"Great leaders are almost always great simplifiers, who can cut through argument, debate, and doubt to offer a solution everybody can understand."
General Colin Powell
“You are driven by your heart, you are driven by your talent, and you are driven by your instinct. And if you start to question and look at what people are doing to the left of you or to the right of you, you are going to lose that clarity of thought. Listen to the information. In the end it has to come from who you are. Own your decisions and own who you are but without apologies.”
Anna Wintour, editor-in-chief of the American magazine Vogue
"As a leader, you're probably not doing a good job unless your employees can do a good impression of you when you're not around."
Patrick Lencioni, writer and author of Five Causes of Team Failure
"You cannot be a leader, and ask other people to follow you, unless you know how to follow, too."
Sam Rayburn, former Congressman and 43rd Speaker of the US House of Representatives
"A community is like a ship; everyone ought to be prepared to take the helm."
Henrik Johan Ibsen, playwright and poet
“Learn how to learn from those you disagree with or even offend you. See if you can find the truth in what they believe.“
Kevin Kelly, founder of WIRED magazine
"The first responsibility of a leader is to define reality. The last is to say thank you. In between, the leader is a servant."
Max DePree, businessman and author of books on leadership
"How do you know you have won? When the energy is coming the other way and when your people are visibly growing individually and as a group."
Sir John Harvey-Jones
"Leadership is the ability to establish standards and manage a creative climate where people are self-motivated toward the mastery of long term constructive goals, in a participatory environment of mutual respect, compatible with personal values."
Mike Vance, American motivational speaker who popularised the phrase "think outside the box"
"People ask the difference between a leader and a boss. The leader leads, and the boss drives."
Theodore Roosevelt, 26th President of the United States
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