Leader Quotes - Page 12

• You manage things, you lead people. We went overboard on management and forgot about leadership. It might help if we ran the MBAs out of Washington.

  Grace Hopper

  Inspirational, Leadership, Basketball

  "The Wit and Wisdom of Grace Hopper". The OCLC Newsletter, No. 167, www.cs.yale.edu. March/April 1987.

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• The led must not be compelled; they must be able to choose their own leader.

  Albert Einstein

  Leadership, Born Leaders, Able

  Albert Einstein (2011). “The World As I See It”, p.14, Open Road Media

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• The quarterback is the leader of the team and the quarterback is the one that has the ball in his hands every single play.

  Andy Dalton

  Team, Hands, Play

  Press Conference, www.bengals.com. July 25, 2013.

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• Every leader needs to clearly explain the top three things the organization is working on. If you can't, you are not leading well.

  Jeffrey R. Immelt

  Organization, Three, Needs

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• Most leaders are trying to figure out the right strategy. The best leaders are obsessed with empowering the right people.

  Craig Groeschel

  People, Empowering, Trying

  Twitter post from Jan 05, 2017

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• We get the leaders we create.

  Peter Block

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• When employees underperform, a leader tells them so.

  Jack Welch

  Employee

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• A person may forget 90% of what a leader says, but he will never forget how the leader lives.

  Kenneth Boa

  May, Never Forget, Persons

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• Leaders inspire us because they bring out the best in us.

  Umair Haque

  Grandchildren, Grandpa, Inspire

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• People eyeing you as a potential leader tend to ask three questions: Are you committed? Do you care about me? Can I trust you?

  Lou Holtz

  People, Three, Care

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• Leadership is accomplishing something through other people that wouldn't have happened if you weren't there. . . Leadership is being able to mobilize ideas and values that energize other people. . . . Leaders develop a story line that engages other people.

  Noel Tichy

  Ideas, People, Stories

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• Worse than blind leaders of the blind are bland leaders of the bland.

  Vance Havner

  Blind, Bland

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• Visualize a wagon wheel as a complete team. A leader might be the hub of the wheel at the center. Now suppose the spokes are the connecting relationships the leader is building with people on the outer rim of the wheel. If the hub is removed, then the entire wheel collapses. In a situation like that, if a team loses the leader, the entire team collapses.

  Mike Krzyzewski

  Team, People, Wagon Wheels

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• You will be tested as a leader....You may be tested with success, fame, and fortune.

  Greg Laurie

  May, Fame, Fortune

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• Our leaders are stupid. Our politicians are stupid.

  Donald Trump

  Stupid, Politician, Gop

  GOP debate, www.washingtonpost.com. August 6, 2015.

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• The man who always takes and never gives is not a leader. He is a parasite.

  Napoleon Hill

  Men, Giving, He Man

  Napoleon Hill (2013). “The Law of Success in Sixteen Lessons”, p.240, Simon and Schuster

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• If you think you're a leader, and you look over your shoulder and there ain't nobody following you, man, you're just takin' a walk.

  Sam Nunn

  Men, Thinking, Over You

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• We have built a very good company, and we're proud of it. We also recognize that much of it has been built on the shoulders of the thousands of employees and leaders who have worked here before us.

  Jamie Dimon

  Proud, Good Company, Shoulders

  "Jamie Dimon on Finance: 'Who Owns the Future?'". Interview with John Micklethwait, www.bloomberg.com. March 1, 2016.

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• And if you're going to be a leader, you know what I ask myself? Would I want to work for you in this job? Would I let my children work for you? Would I give you this job if I wasn't there to provide oversight? If you went to run another company, would I, as an investor, invest in that company?

  Jamie Dimon

  Running, Jobs, Children

  "Jamie Dimon on Finance: 'Who Owns the Future?'". Interview with John Micklethwait, www.bloomberg.com. March 1, 2016.

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• Skilled leaders focus on "we," not "me."

  Stewart D. Friedman

  Focus

  Source: bobmorris.biz

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• Leaders are all about what isn't and what-needs-to-be be.

  Andy Stanley

  Leadership, Christian, Church

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• I don't want to be a leader. I want to be one who goes around with a little oil can and offer help when I see a breakdown.

  Baba Amte

  Oil, Want, Littles

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• Great leaders don't play by the existing rules.

  Mark V. Hurd

  Play, Great Leader

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• Leaders must attend to one key growth question: How authentically am I showing up in the world and my organization?

  Tom Gegax

  Keys, Organization, Growth

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• What is clear is that business leaders must commit to champion change - to be transparent about their goals for change, to align their incentives systems to drive the change, and to make sure their work environments are flexible in a way that allows men and women who choose to work to be able to achieve all of their potential.

  Beth Brooke

  Men, Goal, Champion

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