Leader Quotes · Page 194

Leaders have followers. The primary role of a leader is to convey to those followers a sense of purpose, vision, and mission.

— Colin Powell

“A leader should be able to see and know what to do! His acumen should give the men a reason to rule…

— Anyaele Sam Chiyson

There is one qualification the manager cannot acquire but must bring to the task. It is not genius; it is character.

— Peter Drucker

Influence is getting others to do what you want them to do because they want to do it - a take on…

— Phil Harding

The conventional definition of management is getting work done through people, but real management is developing people through work.

— Agha Hasan Abedi

Good political leadership for me involves getting the big decisions right - however difficult, however controversial, however potentially divisive - and then…

— Charles Kennedy

Many people have overcome that home situation simply by having at least one caring adult, whether a teacher, mentor or religious leader.

— James Redford

First you train the followers to accomplish the mission. Second, you resource them: Make sure that they have the tools to do…

— Colin Powell

“We debate sometimes what is to be the future of this nation when we think that in a few years public affairs…

— Booth Tarkington

The price that must be paid for mastery is discipline. No one achieves lasting success without it. So from the moment you…

— Robin Crow

“True leaders pursue knowledge, not recognition; understanding, not titles; wisdom, not power; purpose, not riches; excellence, not success; opportunities, not obstacles; character,…

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“It is executive presence—and no man or woman attains a top job, lands an extraordinary deal, or develops a significant following without…

— Sylvia Ann Hewlett

What I'm encouraging President Trump and the Cabinet and congressional leaders to do, is let's keep our promises. Let's do what we…

— Ted Cruz

“Student: What should someone who follows his leader but is much smarter than that leader do, master? Master: Let me correct this…

— Mehmet Murat ildan

Management cares about only one thing. Paperwork. They will forgive almost anything else - cost overruns, gross incompetence, criminal indictments - as…

— Connie Willis

We will expand and revitalize the popular 287G partnerships, which will help to identify hundreds of thousands of deportable aliens in local…

— Donald Trump

All disruptive innovators make it easier and more affordable for people to do what matters to them, and follow a strategy that…

— Scott D. Anthony

And leadership then is about mobilizing and engaging the people with the problem rather than trying to anesthetize them so you can…

— Ronald A. Heifetz

He was one of the few political leaders I have ever met whose public speeches revealed more than his private conversations. [On…

— Gerald R. Ford

The task of leadership is not to put greatness into humanity, but to elicit it, for the greatness is already there.

— John Buchan

Being a leader gives you charisma. If you look and study the leaders who have succeeded, that's where charisma comes from, from…

— Seth Godin

I have always been thankful that so many of our countrys greatest leaders and statesmen were able to be on this earth…

— Bob Latta

“Leadership is communicating people’s worth and potential so clearly that they are inspired to see it in themselves.” Is that not also…

— Stephen R. Covey

As a leader, you're probably not doing a good job unless your employees can do a good impression of you when you're…

— Patrick Lencioni

There are many world leaders who are worse than [Donald] Trump.They don't just talk about violence, they practice it on an extreme…

— Edward Leigh

“when we are an inch apart on strategy at the leadership level, our product teams end up miles apart in execution.”

— Satya Nadella

A leader has the capacity of vision, the ability to see where things are headed before people in general see those things.

— Mitt Romney

I was writing a chapter of Beautiful Evidence on the subject of the sculptural pedestal, which led to my thinking about what's…

— Edward Tufte

You mustn't confuse the need for effective chairmanship, which is part of the job of the boss, along with the ability to…

— Charles Kennedy

No one could become an efficient leader or take the initiative in any great undertaking without belief in himself.

— Napoleon Hill

A negative and toxic person never feels teased with the genuine presence of the pretenders in his network and he always feels…

— Anuj

Any group has a sense of who it is and what is values, but this sense often remains beneath the surface. A…

— Diane Dreher

“leadership is communicating others’ worth and potential so clearly that they are inspired to see it in themselves.”

— Stephen R. Covey

A good leader takes a little more than his share of the blame, a little less than his share of the credit.

— Anonymous

“The key to success for Sony, and to everything in business, science and technology for that matter, is never to follow the…

— Masaru Ibuka

Peering, I heard the hooves come down the hill. The posse passed, twelve horse; the leader's face Was worn as limestone on…

— Allen Tate

The leadership instinct you are born with is the backbone. You develop the funny bone and the wishbone that go with it.

— Anonymous

I believe work is good. There is dignity in work. I also believe that a hard-work ethic forges strong leaders.

— Mike Krzyzewski

True leadership must have follower-ship. Management styles can vary, but even an autocrat needs people who believe and simply don't follow from…

— James D. Robinson III

The most important role of managers is to create environment in which people are passionately dedicated to winning in marketplace.

— Andy Grove