Quotes About Leadership

Lateral trust among colleagues is as important as vertical trust within the hierarchy.

Why wouldn't female Marines come forward? Because they don't trust us. They don't trust the command. They don't trust the leadership.

On a team, trust is all about vulnerability, which is difficult for most people.

Trust your instincts, and take control.

People will only follow you if they see you're ahead, are convinced you know the route, trust you, and want to get there too.

Credibility is lost when there are big discrepancies between what leaders say and what they do. ... Increasing credibility requires openness. Hidden agendas will destroy trust.

Public office is supposed to be a public trust. This is a clear sign of the rampant corruption at the highest levels of the Republican leadership.

You have made a very good point: both the Prime Minister [Shindzo Abe] and I enjoy a fairly high level of trust among the citizens of our countries.

Every leader needs to remember that a healthy respect for authority takes time to develop. It's like building trust. You don't instantly have trust, it has to be earned.

The first thing a proprietor learns, and painfully at that, is: Trust is fine, but control is better.

This is a sickness rooted and inherent in the nature of a tyranny: that he that holds it does not trust his friends.

When politicians say "I'm in politics," it may or may not be possible to trust them, but when they say, "I'm in public service," you know you should flee.

It's not my job to try and alter the director's style - he's in charge, and I'll always give him my trust.

Look well to the characters and qualifications of those you elect and raise to office and places of trust.

Let us never forget that authentic power is service, which has its radiant culmination on the Cross.

Leadership requires followership and following is an act of trust, faith in the course of the leader, and that faith can be generated only if leaders act with integrity.

Trust the people -- that is the crucial lesson of history.

I'm a Prince of Wales Trust ambassador, so I'm all about giving youth an education, a voice and a chance to not take the wrong road.

We have absolute trust in our employees. In fact, we are partners with them.

I think leadership of any kind requires trust and transparency and voters should demand no less from their political leadership in government.

Quality effective leaders have the confidence to trust others to try, succeed, and sometimes to fail.

I stand here today humbled by the task before us, grateful for the trust you have bestowed, mindful of the sacrifices borne by our ancestors.

The directors you trust the most are the ones, when you ask them a question, they've got the guts to say, 'I don't know.'

One of the mistakes I made was placing too much trust in Montesinos.