Leadership Quotes

Digital leadership must be extremely visionary, mindful, creative, empathetic, generous, conscious, passionate, and humble.

~ Pearl Zhu

Anybody who leads with hate, is not fit for leadership.

~ Jeanette Coron

Character in leadership comes down to two questions: Would you trade places with anyone under your command? Do you hold yourself to the same level of accountability as those for whom you bear responsibility?

~ Gary J. Byrne

We have reached a time where we are suppressing talents in our communities with our common thinking.

~ Auliq Ice

People who copy you will always be one step behind.

~ Wayne Gerard Trotman

But how do you come ‘offline’ when so much of our daily lives is moving ‘online’? Every month new sites and online services are launched. If you need to check anything – about a new school for your children, medical treatment, tourist destination or recipe – you go online. Bill Gates put it so well when he called the Internet the ‘town square for the global village of tomorrow’.Could you spend a week or even a day without reading your emails, using social media or going online? Someone recently joked with me that having Internet access is more important than having food or water.

~ Nigel Cumberland

A true leader is the one who leaves memorable footprints of nobility. A leader who is decisive enough and have all the guts to take bold and frank decisions regardless of the oppositions and the temporal adverse effect of such decision on the masses, knowing that in the end, the fruits of such decision will be sweeter enough to put joy on the faces of the masses and they shall remember such noble footprints and ponder in humility.

~ Ernest Agyemang Yeboah

You need a strategy to assume leadership, but only the character can sustain leaders as who they really are.

~ Pearl Zhu

You do not need to be a millionaire to feel successful or be successful. Financial wealth is only one of many possible indicators of success. However, to achieve your dreams and life goals you’re going to need money. And making it requires financial planning and goalsetting. I do not know of any successful person who has been able to simply ignore their finances.

~ Nigel Cumberland

Being a person that others can trust is one of the most sought after qualities in the workplace today. So many leaders and their staff have shown in the recent global financial crisis a lack of trust and integrity amongst themselves and with their clients and other stakeholders.

~ Nigel Cumberland

We live in a world in which everything seems to needed now and working quickly is normally viewed as a positive attribute in the workplace...Do not let yourself become too frazzled and stressed by doing everything at high speed.As I have coached hundreds of individuals in the workplace, I have discovered that we waste precious time by delaying and procrastinating. We might know that the work is very urgent and important but we still might find ourselves being slow to start the task.

~ Nigel Cumberland

We cannot please all men but we can be a blessing to many.

~ Mac Canoza

WORSHIP IS ACTION.Worship is not lazy, boring and sad.Worship is zealous, famous and joyful.

~ Mac Canoza

People before Profit.

~ Mac Canoza

Stop worrying about what you cannot control. It’s a total waste of your energy, energy that could otherwise be used to help you focus on what you can influence. I spend large parts of my coaching sessions helping people to sift through their challenges and concerns – helping them to determine what they can change and what they have no control over.

~ Nigel Cumberland

The most powerful way of being able to listen to your own intuition is by being silent. Find a quiet space, slow down and calm your mind. Your goal is to eliminate all that noise going through your head – all those thoughts that appear from nowhere.

~ Nigel Cumberland

Fundamentally, leadership is more about the future, but starts at today.

~ Pearl Zhu

Success requires a focused attention of your time and energy. This is true no matter what you want to achieve – to change the world or simply change apartments. All success stories come down to one person having a focused aim – so focused at times it can look like an obsession.

~ Nigel Cumberland

Only those who do not practice sin can stand in the presence of the holy God. -I NEVER KNEW YOU

~ Mac Canoza

WORSHIP IS ACTION.Worship is not lazy, boring and sad.Worship is zealous, famous and joyful.Psalm 66:1-2Shout joyfully to God, all the earth; Sing the glory of His name; Make His praise glorious.1 Corinthians 6:20For you have been bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body.Psalm 107:32Let them extol Him also in the congregation of the people, And praise Him at the seat of the elders.

~ Mac Canoza

Framing the right problem is equally or even more important than solving it.

~ Pearl Zhu

A set of excellent questions themselves is perhaps like a poem, both philosophical and intellectual.

~ Pearl Zhu

Vision is a future state of beings.

~ Pearl Zhu

The art of questioning is to ignite innovative thinking; the science of questioning is to frame system thinking, with the progressive pursuit of better solutions.

~ Pearl Zhu

Creative expansion cannot happen without vision.

~ Pearl Zhu

Diversity is a very popular business topic today while the negative side of diversity, discrimination, remains a touchy and sensitive topic. Even in organisations which follow the letter of the law in terms of not discriminating against any individuals, it is common for people to show prejudice and bias...Have the courage to stand out from your colleagues by being very open to and comfortable with all kinds of diversity amongst your colleagues and stakeholders. When you sense someone is being ignored or marginalized spend time with them and bring them into discussions encouraging them to speak up as needed.

~ Nigel Cumberland

True empathy is not about waiting to understand another person; it is about proactively seeking to do so. It takes effort to give another person your full time and attention; to ask others how they are feeling and if they coping well with things. And don’t overlook those closest to you. Never take anyone for granted. Avoid being too preoccupied to sit down and talk with your children, partners and colleagues.

~ Nigel Cumberland

Don't sabotage your energy, focus on expanding your energy bubble.

~ Dr. Wanda Bonet-Gascot

A truly successful life is one filled with friends so it helps if people like being around you. If you suspect they don’t, have a think about how strongly you exhibit ‘likeable’ qualities such as listening well, being trustworthy, kind, generous, compassionate, fun, positive and unselfish. The good news is that you can learn such qualities even if they don’t come naturally to you.

~ Nigel Cumberland

It is not blindly pushing your own agenda that will enrich the world. It’s is your ability and willingness to understand, appreciate, anticipate, address, serve and support the lives of others that will.

~ Rasheed Ogunlaru

Unless they're utterly heartless, people put a certain value on human life. It keeps us from killing each other off for no reason. But for leaders like you and me, a moral high ground is too absolute. There are choices to be made.

~ Amanda Bouchet

Success is a process, not an event.

~ Richie Norton

Rhetorical question: Did you get to where you are by accepting the status quo?I didn't.

~ Richie Norton

Authenticity is the most fundamental, but challenging attribute for leadership.

~ Pearl Zhu

True leadership is about pulling forth the gold in everyone and believing in people before they deserve it.

~ Michael Brodeur

Move away from the mid-set that the fulfillment of the organization's mission, vision, and strategic plan is only the work of leaders.

~ Sue Tetzlaff

It takes healthy, resilient leaders and employees to achieve great results.

~ Sue Tetzlaff

Business should never be merely transactional -it should be transformational

~ Rasheed Ogunlaru

By leading ourselves effectively, we can learn to lead others as a whole person: mind, body, and spirit.

~ Michael Thomas Sunnarborg

Too many leaders assume that the role of leadership is to control.

~ Jim Ferrell