It is the quality and the character of the leader that determines the results and performance. — Frances Hesselbein Copy Share Image
Leadership is much less about what you do, and much more about who you are. — Frances Hesselbein Copy Share Image
No matter what business you're in, everyone in the organisation needs to know why — Frances Hesselbein Copy Share Image
Good leaders make people's strengths effective and their weaknesses irrelevant. — Frances Hesselbein Copy Share Image
Leadership is not a basket of tricks or strategies or skills that you pull out. Leadership begins with the quality of the… — Frances Hesselbein Copy Share Image
Leadership flows from inner character and integrity of ambition, which inspires others to lend themselves to your organization's mission. — Frances Hesselbein Copy Share Image
It takes courage for a leader to identify and confront self-imposed barriers, to put in place the personal strategies required to unleash… — Frances Hesselbein Copy Share Image
The leader builds dispersed and diverse leadership - distributing leadership to the outermost edges of the circle to unleash the power of… — Frances Hesselbein Copy Share Image
Few leaders are born. We learn to be leaders. We learn by working with other people and working through our philosophy. — Frances Hesselbein Copy Share Image
If we are to remain mission focused, as we must be if we are to be relevant in an uncertain age, the… — Frances Hesselbein Copy Share Image
The leader for today and the future will be focused on how to be - how to develop quality, character, mind-set, values,… — Frances Hesselbein Copy Share Image
Organizations exist to make people's strengths effective and their weaknesses irrelevant. And this is the work of effective leaders. — Frances Hesselbein Copy Share Image
Practice self-awareness, self-evaluation, and self-improvement. If we are aware that our manners - language, behavior, and actions - are measured against our… — Frances Hesselbein Copy Share Image
I never had any question about the direction we were going in at the Girl Scouts. We shared our mission and research… — Frances Hesselbein Copy Share Image
Leadership is much less about what you do, and much more about who you are. If you view leadership as a bag… — Frances Hesselbein Copy Share Image
The leader beyond the millennium will not be the leader who has learned the lessons of how to do it, with ledgers… — Frances Hesselbein Copy Share Image
We do not know what lies ahead, yet whatever the challenge, leaders will rise, finding the heart, the language, the caring that… — Frances Hesselbein Copy Share Image
At a young age, I learned from my grandmother that I should respect all people. Her lessons were defining moments in my… — Frances Hesselbein Copy Share Image
Key to the societal significance of tomorrow's leaders is the way they embrace the totality of leadership, not just including 'my organization'… — Frances Hesselbein Copy Share Image
The best part of the character and quality of the leader is expressing who you are in the work you do and… — Frances Hesselbein Copy Share Image
The real leader redefines or defines the mission in a very powerful way so that people understand it; it permeates the organization. — Frances Hesselbein Copy Share Image
Not long after I was married, World War II began. My husband John volunteered for the Navy and was sent to Pensacola for training… — Frances Hesselbein Copy Share
... I try ... to use my own voice in a way that shows caring, respect, appreciation, and patience. Your voice, your language, help… — Frances Hesselbein Copy Share
The leader builds dispersed and diverse leadership - distributing leadership to the outermost edges of the circle to unleash the power of shared responsibility. — Frances Hesselbein Copy Share
Leadership is not a basket of tricks or strategies or skills that you pull out. Leadership begins with the quality of the person. — Frances Hesselbein Copy Share
If we are to remain mission focused, as we must be if we are to be relevant in an uncertain age, the abandoning those… — Frances Hesselbein Copy Share
It takes courage for a leader to identify and confront self-imposed barriers, to put in place the personal strategies required to unleash the energy,… — Frances Hesselbein Copy Share
... I never look at my watch if I'm talking with someone. I think that's such an insulting gesture! It suggests you're trying to… — Frances Hesselbein Copy Share
There is just one reason that we are placed on this Earth. That reason is to love and be loved - in that order. — Frances Hesselbein Copy Share
The Millennial mindset is one on the pulse of changing technology. They multi-task and enjoy a challenge. They need projects that utilize their knowledge… — Frances Hesselbein Copy Share
People know that pursuing a mission without achieving results is dispiriting; achieving results without a mission is meaningless. — Frances Hesselbein Copy Share
No matter what business you're in, everyone in the organisation needs to know why — Frances Hesselbein Copy Share
Key to the societal significance of tomorrow's leaders is the way they embrace the totality of leadership, not just including 'my organization' but reaching… — Frances Hesselbein Copy Share
I feel passionately about how I express myself. Language is the greatest motivating force. You can phrase something positively and inspire people to do… — Frances Hesselbein Copy Share
The leader beyond the millennium will not be the leader who has learned the lessons of how to do it, with ledgers of 'hows'… — Frances Hesselbein Copy Share
