Quotes About Leadership

The test of leadership is not to put greatness into humanity, but to elicit it, for the greatness is already there.

The moment you feel the need to tightly manage someone, you've made a hiring mistake.

You can accomplish anything in life, provided that you do not mind who gets the credit. —HARRY S. TRUMAN1

First Who ... Then What. We expected that good-to-great leaders would begin by setting a new vision and strategy. We found instead that they first got the right people on the bus, the wrong people off the bus, and the right people in the right seats—and then they figured out where to drive it. The old adage "People are your most important asset" turns out to be wrong. People are not your most important asset. The right people are.

The moment a leader allows himself to become the primary reality people worry about, rather than reality being the primary reality, you have a recipe for mediocrity, or worse. This is one of the key reasons why less charismatic leaders often produce better long-term results than their more charismatic counterparts. Indeed

to duck responsibility. He or she might say this: The policy will be implemented … The leader, on the other hand, would say this: Let's do it!

Abraham Lincoln, who was about to meet some visiting clergy to accept a petition, was shining his shoes when a cabinet minister came into his office for a quick answer to a question. The cabinet secretary asked in surprise, "Mr. President, are you shining your own shoes?" "Whose shoes would I shine?" replied Lincoln dryly.

If the trumpet sounds an uncertain note, who shall prepare for battle?

The art of communication is the language of leadership.

Leadership sometimes demands more than verbiage. It requires visible acts.

The discipline process is simply, 'Here is our standard and here is your performance. We've got a gap. As your leader, I am here to understand the reasons for the gap and help you to raise your game. If the gap does not go away, I will have to escalate.

When I discipline, I am helping my people, teaching them and coaching them, to be the best they can be. When I see a gap between how they are performing and how they should be performing, I look at it as an opportunity to help them raise their game. It's another opportunity to serve them.

The key then to leadership is accomplishing the tasks at hand while building relationships.

é melhor ser o cão-guia da matilha por três razões. Primeira, é ele quem abre os caminhos; segunda, ele é o primeiro a ver a paisagem; e terceira, ele não fica olhando para o rabo dos outros o tempo todo!

A player who makes a team great is more valuable than a great player. —Coach John Wooden

Liderazgo: El arte de influir sobre la gente para que trabaje con ençtusiasmo en la consecución de objetivos en pro del bien común.

Think of the qualities of a great leader: humility, respect, self-control, honesty, commitment, determination, gratitude, communication skills.

Leadership is simply character in action.

It's a place where members are growing as leaders and learning to take responsibility for the success of their team. Where members are learning to accept and transcend their differences, resolve conflict rather than avoid it, disarm themselves of their personal barriers, and communicate effectively by practicing assertiveness and active listening.

simply ask five open-ended questions which they know in advance. Question one, what is going well? Two, what is not going well? Three, what are you doing to improve as a leader? Four, what are you doing to improve the organization? And, five, what can I do to help?

labors of leadership and love are character issues. Patience, kindness, humility, selflessness, respectfulness, forgiveness, honesty, commitment. These character building blocks,

Por um grupo todo de líderes, com responsabilidades diferentes – observou a diretora, pensativa. – O chefe continua exercendo seus deveres e responsabilidades específicas, assim como as outras pessoas da equipe. Mas o que estou entendendo é que, em um grupo de líderes, todos assumem a responsabilidade individual pelo sucesso do conjunto, influenciando e inspirando os outros a cumprirem seus deveres da melhor maneira possível.

Um grande casamento, como qualquer grande organização, é 100% para cada lado. É um grupo de líderes com responsabilidades diferentes, inteiramente comprometidos com a união e dando tudo de si.

A leader must have the courage to act against an expert's advice!