Quotes About Leadership

The cost and risk of developing an innovative idea are borne by the initiator, not the follower.

executives are often reluctant to accept the need for change; they may have a vested interest in the status quo, or they may feel that time will eventually vindicate their previous choices. Indeed, when we ask executives what prompts them to seek out blue oceans and introduce change, they usually say that it takes a highly determined leader or a serious crisis.

Organizations that pursue differentiation to stand apart from competitors tend to focus on what to offer more of. Those that pursue cost leadership tend to focus on what to offer less of. While both of these are viable strategic options, which a great many organizations currently pursue, both will keep you stuck in the red ocean, operating on your industry's existing productivity frontier.

A main cause of employee disengagement is poor leadership

people in the front line care as much about the proper process as those at the top.

People realize that compromises and sacrifices are necessary in building a strong company. They accept the need for short-term personal sacrifices in order to advance the long-term interests of the corporation.

Cómo la estrategia moldea la estructura» explica la forma de seleccionar el enfoque correcto y, sea cual sea la estrategia seleccionada, cómo alinear tres propuestas estratégicas: una propuesta de valor que atraiga a los compradores, una propuesta de beneficio que permita a la compañía ganar dinero con esta propuesta de valor, y una propuesta a las personas que motive a los que trabajan con o para la compañía a ejecutar la estrategia.

What a blue ocean strategist recognizes, and what most of us all too often forget, is that while industry conditions exist, individual firms created them. And just as individual firms created them, individual firms can shape them too

As of yet there has been no theory or process for true strategy creation.

No pastor, no spiritual leader, is ever able to take his people any further than he himself has gone with God.

the lot in life of any particular sheep depended on the type of man who owned it.

Assertiveness is the positive form of aggressiveness.

A leader is best when people barely know he exists, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: we did it ourselves.

The people are hungry: It is because those in authority eat up too much in taxes.

A leader is most effective when people barely know he exists. When his work is done, his aim fulfilled, his troops will feel they did it themselves.

Governing a large country is like frying a small fish. You spoil it with too much poking.

A leader is best When people barely know he exists Of a good leader, who talks little, When his work is done, his aim fulfilled, They will say, We did this ourselves.

When the best leader's work is done the people say, 'We did it ourselves.'

Govern a great nation as you would cook a small fish. Do not overdo it.

I have three treasures. Guard and keep them:The first is deep love,The second is frugality,And the third is not to dare to be ahead of the world.Because of deep love, one is courageous.Because of frugality, one is generous.Because of not daring to be ahead of the world, one becomes the leader of the world.

To lead people, walk beside them ... As for the best leaders, the people do not notice their existence. The next best, the people honor and praise. The next, the people fear; and the next, the people hate ... When the best leader's work is done the people say, We did it ourselves!

When armies are mobilized and issues joined,The man who is sorry over the fact will win.

I have three precious things which I hold fast and prize. The first is gentleness; the second is frugality; the third is humility, which keeps me from putting myself before others. Be gentle and you can be bold; be frugal and you can be liberal; avoid putting yourself before others and you can become a leader among men.

Governing a great nation is like cooking a small fish - too much handling will spoil it.