Leader Quotes - Page 88

Effective leadership is putting first things first. Effective management is discipline, carrying it out.

Employers and business leaders need people who can think for themselves - who can take initiative and be the solution to problems.

A leader, first and foremost, is human. Only when we have the strength to show our vulnerability can we truly lead.

Traditionally Marxism attracts the oppressed. This, however, is not the case in the Arab nation... The socialist programs in Arab history did not always come from the poor, but from men who had known no oppression and became the leaders of the poor. The Arab nation has never been as class-conscious as other nations.

The failure of women to have reached positions of leadership has been due in large part to social and professional discrimination.

It takes courage to speak up against complacency and injustice while others remain silent. But that's what leadership is.

in most important ways, leaders of the future will need the traits and capabilities of leaders throughout history: an eye for change and a steadying hand to provide both vision and reassurance that change can be mastered, a voice that articulates the will of the group and shapes it to constructive ends, and an ability to inspire by force of personality while making others feel empowered to increase and use their own abilities.

Leaders is the new organisation do not lack motivational tools, but the tools are different from those of traditional corporate bureaucrats. The new rewards are based not on status but on contribution, and they consist not of regular promotion and automatic pay rises, but of excitement about the mission and a share of the glory of success.

Surround yourself with great people; delegate authority; get out of the way

Remember, every great leader (or visionary or brave thinker) was initially laughed at. Now they are revered.

When you get right down to it, one of the most important tasks of a leader is to eliminate his people's excuse for failure.

I think Donald Trump showed a real quality that every leader needs, and that's resiliency.

Even in challenging economic times, making sure that study abroad is part of our college students' education is a vital investment. If we want a new generation of leaders and innovators who can be effective in an ever more globalized world, sending our students overseas is not a luxury. It's a necessity.

With every episode of struggle, there is a learning opportunity.

The successful leader does not talk down to people. He lifts them up.

Communicate your passion clearly, concisely and with genuine conviction.

When people are placed in positions slightly above what they expect, they are apt to excel.

The prime role of a leader is to offer an example of courage and sacrifice.

Great leaders, like Steve Jobs or Jeff Bezos, also focused on the long term.

I put myself in the hands of Christ, who is the true leader of the church.

To be omnipotent but friendless is to reign.

A ruler should be slow to punish and swift to reward.

Leaders know that the fruit of life is out on a limb.

For we no longer take up "sword against nation," nor do we "learn war any more," having become children of peace, for the sake of Jesus, who is our leader.

There is nothing more difficult to plan, more doubtful of success, nor more dangerous to manage than the creation of a new order of things..... Whenever his enemies have occasion to attack the innovator they do so with the passion of partisans, while the others defend him sluggishly so that the innovator and his party alike are vulnerable.