Leader Quotes - Page 33

• Jealous leaders measure their success by the failure of others.

  Andy Stanley

  Jealous

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• Insecure leaders think everything is about them, and as a result, every action, every piece of information, every decision is put through their filter of self-centeredness.

  John C. Maxwell

  Insecure, Thinking, Self

  John C. Maxwell (2011). “The 360 Degree Leader: Developing Your Influence from Anywhere in the Organization”, p.34, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• A leader is an average, everyday person who is highly motivated.

  Theodore Roosevelt

  Average, Everyday, Motivated

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• Leaders need to cultivate two things: a righteous heart and a rhinoceros skin.

  Charles R. Swindoll

  Heart, Two, Skins

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• Leadership requires followership and following is an act of trust, faith in the course of the leader, and that faith can be generated only if leaders act with integrity.

  Lawrence M. Miller

  Integrity, Followership, Following

  Lawrence M. Miller (1984). “American spirit: visions of a new corporate culture”, William Morrow & Company

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• Leaders are defined by the decisions they make ... Leaders rise and fall by the decisions they make.

  Mario Daniel Vega

  Fall, Decision, Defined

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• If it's the last thing I do, I will give every ounce of the rest of my life to helping leaders and churches get better.

  Bill Hybels

  Giving, Church, Get Better

  Bill Hybels (2008). “Holy Discontent: Fueling the Fire That Ignites Personal Vision”, p.62, Zondervan

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• Throw leaders into an extreme environment, and it will separate the stark differences between greatness and mediocrity.

  James C. Collins

  Greatness, Differences, Mediocrity

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• Acknowledging weakness doesn't make a leader less effective. On the contrary, in most cases it is simply a way of expressing that he understands what everyone else has known for some time. When you acknowledge your weaknesses to the rest of your team, it is never new information.

  Andy Stanley

  Team, Weakness, Information

  Andy Stanley (2011). “Next Generation Leader”, p.23, Multnomah

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• The leader who refuses to move until the fear is gone will never move. Consequently, he will never lead.

  Andy Stanley

  Moving, Gone, Refuse

  Andy Stanley (2011). “Next Generation Leader”, p.54, Multnomah

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• Six Sigma is a quality program that, when all is said and done, improves your customers' experience, lowers your costs, and builds better leaders.

  Jack Welch

  Quality, Cost, Done

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• While the average person is home watching TV, the Leader Without a Title is in the gym getting stronger or at the library getting smarter or at the office getting better (or with their family growing kinder). Make this day count.

  Robin Sharma

  Home, Average, Office

  FaceBook post by Robin Sharma from Oct 28, 2013

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• Leaders lead out of who they are on the inside.

  Gary Haugen

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• Almost no one will accept responsibility for his or her role in precipitating a crisis: not leveraged speculators, not willfully blind leaders of financial institutions, and certainly not regulators, government officials, ratings agencies or politicians.

  Seth Klarman

  Responsibility, Agency, Government

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• Leaders come in two flavors, expanders and containers. The best leadership teams have a mix of both.

  Barbara Corcoran

  Leadership, Team, Two

  Twitter post from Jul 22, 2016

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• What are the most important qualities that make a successful entrepreneur? The ability to communicate. The ability to express your idea with certainty. That's how you become a leader-even if you are unsure, your ability to explain your vision and your direction is the attribute you need the most. ... Articulate your idea in 90 seconds or less.

  Kevin O'Leary

  Successful, Ideas, Entrepreneur

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• Good leaders set vision, missions, and goals. Great leaders inspire every follower at every level to internalize their purpose, and to understand that their purpose goes far beyond the mere details of their job. When everyone is united in purpose, a positive purpose that serves not only the organization but also, hopefully, the world beyond it, you have a winning team.

  Colin Powell

  Jobs, Team, Winning

  Colin Powell (2012). “It Worked for Me (Enhanced Edition): In Life and Leadership”, Harper Collins

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• The Ukrainian opposition should adopt democratic unity as its main principle, and it also must have one leader.

  Zbigniew Brzezinski

  Unity, Principles, Should

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• The successful leader does not talk down to people. He lifts them up.

  Richard M. Nixon

  Successful, People, Doe

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• We are willing to follow leaders only to the extent we believe they call on our best, not our worst.

  Rachel Maddow

  Believe, Worst, Willing

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• In business, what distinguishes leaders from laggards and greatness from mediocrity is the ability to uniquely imagine what could be.

  Robert Fritz

  Greatness, Mediocrity, Imagine

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• The best part of the character and quality of the leader is expressing who you are in the work you do and how you do it.

  Frances Hesselbein

  Character, Quality, Who You Are

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• Few leaders are born. We learn to be leaders. We learn by working with other people and working through our philosophy.

  Frances Hesselbein

  Philosophy, People, Working With Others

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• Scientists and religious leaders, activists and first nation leaders, CEOs of corporations and actors, all of us need to come together right now, because the planet is in a lot of pain.

  Ellen Page

  Religious, Pain, Together

  "Ellen Page’s Greenest Day". Interview with Maddie Oatman, www.motherjones.com. September 11, 2010.

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• Great leaders inspire, they don't manipulate.

  Andy Mineo

  Inspire, Great Leader, Manipulate

  Twitter post from Mar 18, 2015

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