Leadership Quotes - Page 31

• Leaders who refuse to listen, will eventually be surrounded by people who have nothing helpful to say

  Andy Stanley

  People, Helpful, Refuse

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• Stay focused. Your start does not determine how you're going to finish.

  Herman Edwards

  Inspirational, Doe, Stay Focused

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• Only 20 percent of employees working in large organizations surveyed feel their strengths are in play every day. Thus, eight our of ten employees surveyed feel somewhat miscast in their role.

  Stephen Covey

  Inspiring, Eight, Play

  Stephen R. Covey, Rebecca R. Merrill (2008). “The SPEED of Trust: The One Thing That Changes Everything”, p.102, Simon and Schuster

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• Jump high and hard with intention and heart.

  Cheryl Strayed

  Life, Positive, Success

  Cheryl Strayed (2013). “Tiny Beautiful Things: Advice on Love and Life from Someone Who’s Been There”, p.90, Atlantic Books Ltd

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• Don't be good, be great. Strive to be exceptional. Picture yourself making a great play. Don't let anyone stop you.

  Dan Hampton

  Sports, Play, Strive

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• If leadership is the act of going beyond what is ... it begins by going beyond what is within ourselves.

  Kevin Cashman

  Ifs

  Kevin Cashman, Jack Forem (2003). “Awakening the Leader Within: A Story of Transformation”, p.280, John Wiley & Sons

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• the best leaders try to train their followers themselves to become leaders. ... they wish to be leaders of leaders.

  Mary Parker Follett

  Wish, Trying, Followers

  Mary Parker Follett, Pauline Graham (1996). “Mary Parker Follett--prophet of management: a celebration of writings from the 1920s”, Harvard Business Press

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• While leadership depends on depth of conviction and the power coming therefrom, there must also be the ability to share that conviction with others.

  Mary Parker Follett

  Depth, Conviction, Share

  Mary Parker Follett (2013). “Freedom and Co-ordination (RLE: Organizations): Lectures in Business Organization”, p.55, Routledge

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• What a rope of sand we are without a leader.

  Marjorie Bowen

  Leader, Rope, Sand

  Marjorie Bowen (1907). “The Master of Stair”

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• Leaders stand out. Good leaders succeed. Great leaders make a difference in the world.

  Cheryl Richardson

  Differences, Making A Difference, World

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• Keep your character several steps ahead of your talent

  Jeff Henderson

  Christian, Character, Steps

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• The one quality that can be developed by studious reflection and practice is the leadership of men.

  Dwight D. Eisenhower

  Reflection, Men, Practice

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• Half-heartedness never won a battle.

  William McKinley

  Motivational, Battle, Half

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• In order to have influence, you have to be influenced.

  Stephen Covey

  Order, Self Improvement, Influence

  Stephen R. Covey (2004). “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change”, p.243, Simon and Schuster

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• We all need to get the balance right between action and reflection. With so many distractions, it is easy to forget to pause and take stock.

  Queen Elizabeth II

  Wisdom, Health, Reflection

  "Queen's Christmas message - full text", www.theguardian.com. December 25, 2013.

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• There may be no single thing more important in our efforts to achieve meaningful work and fulfilling relationships than to learn to practice the art of communication.

  Max De Pree

  Life, Motivational, Success

  Max De Pree (1987). “Leadership is an Art”, Doubleday Business

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• Fitting in is a short-term strategy, standing out pays off in the long run.

  Seth Godin

  Motivational, Running, Being Yourself

  "Stop Stealing Dreams". medium.com. March 6, 2016.

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• Be a leader, not a superior.

  Toyotomi Hideyoshi

  Motivational, Leader, Superiors

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• When a highly successful leader retires after a long career, it is very unlikely that his successor will be of comparable caliber. Anyone of similar ability and drive would have gone somewhere else, instead of waiting in the wings for years for a chance to show his own leadership.

  Thomas Sowell

  Successful, Years, Somewhere Else

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• Leaders are made through discipline, training, experience, failure, and the desire to continually improve.

  Bradford Winters

  Discipline, Training, Desire

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• If you command wisely, you'll be obeyed cheerfully.

  Thomas Fuller

  Inspirational, Power, Authority

  "Gnomologia". Book by Thomas Fuller, 1732.

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• A leader will find it difficult to articulate a coherent vision unless it expresses his core values, his basic identity...one must first embark on the formidable journey of self-discovery in order to create a vision with authentic soul.

  Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

  Business, Journey, Discovery

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• ...in the words of Max DePree: "Management has a lot to do with answers. But leadership is a function of questions. And the first question for a leader always is: 'Who do we intend to be?' Not 'What are we going to do?' but 'Who do we intend to be?'"

  Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

  Business, Max, Answers

  Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi (2004). “Good Business: Leadership, Flow, and the Making of Meaning”, p.129, Penguin

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• At some point in life's journey, professionally and personally, we have to be able to trust our preparation.

  Tony Dungy

  Football, Journey, Nfl

  Tony Dungy (2011). “Quiet Strength: The Principles, Practices, and Priorities of a Winning Life”, p.259, Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.

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• There's a difference between making incremental improvements and making sweeping changes that take you away from your core values.

  Tony Dungy

  Football, Nfl, Differences

  Tony Dungy (2011). “Quiet Strength: The Principles, Practices, and Priorities of a Winning Life”, p.180, Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.

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