Quotes About Leadership

We are excellent at launching Tomahawk missiles; we need to get better at launching ideas.

You can get caught up in making and missing shots, but the game is so much more.

What's missing from the world is a sense of direction.

I've always been comfortable being the first person at a party, metaphorically speaking - being the first person on the dance floor, saying, 'This is where it's happening, people, and if you don't think so, that's cool, but I think you're missing out.' That's my general philosophy, and it's served me pretty well.

On any high-performing team I've been a part of, putting mission first, and team before self, was always key to collective success.

I never had any question about the direction we were going in at the Girl Scouts. We shared our mission and research with all levels of leaders from the very beginning - a concept I created, using cups and saucers, called 'circular management.' Everyone was on a team; there were no superiors or subordinates. There was respect for all people.

Our mission has always been to be leaders in each of our businesses, which is one, two, or three.

The real leader redefines or defines the mission in a very powerful way so that people understand it; it permeates the organization.

When it comes to communicating change at any time, the mission must be clear, and it must inspire.

If I'm a leader, I have a mission.

A lot of the entrepreneurs and founders have big dreams and are on a mission to build things that the world has never seen before.

I was called to start a mission, not a church. There is a difference.

I'm not an ambitious person, there is no ambition in my life. I have a mission in my life. And my mission is to serve my country. And when I am working for my state, it means I am working for my country, or my nation.

Something I learned in the Marine Corps that I've applied to acting is, one, taking direction, and then working with a group of people to accomplish a mission and knowing your role within that team.

Causes was founded with the mission of empowering anyone to change the world. Our model is based upon the belief that everyone has the power to have an outsized impact on the world by banding together with other like-minded individuals, taking direct action, and inspiring their friends and their friends' friends to join in.

In short, you can't let the deadline define the mission. The mission has to define the duration.

The flakier your mission, the fiercer you have to be on the business side.

Set a clear, easy-to-understand vision for your company, and make it be a mission people believe in.

You don't ask people to sacrifice their lives until the nation has debated and committed to the mission. It's immoral.

You make sure to set True Norths for your company. You can't be involved in every decision and every meeting; you have to make sure the mission is very built into the culture, the product, and how you communicate.

In the military, the bottom line has to be the success of the mission.

When I was a manager, I was incredibly results-driven - on a mission at all times.

As a leader, I have always taught my team that changing course after devising a plan doesn't mean you give up on the mission; it just means you have to find a new path.

I would like to pass into history as the man of the economic miracle of Angola... That's my mission.