L Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with L. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“Leaders' major question is "why". If they lose, they ask "why". If they win, they ask "why". Their "whys" weave their wonders.”
Source: Leaders' Ladder
“Leaders make a lot of mistakes but they admit those mistakes to themselves and change because of them.”
“Leaders make decisions that create the future they desire.”
“Leaders make things better and that requires change.”
“Leaders make things happen. Leaders will take a situation and try and figure out what is it that we're trying to do, what is the problem, what kind of priorities and resources do we need, what kind of people do I need to bring to bear on this problem, what kind of plans do we need to succeed.”
“Leaders make things possible. Exceptional leaders make them inevitable.”
“Leaders may inspire, but only when the people decide to act does the leader's vision become a movement.”
“Leaders may recognize that they are not addressing the real problems, but they rationalize their actions with the argument that they must first politically survive in order to later address the hard problems and sacrifices. Of course, they usually don't ever actually get around to addressing the fundamental problems later, either because they don't make it through the initial crisis or because, even later, they are not willing to risk sacrificing their own position or "career" with needed measures that usually require tough sacrifices by the population.”
“Leaders motivate people to understand that they can do better than they’ve already done and go farther than they’ve reached.”
Source: Leaders' Ladder
“Leaders move among the various stages each day. But effective leaders move among the right stages at the right times.”
Source: Something Needs to Change Around Here
“Leaders must (1) define the business of the business, (2) create a winning strategy, (3) communicate persuasively, (4) behave with integrity, (5) respect others, and (6) act.”
“Leaders must always put their people before themselves. If you do that, your business will take care of itself.”
“Leaders must attend to one key growth question: How authentically am I showing up in the world and my organization?”
“Leaders must be close enough to relate to others, but far enough ahead to motivate them.”
“Leaders must be released from the idea that they must be great prayer warriors before they can begin to call others to prayer.”
“Leaders must be tough enough to fight, tender enough to cry, human enough to make mistakes, humble enough to admit them, strong enough to absorb the pain, and resilient enough to bounce back and keep on moving.”
“Leaders must build their organizations from the inside out.”
“Leaders must display their humanness. Those under their authority must be empowered & have the courage to engage in honest dialogue.”
“Leaders must earn the trust of their teams, their organizations, and their stakeholders before attempting to engage their support.”
“Leaders must embrace those they need the most versus holding them hostage.”
Source: Culture Eats Strategy for Lunch: The Secret of Extraordinary Results, Igniting the Passion Within
“Leaders must encourage their organizations to dance to forms of music yet to be heard.”
Source: Managing People is Like Herding Cats
“Leaders must have patience for those under your supervision. Don't expect too much too soon. Maybe it was easy for you, but that doesn't mean it's going to be easy for somebody else. Be sure you have patience.”
“Leaders must know where they are going if they expect others to willingly join them on the journey.”
Source: The Leadership Challenge
“Leaders must learn to discipline their disappointments. It's not what happens to us, it is what we choose to do about what happens that makes the difference in how our lives turn out.”
“Leaders must live by higher standards than their followers.”
Source: Developing the Leader Within You
“Leaders must not be naive. I used to say, "Liars shouldn't lie." What a sad waste of words that is! I found out liars are supposed to lie. That's why we call them liars - they lie! What else would you expect them to do?”
“Leaders must pick causes they won't abandon easily, remain committed despite setbacks, and communicate their big ideas over and over again in every encounter.”
“Leaders must see reality as it is, not as it ought to be.”
“Leaders must see the dream in their mind before they will accomplish the dream with their team.”
“Leaders must understand that some people will inevitably sell out to the evil side. Don't waste your time wondering why; spend your time discovering who.”
“Leaders must wake people out of inertia. They must get people excited about something they've never seen before, something that does not yet exist.”
“Leaders need 5 core competences: soul, head, hand, heart, body. Where do you need to grow?”
“Leaders need more than occupying powerful positions. They need people whom they can serve. No leadership can exist without people.”
Source: The Effective Leadership Prototype for a Modern Day Leader
“Leaders need the courage to acknowledge when something isn't working.”
“Leaders need to be optimists. Their vision is beyond the present.”
“Leaders need to be simmered for a long time before they become tender-hearted, wise, and self-sacrificing, So be patient and consistent.”
Source: Lead Like a Superhero: What Pop Culture Icons Can Teach Us About Impactful Leadership
“Leaders need to correct for cognitive biases the way a sharpshooter corrects for wind velocity or a yachtsman corrects for the tide.”
Source: The Science of Successful Organizational Change: How Leaders Set Strategy, Change Behavior, and Create an Agile Culture
“Leaders need to cultivate two things: a righteous heart and a rhinoceros skin.”
“Leaders need to embrace and master the art of transformation for their organizations to thrive.”
Source: Total Value Optimization: Transforming Your Global Supply Chain Into a Competitive Weapon
“Leaders need to embrace correction if they want to avoid making the same mistakes.”
Source: The Effective Leadership Prototype for a Modern Day Leader
“Leaders need to have a ruthless commitment to resolving relational conflict regardless of how bad it feels.”
“Leaders need to know how the system works to be able to make effective decisions about changing the system or adjusting its operations.”
Source: Ripple: A Field Manual for Leadership that Works
“Leaders need to provide context to align people and resources around a mission, vision, and execution to get jobs done. If they don't people make up their own frames and stories, increasing the risk of misalignment.”
Source: Own the Room: Discover Your Signature Voice to Master Your Leadership Presence
“Leaders need to provide strategy and direction and to give employees tools that enable them to gather information and insight from around the world. Leaders shouldn't try to make every decision.”
Source: Business @ the Speed of Thought: Succeeding in the Digital Economy
“Leaders need to remember that the point of leading is not to cross the finish line first. It's to take people across the finish line with you. For that reason, leaders must deliberately slow their pace, stay connected to their people, enlist others to help fulfill the vision, and keep people going. You can't do that if you're running too far ahead of your people.”
“Leaders need to sacrifice "power-over" to get "power-to".”
Source: The Science of Successful Organizational Change: How Leaders Set Strategy, Change Behavior, and Create an Agile Culture
“LEADERS NEVER EXERT AUTHORITY.
People in control never EXERT authority. They are leaders. They exude authority.”
“Leaders never fight to stay on top, they fight for others to lift them up.”
“Leaders never have to ask the people to, 'Come follow me.' The people believe just by watching his lead.”
“Leaders never outgrow the need to change.”