A Quotes
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“A leader should not be a man who arbitrarily imported his own ideas but the essential focal point for a group of people who trusted one another and worked for a common aim.”
“A leader should not take credit when things go right if they are not willing to accept responsibility when things go wrong.”
“A leader should not try to avoid tension, crisis, or confrontation.”
“A leader takes people where they want to go. A great leader takes people where they don't necessarily want to go, but ought to be.”
“A leader these days needs to be a host - one who convenes diversity; who convenes all viewpoints in creative processes where our mutual intelligence can come forth.”
“A leader tuned out of his internal world will be rudderless; one blind to the world of others will be clueless; those indifferent to the larger systems within which they operate will be blindsided.”
Source: Focus: The Hidden Driver of Excellence
“A leader walks the talk, for the people.”
Source: Modified Leadership
“A leader who accepts his own excuses cannot help others overcome theirs.”
“A leader who accepts the outside financing of his movement is like the man who accustoms his body to live on medication. To the extent an organism is administered medication, to the same extent it is condemned to being unable to react on its own. Moreover, when it is deprived of the medication, it dies; it is at the mercy of the pharmacist! Likewise, a political movement is at the mercy of those who finance it. These could cease their financing at any given moment and the movement, unaccustomed to living on its own, dies.”
“A leader who allows their subordinates to suffer as proof of who is the boss likely quenches their thirst with salt water from a rusted canteen.”
“A leader who can see beyond their own interests, who has walked in the shoes of others, and who can anticipate the broader impact of their decisions is one who will serve with integrity, vision, and compassion. - Leadership, Accountability, and the Cost of Anger: A Reflection on What Truly Defines Progress (Medium Story)”
“A leader who develops people adds; a leader who develops leaders multiplies.”
“A leader who doesn't hesitate before he sends his nation into battle is not fit to be a leader.”
“A leader who loses his connection to his people soon loses the ability to lead them.”
“A leader who loves status quo soon becomes a follower.”
“A leader who people do not perceive as worthy of following is really not a leader at all.”
Source: Business Leadership: The Key Elements
“A leader who produces other leaders multiples their influences.”
“A leader who sows confidence will reap excellency and legacy. A leader who sows fear will reap stagnancy or complacency.”
Source: Leaders' Ladder
“A leader whose speech is prepared by others is not a leader; he is just an empty and stupid bottle! Use your own ideas and your own brain; write your own speech, just like Gandhi, Churchill or Nehru! That is indeed a good ethics and a good honour!”
“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.”
“A leader with integrity has one self, at home and at work, with family and with colleagues. He or she has a unifying set of values that guide choices of action regardless of the situation.”
Source: The leadership challenge: how to get extraordinary things done in organizations
“A leader with integrity is unbreakable.”
Source: Make It, Don't Fake It: Leading with Authenticity for Real Business Success
“A leader with words and without deeds is a hypocrite.”
Source: THE HONEYMOON: A SACRED AND UNFORGETTABLE SAVOUR OF A BLISSFUL MARITAL JOURNEY
“A leader without a clear vision and plans only abuses his power because visions, dreams and plans are the fulcrum along which the loads of success will spine by your own efforts. And where power is abused, there is manipulation instead of inspiration.”
“A leader without a title is better than a title without the ability to lead.”
“A leader without a vision is just a letter without a stamp; it can never reach his destination.”
“A leader without the vision, to strive to improve things, is no good. Then you will just stay put, you won't progress.”
“A leader without willing followers is wallowing. He will be wise to step aside and learn from others who do otherwise.”
Source: Weighty 'n' Worthy African Proverbs - Volume 1
“A leader, without wisdom, is dangerous. A wise person, without leadership, is useless. But if they work together, they are unstoppable.”
“A leader's ability to convey confidence and his ability to communicate effectively are similar.”
Source: Developing the Leaders Around You: How to Help Others Reach Their Full Potential
“A leader's attitude is caught by his or her followers more quickly than his or her actions.”
Source: Developing the Leader Within You
“A leader's first duty is to look after his or her people, especially those who are sick, hungry, or thirsty.”
“A leader's job is not just to get the best out of their people-a leader's job is to make more leaders.”
“A leader's job is not to do the work for others; it's to help others figure out how to do it themselves, to get things done and to succeed beyond what they thought possible.”
“A leader's job is to develop committed followers. Bad leaders destroy their followers' sense of commitment.”
Source: The Carolina Way: Leadership Lessons from a Life in Coaching
“A leader's job is to help his people.”
“A leader's job is to look into the future and see the organization, not as it is, but as it should be”
“A leader's lasting value is measured by succession.”
Source: The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership: Follow Them and People Will Follow You
“A leader's most important decisions are about people. Who do you put in which jobs? How long do you leave them in a job?”
“A leader's most valuable asset is not their time but their energy and ability to energize others.”
“A leader's responsibility to his team is paramount. It overshadows even his own personal feelings at any given time.”
Source: Leading with the Heart: Coach K's Successful Strategies for Basketball, Business, and Life
“A leader's role is not to control people or stay on top of things, but rather to guide, energize and excite.”
“A leader's role is to raise people's aspirations for what they can become and to release their energies so they will try to get there.”
“A leader, first and foremost, is human. Only when we have the strength to show our vulnerability can we truly lead.”
“A leader, once convinced that a particular course of action is the right one, must....be undaunted when the going gets tough.”
“A leader, you see, is one of the things that distinguishes a mob from a people.”
Source: DUNE
“A leader. . .is like a shepherd. He stays behind the flock, letting the most nimble go out ahead, whereupon the others follow, not realizing that all along they are being directed from behind.”
“A leaders’ goal is to help people, not to please people. Sometimes people resist what’s good for them and you have to give it to them anyway; not in a show of power, but as an act of love.”
“A leaders job is to ELEVATE the team, not delegate the team. Elevate your team to take initiative.”
“A leaders job is to ELEVATE the team, not delegate the team. Elevate your team to take initiative because real leadership is when you can create a culture of self-leadership within your team”