Character Quote by James MacGregor Burns

Leadership is the activity of influencing people to cooperate toward some goal which they come to find desirable.

— Ordway Tead

Leadership is the activity of influencing people to cooperate towards some goal which they come to find desirable and which motivates them over the…

— Ordway Tead

Leadership, in short, is power governed by principle, directed toward raising people to their highest levels of personal motive and social morality,

— James MacGregor Burns

Leadership is a relationship between those who aspire to lead and those who choose to follow.

— James M. Kouzes

“Leadership is the influence of a person(s) on another person(s) which guides their efforts in a specific direction, with more purpose, clarity, and unity…

— Michael A. Wood Jr

Leadership is the process of motivating, mobilizing, resourcing, and directing people to passionately and strategically pursue a vision from God that a group jointly…

— George Barna

Leadership is accomplishing something through other people that wouldn't have happened if you weren't there. . . Leadership is being able to mobilize ideas…

— Noel Tichy

Leadership is the capacity to influence others through inspiration motivated by passion, generated by vision, produced by a conviction, ignited by a purpose.

— Myles Munroe

The leader is one who mobilizes others toward a goal shared by leader and followers.

— Garry Wills

Leadership is the ability of a single individual through his or her actions to motivate others to higher levels of achievement.

— Buck Rodgers

Leadership means realizing potential-in yourself and in the people you lead.... The leader and followers cocreate their identities and performance.

— Justin Menkes

Leadership means setting a moral tone.

— J. B. Pritzker