Leadership Characteristics Quotes

Great business leaders of our time stand above the crowd not because of what they do, but what they don’t do.

~ Shawn Casemore

Great leaders create great cultures regardless of the dominant culture in the organization.

~ Bob Anderson

Leaders set the context and create the conditions in which individuals and organizations thrive.

~ Bob Anderson

Rest and comfort are two different things. Rest is a planned temporary time to refresh and refocus the leader. Comfort is when you settle into unproductive routines and accept satisfactory or unsatisfactory results.

~ Gary Rohrmayer

Self-reliance is an America virtue but not a biblical value. Solomon wrote, The way of fools seems right to them, but the wise listen to advice. (Proverbs 12:15) The word 'listen' carries with it the meaning of seeking out as well as receiving advice. A lot of pain can be prevented if leaders would just check in with their coach before a making a big decision.

~ Gary Rohrmayer

Missional leaders are comfortable in the own skin.

~ Gary Rohrmayer

Don’t let your principles sit idle on a plaque. Bring them to life.

~ Cheryl A. Bachelder

Thought leadership is when a leader's thoughts are being used by leaders to lead others.

~ Onyi Anyado

Effective leaders make it easy for people around them to tell the truth, to be candid and open.

~ Al Ritter

There are certain people in your life and work where the relationship is more important than who is right or wrong.

~ Al Ritter

There are no perfect leaders.

~ Max Mckeown

Real leadership is not seeking the applause from followers, real leadership is applauding the followers who become leaders.

~ Onyi Anyado

When a leader is at their limit the last thing they want to hear is that they need to change even more. Maintaining good rhythms of rest, exercise and fun create more energy for a leader to be willing and open for change.

~ Gary Rohrmayer

We must be present enough and receptive enough to “hear” with our whole being beyond just the words that are being spoken.

~ Henry Kimsey-House

Every leader will hit a series of plateaus in their lives. The key is not to say there, because settling on a plateau can easily lead to an elongated season of comfort. Being comfortable is one of the leader's worst enemies

~ Gary Rohrmayer

A boss in essence is every woman willing to try, push, succeed, fail but ultimately do the work in her lifescape to make her mark on the world the way she wants to draw it.

~ Jaha Knight

Learn from your experiences and past mistakes, assimilate them and convert them to formulas to achieve sustenance first , and then work your way to success to be the leaders in the market.

~ Henrietta Newton Martin

I believe leaders should be questioning machine, rather than an answering machine.

~ Saji Ijiyemi

Attitude is your number one weapon against mediocrity.

~ Angela Lynne Craig

Most employees are never made or allowed to understand the real meaning behind the work that they are doing. So, for how long can someone remain motivated about chasing something without knowing what he is chasing and why?

~ Abhishek Ratna

The answer from yesterday is not as critical as the questions about the future.

~ Pearl Zhu

Authentic leadership is leading adaptively from your core, choosing who you’re most inspired to be to serve the greatest good in this moment.

~ Henna Inam

Authentic leadership is about leading from the core of who we are to inspire each of us to our best contribution toward a shared mission.

~ Henna Inam

In the future, we should anticipate seeing more hybrid wars where conventional warfare, irregular warfare, asymmetric warfare, and information warfare all blend together, creating a very complex and challenging situation to the combatants; therefore it will require military forces to posses hybrid capabilities, which might help deal with hybrid threats.

~ Agus Harimurti Yudhoyono

The first step out of the gate has to be knowing where you want to end up. What do you really want from your company?

~ Stan Slap

True leadership is not defined by notoriety, power, prestige, status, or job title...

~ Angie Morgan

Coachable people seek out those who speak truth to them, even if it is a painful truth, because it protects them and it makes them a better person and leader.

~ Gary Rohrmayer

Having margins in your life strips away external voices and allows that person to remember and honor the true self within.

~ Angela Lynne Craig

Whether a chief executive officer (CEO) is applying the practices to build an organizational vision or an employee is helping a colleague resolve a problem, anyone at any organizational level can leverage leadership practices.

~ Gary Depaul

Effective leaders are good spotters. They are on the lookout forpotential leaders. They have the ability to look beyond other’s deficiencies tosee their possibilities.

~ Gary Rohrmayer

Having a good definition of spiritual leadership is critical to developmentof leadership cultural throughout your church. You need to know what you areshooting for if you are going to hit the target.

~ Gary Rohrmayer

There is nothing worse for a young convert than to be thrust into leadership without mentoring and ongoing coaching because the devil relishes these vulnerable souls.

~ Gary Rohrmayer

Only a person who perceives that all human beings are important can become a great leader.

~ Auliq Ice

I strongly believe that leadership is an art, not a science. I've learned that leadership can be innate or it can be learned. However, I don't believe anyone was truly born to be a great leader. Great leaders are formed over a long period of time through a series of opportunities and experiences. Without opportunities, even the greatest natural leader among us may never become known for great leadership.

~ Scott H. Dearduff

There are few second chances when it comes to establishing your leadership legacy.

~ Scott H. Dearduff

Put your name on the mailbox.

~ Scott H. Dearduff

Stay in your lane.

~ Scott H. Dearduff

The first step to solving any problem is to accept one’s own accountability for creating it.

~ Stan Slap

You don't have to fear your own company being perceived as human. You want it. People don't trust companies, they trust people.

~ Stan Slap

Being relevant to your customers only when you’re trying to sell something means choosing to be irrelevant to them for the rest of the time.

~ Stan Slap