The function of leadership is to produce more leaders, not more followers.
The leaders who work most effectively, it seems to me, never say "I." And that's not because they have trained themselves not to say "I." They don't think "I." They think "we"; they think "team." They understand their job to be to make the team function. They accept responsibility and don't sidestep it, but "we" gets the credit. This is what creates trust, what enables you to get the task done.
A business that makes nothing but money is a poor business.
Keep your fears to yourself, but share your courage with others.
The art of leadership is saying no, not saying yes. It is very easy to say yes.
The building of a personality beyond its normal limitations.
I suppose leadership at one time meant muscles; but today it means getting along with people.
Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower.
The greatest leader is not necessarily the one who does the greatest things. He is the one that gets the people to do the greatest things.
Outstanding leaders go out of their way to boost the self-esteem of their personnel. If people believe in themselves, it's amazing what they can accomplish.
A good objective of leadership is to help those who are doing poorly to do well and to help those who are doing well to do even better.
As we look ahead into the next century, leaders will be those who empower others.
Failure is simply the opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently.
Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it.
There is no passion to be found playing small - in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living.
A leader takes people where they want to go. A great leader takes people where they don't necessarily want to go, but ought to be.
Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.
The most successful businessmen were often uneducated when measured by the scholastic standards of the teaching profession. But they were equal to their social function of adjusting production to the most urgent demand. Because of these merits the consumers chose them for business leadership.
I commend #AIESEC's continuing efforts to develop the #future #business #leadership of our countries.
There is a science to managing high tech businesses, and it needs to be respected. One of them is that in technology businesses, leadership is temporary. It's constantly recycling. So the asset has limited lifetime.
What we need is political leadership which can give guidance to the development of global governance. We need business leadership which goes beyond shareholder value to understand the needs and fears of other stakeholders and their communities.
In politics, as in business, leadership is crucial.
The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires.
The day soldiers stop bringing you their problems is the day you have stopped leading them.
A man who wants to lead the orchestra must turn his back on the crowd.
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