Top 12 Quotes by Lance Secretan

Leadership is not so much about technique and methods as it is about opening the heart. Leadership is about inspiration-of oneself and of others. Great leadership is about human experiences, not processes. Leadership is

Leadership is not so much about technique and methods as it is about opening the heart. Leadership is about inspiration-of oneself and of others. Great leadership is about human experiences, not processes. Leadership is not a formula or a program, it is a human activity that comes from the heart and considers the hearts of others. It is an attitude, not a routine.

Lance Secretan

Inspirational, Leadership, Attitude

Surely we have a responsibility to finally listen to - and honor - the siren calls of our souls, which have been silenced by our egos throughout our lives? How else can we connect with our essence, the source of our calling?

Lance Secretan

Responsibility, Essence, Ego

Lance Secretan (2004). “Inspire! What Great Leaders Do”, p.93, John Wiley & Sons

Authenticity is the alignment of head, mouth, heart, and feet - thinking, saying, feeling, and doing the same thing - consistently. This builds trust, and followers love leaders they can trust.

Lance Secretan

Love, Leadership, Inspiration

People are motivated by fear, but they are not inspired by it. Everything that inspires us comes from love.

Lance Secretan

Inspirational, People, Inspire

Leadership is not a formula or a program, it is a human activity that comes from the heart and considers the hearts of others. It is an attitude, not a routine.

Lance Secretan

Attitude, Heart, Routine

More than anything else today, followers believe they are part of a system, a process that lacks heart. If there is one thing a leader can do to connect with followers at a human, or better still a spiritual level, it is to become engaged with them fully, to share experiences and emotions, and to set aside the processes of leadership we have learned by rote.

Lance Secretan

Leadership, Spiritual, Believe

We live under the illusion that organizations are 'them' when, in reality, they are 'us.' If we wish to work in evolved organizations, we must each be the first to start the journey.

Lance Secretan

Journey, Reality, Organization

Great leadership is about human experiences, not processes.

Lance Secretan

Future Leaders, Great Leadership, Process

Excellence in our society is less a product of conflict and hostility than of collaboration.

Lance Secretan

Team, Excellence, Collaboration

Lance Secretan (1990). “The Way of the Tiger: Gentle Wisdom for Turbulent Times”, Alton, Ont. : Thaler Corporation

THE POWER OF A COMPELLING CAUSE RESTS IN THE SOUL OF ITS CREATOR, because a cause springs from the soul. It is a spiritual statement from one soul that cannot be the result of many. It comes from a deep place of knowing, some conviction that a richly imagined future could in some way, dramatically and positively, change the world.

Lance Secretan

Inspirational, Spiritual, Spring

Lance Secretan (2004). “Inspire! What Great Leaders Do”, p.68, John Wiley & Sons