Leader Quotes by Kevin Allen

It is so easy to "calibrate" -that is, given the pressures on a smaller company to redefine in less ambitious terms- that which you…

— Kevin Allen

Maintaining patience, being generous, and helping your peers takes time, and no small amount of emotional fortitude. But it brings an exponential difference in…

— Kevin Allen

At the end of the day it's really easy to be a great leader when things are going well. The real test, whether or…

— Kevin Allen

Mr. Churchill connected truly to what was in the hearts of the British people, which is what a buoyant leader does. One of his…

— Kevin Allen

The phrases and language used everyday in an organization can in fact affect the way your team makes decisions and conducts themselves.

— Kevin Allen

As a sensitive and highly intuitive person in the command-and-control corporate world, I always felt miscast.

— Kevin Allen

When your people have determined that you understand their lies in their hearts and are dedicated to their functional wellbeing, they will compensate for…

— Kevin Allen

For so long, companies were run using a command-and-control, 'top down' hierarchical method that involved dictating down the command chain and maintaining order. What…

— Kevin Allen

First, define your credo- the belief system of the organization. Secondly, define your real ambition, or where do you want to go as a…

— Kevin Allen

Leadership is not about sitting and presiding, it's about a going somewhere. To be buoyant, you must not only ignite passion around a common…

— Kevin Allen

You can't mobilize people and connect with them authentically when they can't see the true you.

— Kevin Allen

I believe that the establishment of a real ambition, a powerfully galvanizing and exciting vision of what a group is setting out to create,…

— Kevin Allen

As buoyancy is not contrary to other characteristics of leadership, including decisiveness, accountability and performance standards, I don't ever think it can be self-defeating.

— Kevin Allen

The secret is to be prepared, to draw on the strengths of the people around you, and most importantly, to instill confidence that your…

— Kevin Allen

Once you demonstrate to your team that you put them on the same plane of priority as yourself, you will create an environment, and…

— Kevin Allen