Definition of leadership Quotes

“The first step to solving any problem is to accept one’s own accountability for creating it.”

— Stan Slap

“When you don’t know what true for you, everyone else has unusual influence.”

— Stan Slap

The leader works in the open and the boss in covert. The leader leads, and the boss drives.

— Theodore Roosevelt

“Leaders make a lot of mistakes but they admit those mistakes to themselves and change because of them.”

— Stan Slap

“True leaders live their values everywhere, not just in the workplace.”

— Stan Slap

“Human behavior is only unpredictable and dangerous if you don’t start from humanity in the first place.”

— Stan Slap

“There will be plenty of other problems in the future. This is as good a time as any to get ahead of…

— Stan Slap

“The heart of a company’s performance is hardwired to the hearts of its managers.”

— Stan Slap

Leadership is lifting a person's vision to high sights, the raising of a person's performance to a higher standard, the building of…

— Peter Drucker

“Leadership creates performance in people because it impacts willingness; it’s a matter of modeling, inspiring, and reinforcing.”

— Stan Slap

“The first step out of the gate has to be knowing where you want to end up. What do you really want…

— Stan Slap

“A manager’s emotional commitment is worth more than their financial, intellectual and physical commitment combined.”

— Stan Slap

“Careful now: even a financially rewarding, intellectually stimulating work environment isn’t the same as living your own values.”

— Stan Slap

“What companies want most from their managers is what they most stop their managers from giving. What managers want most from their…

— Stan Slap

I used to think that running an organization was equivalent to conducting a symphony orchestra. But I don't think that's quite it;…

— Warren G. Bennis

“A company can’t buy true emotional commitment from managers no matter how much it’s willing to spend; this is something too valuable…

— Stan Slap

There is that definition of leadership that says, 'Leadership is convincing people to do things that they otherwise wouldn't have done because…

— Jon Lovett

I thought Donald Trump approach on Brexit was a fascinating window into how he thinks. His basic point was that [David] Cameron…

— Christopher Michael Cillizza

“Whatever you think about this definition of leadership, a problem arises when it is confused with strategy. Leadership and strategy may be…

— Richard P. Rumelt

“When you’re a manager, you work for your company. When you’re a leader, your company works for you.”

— Stan Slap

The building of a personality beyond its normal limitations.

— Peter Drucker

“Values are deeply held personal beliefs that form your own priority code for living.”

— Stan Slap

“Your company is its own competition and can deliver itself debilitating blows the competition only dreams of.”

— Stan Slap

“Your company really has to work for you before you’ll really work for your company.”

— Stan Slap

“Imagine a world where what you say synchs up, not sinks down.”

— Stan Slap

“Do you think your people struggle with being true to themselves? Do their values match up with their work?”

— Stan Slap

“Values are the individual biases that allow you to decide which actions are true for you alone.”

— Stan Slap

“The myth of management is that your personal values are irrelevant or inappropriate at work.”

— Stan Slap

“What first separates a leader from a normal human being? A leader knows who they are as a human being.”

— Stan Slap

“Instead of waiting for a leader you can believe in, try this: Become a leader you can believe in.”

— Stan Slap

Influence is the key word in any definition of leadership.

— Aubrey Malphurs

Management is efficiency in climbing the ladder of success

— Stephen Covey

“Your dreams and the dreams of your company may be different, but they are in no way incompatible.”

— Stan Slap

A person's own definition of leadership defines the glittering crown of his leadership.

— Anonymous

“Hard-core results come from igniting the massive power of emotional commitment. Are your people committed?”

— Stan Slap

“When you’re not on your own agenda, you’re prey to the agenda of others.”

— Stan Slap

“You can’t sell it outside if you can’t sell it inside.”

— Stan Slap

A leader is best when people barely know that he exists.

— Witter Bynner

“Emotional commitment is a personal choice. Managers understand this even if their companies don’t.”

— Stan Slap

“Try not to take this the wrong way, but your brain is smarter than you are.”

— Stan Slap