Quotes About Leadership

Most people fail in leadership b/c they think when they should be working and work when they should be thinking.

Don't confuse one leader's bluster for muster or another leader's meekness for weakness.

Leaders dig into their business to learn painful realities rather than peaceful illusion.

Leaders do what ought to be done whether their deeds are known by thousands or known by no one.

The only thing tougher than developing leadership skills is attempting to be successful without them.

Those who row the boat don't have time to rock it while those who rock it don't have time to row it.

Most people live with pleasant illusions, but leaders must deal with hard realities.

You cannot expect your team to rise above your example.

Leaders know that the fruit of life is out on a limb.

For a person to make a difference in the world, he must be different than the world.

When a leader buys his own excuses, he also, unfortunately, sells them to his team.

Whereas goodness makes greatness teachable, greatness makes goodness touchable.

To lead from the front you must get off your behind.

People buy into leaders through the 3R's of Leadership: Relationship, Reason, and Results.

Business leaders cultivate vision to unify teams; the teams cultivate business to fulfill the vision.

People fail 2 ways: 1) don't know what to do 2) don't do what they know; therefore, great leaders must educate and inspire.

All leaders model and message; unfortunately, most would-be leaders model doesn't align with their message.

Those who master money are free to serve others still mastered by it.

Leaders don't correct people to success as much as believe them to it.

Everyone carries a bucket of water and a bucket of gas in life. A leader has learned to throw the right one at the right time.

A passive mindset "manages" to live with mediocre, but an active mindset "leads" to change until excellence results.

Every leader has the courage to make decisions. No decision is usually the worst decision.

True leadership is the orchestration of truth into action to shine Light into darkness.

Action w/o orchestration is burn out; orchestration w/o action is management; action with orchestration is leadership.