People ask the difference between a leader and a boss. The leader leads, and the boss drives.
You don't lead by hitting people over the head - that's assault, not leadership.
Remember the difference between a boss and a leader. A boss says, Go! A leader says, Let's go!
A leader is best when people barely know that he exists.
A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way.
The leader works in the open and the boss in covert. The leader leads, and the boss drives.
Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity.
As we look ahead into the next century, leaders will be those who empower others.
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.
The real leader has no need to lead - he is content to point the way.
The boss inspires fear; the leader inspires enthusiasm. The boss says 'I'; The leader says 'We'.
The boss drives people; The leader coaches them.
The boss says 'I'; the leader, 'we'.
The boss says 'Go'; the leader says 'Let's go!'
The boss inspires fear; the leader inspires enthusiasm.
A leader leads by example not by force.
The boss drives people; the leader coaches them. The boss depends on authority; the leader on good will. The boss inspires fear; the leader inspires enthusiasm. The boss says I; The leader says WE. The boss fixes the blame for the breakdown; the leader fixes the breakdown. The boss says, GO; the leader says Lets GO!
By working faithfully eight hours a day you may eventually get to be boss and work twelve hours a day.
In the past a leader was a boss. Today's leaders must be partners with their people... they no longer can lead solely based on positional power.
Nothing so conclusively proves a man's ability to lead others as what he does from day to day to lead himself.
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