Effective leaders are made, not born. They learn from trial and error, and from experience. — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
Every human endeavor has leaders and followers, and your job as a leader is to inspire. — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
Leaders honor their core values, but they are flexible in how they execute them. — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
The essence of leadership is building bonds of trust in your organization. — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
Actually, there is no more important task for a leader than to pick people. To make sure you have the very best… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
You can't get it all done yourself. The best leaders are not afraid of picking people who are better than they are… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
One thing the military does far better than business is train its own leaders. I can't go to IBM and hire a… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
You have to comply, you have to obey - or you'd better resign and leave. But that is also the mark of… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
Respect for leaders by followers can't be mandated; it must be earned. It has to be given to leaders by their followers. — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
“Great leaders are almost always great simplifiers who can cut through the argument debate and doubt to offer a solution everybody can… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
I think you can improve on that natural ability with training and exposure to great leaders of the past and to management… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
If a leader doesn't convey passion and intensity then there will be no passion and intensity within the organization and they'll start… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
Good leaders set vision, missions, and goals. Great leaders inspire every follower at every level to internalize their purpose, and to understand… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
I have always admired the Linking Pin theory of management specialist Rensis Likert. It says that in every organization there are leaders… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
I understand that and I have had very candid discussions with Saudi leaders in the past. I respect their culture and their… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
Even though the numbers are down with respect to favorability ratings, at every embassy and consular office tomorrow morning that we have,… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
In other words, don't expect to always be great. Disappointments, failures and setbacks are a normal part of the lifecycle of a… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
Leadership is all about people. It is not about organizations. It is not about plans. It is not about strategies. It is… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
Everybody makes bad decisions. I am sure I have made my share of them over 40 years of service. Or I have… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
Organization doesn't really accomplish anything. Plans don't accomplish anything, either. Theories of management don't much matter. Endeavors succeed or fail because of… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
Baghdad fell on April 9, 2003, Hussein and his regime were brought down, we declared "Mission Accomplished" and celebrated victory . .… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
It is the US government's desire for the Iraqi people to lead themselves, not for any outside power to be the leadership… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
The best leaders are those who break that mission down into the organization's constituent parts, so that everybody understands their role and… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
You have to create circumstances where your first-tier leader knows what you are trying to accomplish, because he is the one who's… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
There's no doubt in my mind, though, that the Iraqi people would be better off with a different leader who did not… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
Thee are such horrible weapons. And so no sane leader would ever want to cross that line to using nuclear weapons. And,… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
Never neglect details. When everyone's mind is dulled or distracted the leader must be doubly vigilant. — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
I would not presume from this distance, nor would America presume to say who should be the leader of the Iraqi nation. — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
As a leader you set the tone for your entire team. Communicate your vision. — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
The United States is still seen as the leader at the world that wants to be free. — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
Leaders have followers. The primary role of a leader is to convey to those followers a sense of purpose, vision, and mission. — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
Good leaders must know how to reward those who succeed and know when to retrain, move, or fire ineffective staff. — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
Great leaders are those who are able to look reality in the face, however painful it may be, and deal with it. — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
The United States stands willing to work with a transformed Palestinian Authority with new leaders coming to the front. — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
The great leaders that I have worked with are people who have a good sense of empathy with other people. They can… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
The most important thing I learned is that soldiers watch what their leaders do. You can give them classes and lecture them… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
Failure is a part of life and you have to learn to deal with it. Failure is something that is part of life's cycle… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
Effective leaders are made, not born. They learn from trial and error, and from experience. — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
The purposes of the United States should not be doubted. The Security Council resolutions will be enforced - the just demands of peace and… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
I always like to take my time and examine the two candidates, see not only the two candidates but the policies they will bring… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
We can seldom get our children to do what we tell them, but they almost never fail to imitate us. — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
With respect to where we are now, we have a voluntary army. And if we ever go back to conscription I hope that at… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
There are no secrets to success: don't waste time looking for them, success is the result of perfection, hard work, learning from failure, loyalty… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
So like any football or basketball coach, you always always believe you're going to win. — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
We hope that more assistance will be available to the nations of the region, to include Egypt, on the three pillars that I discussed… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
One of the most worrisome things that emerges from the thick intelligence file we have on Iraq's biological weapons is the existence of mobile… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
