The function of leadership is to produce more leaders, not more followers.
A true leader always keeps an element of surprise up his sleeve, which others cannot grasp but which keeps his public excited and breathless.
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.
The most dangerous leadership myth is that leaders are born - that there is a genetic factor to leadership. This myth asserts that people simply either have certain charismatic qualities or not. That's nonsense; in fact, the opposite is true. Leaders are made rather than born.
A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way.
A good general not only sees the way to victory; he also knows when victory is impossible.
Be strong, but not rude; Be kind, but not weak; Be bold, but not bully; Be humble, but not timid; Be prooud, but not arrogant.
Leadership is defined by results not attributes.
True leadership is servanthood. Put the interests of others at the center of your decisions.
Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other.
Leadership is the capacity to translate vision into reality.
True leadership cannot be awarded, appointed, or assigned. It comes only from Influence.
The best executive is one who has sense enough to pick good people to do what he wants done, and self-restraint enough to keep from meddling with them while they do it.
A true leader helps people focus on their potential, not on their limitations.
People buy into the leader before they buy into the vision.
Effective leadership is not about making speeches or being liked; leadership is defined by results not attributes.
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.
Leadership does not always wear the harness of compromise.
Leaders think and talk about the solutions. Followers think and talk about the problems.
You can't blow an uncertain trumpet.
You don't lead by pointing and telling people some place to go. You lead by going to that place and making a case.
The art of leadership is saying no, not saying yes. It is very easy to say yes.
Men make history and not the other way around. In periods where there is no leadership, society stands still. Progress occurs when courageous, skillful leaders seize the opportunity to change things for the better.
No man will make a great leader who wants to do it all himself or get all the credit for doing it.
True #leadership isn't the bastion of a few who sit at the top ... We all need to step up, take the risk and put our interests second-not always-but when it counts.
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