displacement for leadership. You have to have leadership.

A sign of power in a man is not only when people follow what he suggests, but also when people make a conscious effort to do the exact opposite of what he suggests.

'Teamwork' is the word that bosses use when they actually mean 'Do what I say'

Leadership deals with people and their dynamics, which are continually changing. The challenge of leadership is to create change and facilitate growth.

current research is showing that true leaders enjoy using their power and are comfortable with it - so comfortable, in fact, that they don't mind sharing that control when it is appropriate to do so.

Influence is not the same as authority. Authority can be abused by influence gives.