Leadership is a mindset that shifts from being a victim to creating results. Any one of us can demonstrate leadership in our work and within our lives.
Leadership is a mindset in action. So don’t wait for the title. Leadership isn’t something that anyone can give you – you have to earn it and claim it for yourself.
Leadership is a matter of having people look at you and gain confidence, seeing how you react. If you’re in control, they’re in control.
As a business owner, leadership is more than just telling others what to do. Leadership is about the investment we make into others and the responsibilities we accept for being the voice and direction that others count on.
I learned that leadership is about falling in love with the people and the people falling in love with you. It is about serving the people with selflessness, with sacrifice, and with the need to put the common good ahead of personal interests.
I start with the premise that the function of leadership is to produce more leaders, not more followers.
I think leadership is something you earn, more through actions than words.
One of my beliefs about leadership is it’s not how many followers you have, but how many people you have with different opinions that you can bring together and try to be a good listener.
One thing that somebody told me is that leadership is a lonely role – some people can do it, and some people can’t.
The role of leadership is to transform the complex situation into small pieces and prioritize them.
Leadership consists not in degrees of technique but in traits of character; it requires moral rather than athletic or intellectual effort, and it imposes on both leader and follower alike the burdens of self-restraint.
Leadership should be born out of the understanding of the needs of those who would be affected by it.
Leadership offers an opportunity to make a difference in someone’s life, no matter what the project.
Leadership means forming a team and working toward common objectives that are tied to time, metrics, and resources.
Leadership involves finding a parade and getting in front of it.
Leadership consists of picking good men and helping them do their best.
Leadership consists of nothing but taking responsibility for everything that goes wrong and giving your subordinates credit for everything that goes well.
Optimism is the ultimate definition of a leader. A leader has to look optimistically at what is ahead while not ignoring the challenges that must be overcome. Those challenges are in government, politics, world leadership, and even in community life.
A leader takes people where they want to go. A great leader takes people where they don’t necessarily want to go, but ought to be.
A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way.
