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The visionary starts with a clean sheet of paper, and re-imagines the world.
I suppose leadership at one time meant muscles; but today it means getting along with people.
Never has man reached his destination by persistence in deviation from the straight path.
If you have no character to lose, people will have no faith in you.
As human beings, our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world - that is the myth of the atomic age - as in being able to remake ourselves.
It's not a case of us against them, it's a matter of melding all people's skills and resources to create a better world for everyone !
I forgot to shake hands and be friendly. It was an important lesson about leadership.
Perhaps the true mark of a leader is that she or he is willing to stand alone.
To lead people, walk behind them.
If you do not change direction, you may end up where you are heading.
Pain is temporary. Quitting lasts forever.
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.
Leadership means realizing potential-in yourself and in the people you lead.... The leader and followers cocreate their identities and performance.
If your ship doesn't come in, swim out to it.
Life is hard; it's harder if you're stupid.
If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.
A competent leader can get efficient service from poor troops, while on the contrary an incapable leader can demoralize the best of troops.
The leader teaches more through being than through doing. The quality of one's silence conveys more than long speeches.
I do not think that there is any other quality so essential to success of any kind as the quality of perseverance. It overcomes almost everything, even nature.
Real leadership is being the person others will gladly and confidently follow.
Time management is an oxymoron. Time is beyond our control, and the clock keeps ticking regardless of how we lead our lives. Priority management is the answer to maximizing the time we have.
Values hold the team together, provide stability for the team to grow upon, measure the team's performance, give direction and guidance and attract like-minded people.
A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way.
People may hear your words, but they feel your attitude.
A great leader's courage to fulfill his vision comes from passion, not position.
The task of leadership is not to put greatness into people, but to elicit it, for the greatness is there already.
Leadership embraces activism; it is the outcome of a purposeful pursuit of goals.
The roots of effective leadership lie in simple things, one of which is listening. Listening to someone demonstrates respect; it shows that you value their ideas and are willing to hear them.
The right man is the one who seizes the moment.
Give whatever you are doing and whoever you are with the gift of your attention.
The goal of an effective leader is to recondition your team to be solution focused rather than problem focused.
Managers help people see themselves as they are; Leaders help people to see themselves better than they are.
Leadership cannot just go along to get along. Leadership must meet the moral challenge of the day.
Your most important task as a leader is to teach people how to think and ask the right questions so that the world doesn't go to hell if you take a day off.
I have to look at our staff and ask the hard question - Would I hire them again?
You take people as far as they will go, not as far as you would like them to go.
It stems from my Australianisms and belief that everyone is a fundamental cog in the wheel.
The moment I decided to follow instead of lead, I discovered the joys of becoming part of a small child's world.
It turns out that doing the right thing, treating people right, is also the right thing for the company.
A leader must have the courage to act against an expert's advice.
If you can't swallow your pride, you can't lead. Even the highest mountain had animals that step on it.
Take care, don't fight, and remember: if you do not choose to lead, you will forever be led by others. Find what scares you, and do it. And you can make a difference, if you choose to do so.
If there is such a thing as good leadership, it is to give a good example. I have to do so for all the Ikea employees.
Leadership is hard to define and good leadership even harder. But if you can get people to follow you to the ends of the earth, you are a great leader.
I cannot give you the formula for success, but I can give you the formula for failure - which is: Try to please everybody.
Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anybody expects of you. Never excuse yourself.
What we do on some great occasion will probably depend on what we already are; and what we are will be the result of previous years of self-discipline.
An Airplane takes off against the wind, not with it.
When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it.
Don't find fault, find a remedy.
