Leader Quotes · Page 160

Putin has had many positive experiences working with Western political leaders whose business interests made them more disposed to deal with Russia.

— Al Franken

Employees who can't trust their leader to be vulnerable are not going to be vulnerable and build trust with one another.

— Patrick Lencioni

I decided to run for Congress because when I was approached as a community leader, I felt that one of the things…

— Jacky Rosen

I am a military police officer and I have served on two deployments my first was to Iraq, in a medical unit,…

— Tulsi Gabbard

One of the most important leadership lessons is realizing you're not the most important or the most intelligent person in the room…

— Mario Batali

Winning companies win because they have good leaders who nurture the development of other leaders at all levels of the organization.

— Noel Tichy

“Research shows that you don’t actually need to know more to be seen as a leader. Merely by speaking first and speaking…

— Eric Barker

EMI is a proven leader in the emerging digital music landscape and one of the world's largest and most respected music companies.

— Chad Hurley

Executive presence has to do with the whole of the person. It's much more than presentation skill, charisma or savvy. It shows…

— Suzanne Bates

“It is not to political leaders our people must look, but to themselves. Leaders are but individuals, and individuals are imperfect, liable…

— Michael Collins

There is no question that policy makers, corporate leaders, pension consultants, and journalists too have to get out into the real world…

— Hedrick Smith

“I have been a member of and inspected dozens of commands in my military tenure. Unit morale is always readily detectable. Morale…

— Miles Garrett

I do honestly and sincerely believe in the necessity or desirability of Hindu-Muslim unity. I am also fully prepared to trust the…

— Lala Lajpat Rai

[The right] may never bring prayer back to schools, but it has rescued all manner of rightwing economic nostrums from history's dustbins.…

— Thomas Frank

Management is getting people together to figure out how to transform inputs into outputs. In the process of figuring out the process…

— Clayton Christensen

“It is the duty of every wise person to seek out people with potential and freely guide them on the path of…

— Charbel Tadros

“As Grandfather used to say, 'In a crowd, everyone plays follow-the leader, even when they don't know who's leading.”

— Ruskin Bond

Many times, my role was to work as a link between the coaches and the players; it was to be a leader.…

— Clarence Seedorf

If you really want to be a successful leader, you must develop other leaders around you. You must establish a team.

— John C. Maxwell

“Leaders can set targets as high as they like, but when followers are not aware of the vision in place; it may…

— Gift Gugu Mona

Bad leadership is copying other peoples good ideas. Good leadership leads to divergence and that creates the space needed for learning.

— Anonymous

We don't want to be like the leader in the French Revolution who said There go my people, I must find out…

— John F. Kennedy

Lead yourself, lead your superiors, lead your peers, and free your people to do the same. All else is trivia.

— Dee Hock

Good leadership is always human. It takes time and energy. It is hard work. Which is why good leadership is so special…

— Simon Sinek

I think that leadership more than anything is about setting a course and describing a vision for people.

— Barack Obama

“General management is more than the stewardship of individual functions. Its core is strategy: defining and communicating the company’s unique position, making…

— Michael E. Porter

“followers have a very clear picture of what they want and need from the most influential leaders in their lives: trust, compassion,…

— Tom Rath

I'm fighting hard to make the world a better place, and you can, too. Get involved with your community, be a leader,…

— Gabrielle Giffords

The only life many of the leaders of the anti-family planning movement seem to care about -- indeed obsess about -- is…

— Riane Eisler

“A leader cannot demonstrate empathy without a certain level of curiosity and a willingness to be vulnerable.”

— Trudy Bourgeois

It no longer matters who consider themselves the masters of events. Events no longer obey their masters.

— Dan Simmons

The New York Times is and has always been a digital leader. The report only cited some areas where we fell down.

— Dean Baquet

I've tried to maintain my independence in Congress. Sometimes that has meant opposing my own party leaders.

— Anonymous

“The personal values managers reported being the most under pressure to compromise to do their jobs successfully: 1. Family 2. Integrity.”

— Stan Slap

Management must have a purpose, a dedication and that dedication must have an emotional commitment. It must be built in as a…

— Harold Geneen

With tech companies, whoever's the leader is always questioned, you know. They say, 'Is this the end of them?' And - there's…

— Bill Gates

“Leadership is not about challenge for challenge’s sake. It’s not about shaking things up just to keep people on their toes. It’s…

— Clay Scroggins

The roots of effective leadership lie in simple things, one of which is listening. Listening to someone demonstrates respect; it shows that…

— John Baldoni

Any leader who asks the right questions of the right people has the potential to discover and develop great ideas.

— John C. Maxwell

... the self respect of individuals ought to make them demand of their leaders conformity with an agreed-upon code of ethics and…

— Mary Barnett Gilson