Grow Quotes by Frances Hesselbein

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

... I try ... to use my own voice in a way that shows caring, respect, appreciation, and patience. Your voice, your language, help…

— Frances Hesselbein

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

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

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

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

... 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

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

Communication is not saying something; communication is being heard,

— Frances Hesselbein

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

People know that pursuing a mission without achieving results is dispiriting; achieving results without a mission is meaningless.

— Frances Hesselbein

No matter what business you're in, everyone in the organisation needs to know why

— Frances Hesselbein