Quotes about leader
leadership military command-and-control
Most people associate command and control leadership with the military. Margaret J. Wheatley
leadership taken past
I'm sad to report that in the past few years, ever since uncertainty became our insistent 21st century companion, leadership has taken a great leap backwards to the familiar territory of command and control. Margaret J. Wheatley
leadership wall team
They have eliminated rigidity, both physical and psychological, in order to support more fluid processes whereby temporary teams are created to deal with specific and ever-changing needs. They have simplified roles into minimal categories; they have knocked down walls and created workplaces where people, ideas, and information circulate freely. Margaret J. Wheatley
leadership believe organization
I believe that the capacity that any organization needs is for leadership to appear anywhere it is needed, when it is needed. Margaret J. Wheatley
leadership hero roles
Leadership is a series of behaviors rather than a role for heroes. Margaret J. Wheatley
leadership motivation real
In organizations, real power and energy is generated through relationships. The patterns of relationships and the capacities to form them are more important than tasks, functions, roles, and positions. Margaret J. Wheatley
leadership motivation differences
It's not differences that divide us. It's our judgments about each other that do. Margaret J. Wheatley
leader clarity preoccupation
Clarity is the preoccupation of the effective leader. If you do nothing else as a leader, be clear. Marcus Buckingham
leader authenticity commodity
Authenticity is your most precious commodity as a leader. Marcus Buckingham
leader anxiety answers
Clarity is the answer to anxiety. Effective leaders are clear. Marcus Buckingham
leadership sports brother
The fellow that calls you 'brother' usually wants something that doesn't belong to him. Kin Hubbard
leadership moving grief
The time has now come for the nation to turn a new page in Australia's history by righting the wrongs of the past and so moving forward with confidence to the future. We apologise for the laws and policies of successive parliaments and governments that have inflicted profound grief, suffering and loss on these our fellow Australians... Kevin Rudd
leader should walks
Leaders should not just talk about - but walk the walk of - fiscal conservatism. Michael Enzi
leader political rising
No rising hope on the political scene who offered his services to Labour when I happened to be its leader can be dismissed as an opportunist. Michael Foot
leader looks united-states
Most of the European leaders look at themselves as having to follow the United States, because if the US opposes them, there will be a regime change.
leader style important
Absolutely, although every congregation will say, you know, every worship leader will say it's vital. It's very important, but again these are, you know, these are different cultural styles. Michael Emerson
leadership kings trying
They stood there, King of the Hill, Top of the Heap, Ruler of All They Surveyed, Unimpeachable Monarchs and Presidents, trying to understand what it meant to own a world and how big a world really was. Ray Bradbury
leadership party technology
I don't think Edward Snowden deserves a death penalty or life in prison. I think that's inappropriate. I think that's why he fled, [because] that is what he faced. Rand Paul
leader vigor social
The ability to get along without an exceptional leader is the mark of social vigor. Eric Hoffer
leadership work degrees
Charlatanism of some degree is indispensable to effective leadership. Eric Hoffer
leadership believe sacrifice
The leader personifies the certitude of the creed and the defiance and grandeur of power. He articulates and justifies the resentment damned up in the souls of the frustrated. He kindles the vision of a breath-taking future so as to justify the sacrifice of a transitory present. He stages a world of make-believe so indispensable for the realization of self-sacrifice and united action. Eric Hoffer
leadership coaching vision
The leader has to be practical and a realist, yet must talk the language of the visionary and the idealist. Eric Hoffer
leader guy great-leader
That's exactly what [Donald] Trump says, Putin is a great leader. We should love Putin. He has a high popular and everybody oh, fine, you guys - oh, that's terrific. Eric Bolling
leader
The leadership definitely have to come from the leaders. Emmitt Smith
leadership confidence trust-no-one
Honor bespeaks worth. Confidence begets trust. Service brings satisfaction. Cooperation proves the quality of leadership. James Cash Penney
leader doe voters
The GOP grows more and more unpopular with female voters seemingly every time one of its leaders gets in front of a microphone. Misogynist is as misogynist does. The GOP and its bloviating pundits don't like women and they are unable to hide it, nor do they seem to make much attempt to do so. Henry Rollins
leadership moral compass
In the worst of times the best among us never lose their moral compass, and that is how they emerge relatively unscathed. Henry Rollins
leadership reality ukraine
Far too often, the Ukrainian issue is posed as a showdown: whether Ukraine joins the East or the West. But if Ukraine is to survive and thrive, it must not be either side's outpost against the other - it should function as a bridge between them. Henry A. Kissinger
leadership running people
A leader who confines his role to his people's experience dooms himself to stagnation; a leader who outstrips his people's experience runs the risk of not being understood. Henry A. Kissinger
leader vision alchemy
Leaders must invoke an alchemy of great vision. Henry A. Kissinger
leader visionaries politics
Statesman create; ordinary leaders consume. The ordinary leader is satisfied with ameliorating the environment, not transforming it; a statesman must be a visionary and an educator. Henry A. Kissinger
leadership responsibility experts
It is, after all, the responsibility of the expert to operate the familiar and that of the leader to transcend it. Henry A. Kissinger
leadership names deserve-better
A leader does not deserve the name unless he is willing occasionally to stand alone. Henry A. Kissinger