We can rationalize anything and easily quit on ourselves. Leadership is refusing to quit on others. — Simon Sinek Copy Share Image
Managers watch over our numbers, our time and our results. Leaders watch over us. — Simon Sinek Copy Share Image
Customers will never love a company until its employees love it first. — Simon Sinek Copy Share Image
Leadership is not communicating what we need. Leadership is communicating what we can contribute. — Simon Sinek Copy Share Image
The quality of a leader cannot be judged by the answers he gives, but by the questions he asks. — Simon Sinek Copy Share Image
Leaders don't look for recognition from others, leaders look for others to recognize. — Simon Sinek Copy Share Image
Leaders don’t complain about what’s not working. Leaders celebrate what is working and work to amplify it. — Simon Sinek Copy Share Image
The bad leaders are the ones that push hard so they can gain, who brow beat us so that they can receive… — Simon Sinek Copy Share Image
“The role of a leader is not to come up with all the great ideas. The role of a leader is to… — Simon Sinek Copy Share Image
Great leaders and great organizations are good at seeing what most of us can’t see. They are good at giving us things… — Simon Sinek Copy Share Image
A boss who micromanages is like a coach who wants to get in the game. Leaders guide and support and then sit… — Simon Sinek Copy Share Image
If you hire people just because they can do a job, they'll work for your money, but if they believe what you… — Simon Sinek Copy Share Image
One of the best paradoxes of leadership is a leader's need to be both stubborn and open-minded. A leader must insist on… — Simon Sinek Copy Share Image
Leadership is not a rank or a position, it is a choice - a choice to look after the person to the… — Simon Sinek Copy Share Image
There are leaders and there are those who lead. Leaders hold a position of power or influence. Those who lead inspire us. — Simon Sinek Copy Share Image
“By creating a Circle of Safety around the people in the organization, leadership reduces the threats people feel inside the group, which… — Simon Sinek Copy Share Image
For values or guiding principles to be truly effective they have to be verbs. It's not "integrity," it's "always do the right… — Simon Sinek Copy Share Image
We are drawn to leaders and organizations that are good at communicating what they believe. Their ability to make us feel like… — Simon Sinek Copy Share Image
“We need to build more organizations that prioritize the care of human beings. As leaders, it is our sole responsibility to protect… — Simon Sinek Copy Share Image
There are leaders, and there are those who lead. Leaders are those who hold a position of power or authority. But those… — Simon Sinek Copy Share Image
“Without the protection of our leaders, everyone outside the inner circle is forced to work alone or in small tribes to protect… — Simon Sinek Copy Share Image
I don't consider myself an expert in the why. I don't consider myself an expert in leadership. I consider myself a student… — Simon Sinek Copy Share Image
Leadership is a choice. It's not a rank, it's a choice. I know many people who are at the top of their… — Simon Sinek Copy Share Image
“Every single employee is someone’s son or someone’s daughter. Parents work to offer their children a good life and a good education… — Simon Sinek Copy Share Image
Leadership isn't answering the questions others ask. Leadership is asking others to answer their own questions. — Simon Sinek Copy Share Image
Leadership is about empowering others to achieve things they did not think possible. — Simon Sinek Copy Share Image
A star wants to see himself rise to the top. A leader wants to see those around him rise to the top. — Simon Sinek Copy Share Image
We can not lead an organization, we can run an organization. We can only lead people. — Simon Sinek Copy Share Image
“Leadership requires two things: a vision of the world that does not yet exist and the ability to communicate it.” — Simon Sinek Copy Share Image
Leaders may inspire, but only when the people decide to act does the leader's vision become a movement. — Simon Sinek Copy Share Image
“Good leadership is like exercise. We do not see any improvement to our bodies with day-to-day comparisons.” — Simon Sinek Copy Share Image
Time and energy. Those are the most valuable sacrifices leaders can make. — Simon Sinek Copy Share Image
Quality effective leaders have the confidence to trust others to try, succeed, and sometimes to fail. — Simon Sinek Copy Share Image
A leader, first and foremost, is human. Only when we have the strength to show our vulnerability can we truly lead. — Simon Sinek Copy Share Image
I try to find, celebrate and teach leaders how to build platforms that will inspire others. — Simon Sinek Copy Share Image
Great leaders don't need to act tough. Their confidence and humility serve to underscore their toughness. — Simon Sinek Copy Share Image
Notoriously outspoken, his sentences always punctuated with profanities, General George S. Patton was the epitome of what a leader should be like - or… — Simon Sinek Copy Share
“When you are with Marines gathering to eat, you will notice that the most junior are served first and the most senior are served… — Simon Sinek Copy Share
A parent does not do everything for their kid. A parent that does everything for their kid produces a kid with no self-confidence. If… — Simon Sinek Copy Share
Don't wait for perfection before you start. Start somewhere so you can have something tangible you can work to perfect. — Simon Sinek Copy Share
Followers want to be taken care of. Leaders want to take care of others. We can all be leaders. — Simon Sinek Copy Share
“Goethe, the great nineteenth-century thinker, reportedly summed up, “You can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can… — Simon Sinek Copy Share
Pursue the thing inside us and others will help us. Pursue the things outside us and others will compete with us. — Simon Sinek Copy Share
“When a WHY goes fuzzy, it becomes much more difficult to maintain the growth, loyalty and inspiration that helped drive the original success. By… — Simon Sinek Copy Share
“Without the protection of our leaders, everyone outside the inner circle is forced to work alone or in small tribes to protect and advance… — Simon Sinek Copy Share
Any great and inspiring leader or organization that ever existed set out to do something completely unrealistic. — Simon Sinek Copy Share
I try to find, celebrate and teach leaders how to build platforms that will inspire others. — Simon Sinek Copy Share
Instead of showing up to let everyone know how great we are, show up to find out how great everyone else is. — Simon Sinek Copy Share
Knowledge is understanding based on what has been studied and learned. Wisdom is understanding based on what has been felt and experienced. — Simon Sinek Copy Share
There's only one of me. With you using the why in the center of your work helps me. — Simon Sinek Copy Share
“they didn't examine the problem and accumulate data to figure out the best solution - they engineered the outcome they wanted from the beginning.… — Simon Sinek Copy Share
