Leadership Quotes

Leadership crisis erupt when people who have not learnt how to obey instructions are given the privilege to give commands. Leaders are experienced servants.

~ Israelmore Ayivor

Great leadership has more to do with character, courage, and conviction than it does with specific skills or competencies.

~ William A. Adams

In leadership, the way up is down. Serve before you get served

~ Bangambiki Habyarimana

Those who serve others will be served.

~ Lailah Gifty Akita

The better we serve, the greater the fulfilment.

~ Lailah Gifty Akita

Leaders succeed or fail depending on whether or not they clarify role expectations and keep their promises.

~ Bob Anderson

Serving God should elevate our level of excellence in every part of our lives.

~ Brad Lomenick

Leaders today should be more conductors than solo artists

~ Brad Lomenick

If your endeavors result in success of the company in a continuity of atleast a few years, you are a successful manager. If other companies followyour business approach, you are certainly an important manager withleader characteristics.

~ Eraldo Banovac

A leader is a person who knows how to act when other people don’t.

~ Eraldo Banovac

If you are born to lead, be a leader!

~ Eraldo Banovac

Leaders set the agenda for the future.

~ Bob Anderson

Once a good model gets inside you, it can inform and guide you throughout a lifetime.

~ Bob Anderson

A better model of leadership means more effective leadership and better business results.

~ Bob Anderson

Transformation is an acquired taste—not for the faint of heart.

~ Bob Anderson

When we step into positions of leadership, we make a whole set of promises we may not know we are making.

~ Bob Anderson

I wish you much more grace for all your works.

~ Lailah Gifty Akita

Leadership makes a difference in the results we create and the quality of life we live.

~ Bob Anderson

When direction and meaning are confined to Executive Leadership, value is minimized.

~ Bob Anderson

Instead I take the lead, Tobias silent at my side, and though he does not touch me, he steadies me.

~ Veronica Roth

Collective leadership effectiveness drives business performance.

~ William A. Adams

When a Promise of Leadership is neglected or unfulfilled, trust is broken, engagement erodes, and performance suffers.

~ William A. Adams

Leaders have the right to expect that others will compassionately recognize them.

~ William A. Adams

Leadership is a conversation.

~ William A. Adams

Your need to feel significant will never be met, until you can conquer your fear and manage your focus.

~ Shannon L. Alder

When people don't know what’s going on, it’s human nature for them to imagine a version that’s ten times worse than the truth!

~ Kenneth H. Blanchard

Take the high road. People will rise up to join you or fall out of sight.

~ Shannon L. Alder

Once leaders embrace the role of coach, they realize the weight of leadership is now balanced between themselves and their direct reports.

~ Kenneth H. Blanchard

Some of the greatest advances happen when people are bold enough to speak their truth and listen to others speak theirs.

~ Kenneth H. Blanchard

You won't benefit from diverse perspectives if you aren't open to utilizing differences.

~ Eunice Parisi-Carew

As a leader, it's your job to get everyone to share what they know.

~ Jane Ripley

People need to feel safe to be who they are—to speak up when they have an idea, or to speak out when they feel something isn't right.

~ Eunice Parisi-Carew

We must serve each other in love and in humanity.

~ Lailah Gifty Akita

When people feel trusted, they'll begin to understand they are contributors--and you'll get great ideas and happy people.

~ Eunice Parisi-Carew

Map out lofty goals… include reasonable checkpoints along the way... refine, improve, and enhance your behavior in alignment with your goals…. that is the dynamic of true leadership and the formula for success.

~ Steve Maraboli

Sometimes the best way to get other people to give up their egos is for you to give up yours first.

~ Jane Ripley

The key to handling conflict is to make sure people understand it's okay to have an opposing view.

~ Eunice Parisi-Carew

Collaboration begins with focusing on the collective good rather than personal gain.

~ Jane Ripley

The natural result of utilizing different perspectives is that people are more engaged because they feel their opinions are important.

~ Eunice Parisi-Carew

Perceive conflict as positive, creative, and issue driven. Don't allow personal attacks.

~ Eunice Parisi-Carew