James M. Kouzes Quotes
- It is striking how our language reveals the visual nature of our thoughts about the future state of affairs. When we invent the future, we…
- If we're going to be authentic in our leadership, we will have to be willing to serve, and we have to be willing to suffer.
- Do what you say you will do.
- There's nothing more demoralizing than a leader who can't clearly articulate why we're doing what we're doing.
- The best way to lead people into the future is to connect with them deeply in the present.
- If you think you're a leader and you turn around and no one is following you, then you're simply out for a walk.
- Leadership is a relationship between those who aspire to lead and those who choose to follow.
- It always takes a group of people working together with a common purpose in an atmosphere of trust and collaboration to get extraordinary things done.
- There is no freeway to the future, no paved highway from here to there. There is only wilderness, uncertain terrain. There are no roadmaps, no…
- We have to recognize that however smart we are, we're not smarter than everyone else combined. . . . We can't lose sight of the…
- You must unite your constituents around a common cause and connect with them as human beings.
- Leadership isn’t the private reserve of a few charismatic men and women. It’s a process ordinary people use when they’re bringing forth the best from…
- You can't lead others to places you don't want to go yourself. If you don't feel a burning passion for something, how in the world…
- The word "story" is short for the word "history." They both have the same root and fundamentally mean the same thing. A story is a…