Authenticity is critical to leadership. That means trying to be yourself - this involves some self-disclosure, admitting what you don't know and… — Robert S. Kaplan Copy Share Image
The Islamic world is obsessed with the notion of strong leaders. This is a mistake. We don't need powerful leaders, but rather… — Tariq Ramadan Copy Share Image
I never imagined working with CEOs, congressmen or the military, yet I make regular visits to the Pentagon, stop by the Capitol… — Simon Sinek Copy Share Image
People who try to boss themselves always want (however kindly) to boss other people. They always think they know best and are… — Brenda Ueland Copy Share Image
President [George] Bush made the U.S. absolutely the leader, between its own PEPFAR, and it's been by far the biggest Global Fund… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
For the political leader the religious doctrines and institutions of his people must always remain inviolable; or else has no right to… — Adolf Hitler Copy Share Image
Each of us was created to rule, govern, control, master, manage, and lead our environments. You are in essence a leader, no… — Myles Munroe Copy Share Image
Even some of the most jaded D.C. types are still impressed when the leader of the free world enters the room. — Joel C. Rosenberg Copy Share Image
“You can love her with everything you have and she still wont belong to you. She will run wild with you, beside… — Nikki Rowe Copy Share Image
As a good gardener prepares the soil, so a wise leader creates an environment that promotes community. ... community involves a common… — Diane Dreher Copy Share Image
I have worked with countless organizations that exhaust energy adapting to the weaknesses of the leader. I had a leader announce to… — Chip Espinoza Copy Share Image
Managers construct, rearrange, single out, and demolish many 'objective' features of their surroundings. When people act they unrandomize variables, insert vestiges of… — Karl E. Weick Copy Share Image
I have participated as a leader in many organizations where the leadership culture was just mean - ugly, where competitiveness, and destructive… — James Merlino Copy Share Image
The leaders in business and industry all have at least one thing in common - they are mentally strong. Mental strength is… — Bob Proctor Copy Share Image
The mere leader of fashion has no genuine claim to supremacy; at least, no abiding assurance of it. He has embroidered his… — Edwin Hubbel Chapin 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 most common leadership failure stems from trying to apply technical solutions to adaptive challenges.” — Ronald A. Heifetz Copy Share Image
“Convincing a leader of the value of front-line ideas alone is rarely enough for that person to overcome years of entrenched bad… — Dean M. Schroeder Copy Share Image
True leaders must be willing to suffer for the sake of objectives great enough to demand their wholehearted obedience. — J. Oswald Sanders Copy Share Image
“Never justify someones wrong action, without them apologizing first & admitting their wrongs. If you do. You are not making them better,… — De philosopher DJ Kyos Copy Share Image
It is possible for leaders or regimes to be cruel, bigoted, twisted in their world views and still make rational calculations with… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Leaders know the importance of having someone in their lives who will unfailingly and fearlessly tell them the truth. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“As Max DePree, former CEO of furniture maker Herman Miller, put it, “The first job of a leader is to define reality.” — Robert I. Sutton Copy Share Image
If you're the leader, you have to communicate the message of immortality to your people. Because I believe if a leader hides… — Recep Tayyip Erdogan Copy Share Image
Within twenty years, he was the world's biggest movie star, the husband of Maria Shriver, and an emerging Republican leader who was… — Arnold Schwarzenegger Copy Share Image
I think you either have to have a very strong decisive person at the top or else a really brilliant staff command. — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
As we become civilized we are governed less by persons and more by principles. . . . The best of all leaders… — Robert Green Ingersoll Copy Share Image
I think truth as an idea should be left to the philosophers and perhaps religious leaders and politicians, and professional people who… — Esa-Pekka Salonen Copy Share Image
“Leadership meant knowing how to distill complexity into a comprehensible message to reach the hearts as well as the minds of the… — Jon Meacham Copy Share Image
That is something a lot of managers want to do - they bring their own people and do everything their own way. — Kasper Schmeichel Copy Share Image
To be a true leader, I needed to better understand my unique strengths and how to apply them across the company as… — Julia Hartz Copy Share Image
It's definitely nerve-racking to be the center of attention. I'm not the kind of an actor that just craves attention 24-7 -… — Jon Hamm Copy Share Image
I'm a guy that a lot of people look up to. I haven't always handled situations the right way. That's why I… — DeMarcus Cousins Copy Share Image
Unlike any other leader in modern American history, we are led today by a president that has decided to pit Americans against… — Marco Rubio Copy Share Image
Australia is a remarkable country with incredible technical and physical resources and a capacity to be a world leader in renewables. — Cate Blanchett Copy Share Image
If you have leaders who are prepared to incite group against group it is very easy to manufacture reasons and excuses. — Chinua Achebe Copy Share Image
Managers are important: they are leading the company and guiding and have to provide vision and manage the daily business. — Hasso Plattner Copy Share Image
“One of the helpful lessons I have learnt in leadership is the need to appreciate my strength zone and then lead from… — Benjamin Suulola Copy Share Image
Well, I was always a bit of a political junkie. Even as a kid I would read biographies of presidents and of… — John Legend Copy Share Image
Good leadership is to know when to go, and you only succeed as a good leader if you've transported someone else in… — Tony Fernandes Copy Share Image