Colin Powell Quotes about Leadership

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Leadership is solving problems. The day soldiers stop bringing you their problems is the day you have stopped leading them. They have either lost confidence that you can help or concluded you do not care. Either case is

Leadership is solving problems. The day soldiers stop bringing you their problems is the day you have stopped leading them. They have either lost confidence that you can help or concluded you do not care. Either case is a failure of leadership.

Colin Powell

Motivational, Inspiring, Leadership

Colin L. Powell, Joseph E. Persico (2010). “My American Journey”, p.52, Ballantine Books

Being responsible sometimes means pissing people off.

Colin Powell

Motivational, Leadership, Mean

Colin L. Powell, Joseph E. Persico (2010). “My American Journey”, p.85, Ballantine Books

You know you're a good leader when people follow you out of curiosity.

Colin Powell

Leadership, People, Curiosity

Effective leaders are made, not born. They learn from trial and error, and from experience.

Colin Powell

Leadership, Errors, Trial And Error

Leadership is the art of accomplishing more than the science of management says is possible.

Colin Powell

Inspiring, Leadership, Art

Colin L. Powell (1995). “My American Journey”, Random House Incorporated

The day soldiers stop bringing you their problems is the day you have stopped leading them.

Colin Powell

Leadership, Military, Army

Colin L. Powell (1995). “My American Journey”, Random House Incorporated

Never neglect details. When everyone's mind is dulled or distracted the leader must be doubly vigilant.

Colin Powell

Leadership, Mind, Details

Trust is the essence of Leadership.

Colin Powell

Leadership, Essence

You don't know what you can get away with until you try.

Colin Powell

Inspirational, Leadership, Trying

Colin Powell, Joseph E Persico (2011). “A Soldier's Way: An Autobiography”, p.150, Random House

Good leaders must know how to reward those who succeed and know when to retrain, move, or fire ineffective staff.

Colin Powell

Leadership, Moving, Fire

My responsibility, our responsibility as lucky Americans, is to try to give back to this country as much as it has given us, as we continue our American journey together.

Colin Powell

Leadership, Country, Military

Colin L. Powell, Joseph E. Persico (2010). “My American Journey”, p.612, Ballantine Books