“I come from a political family. My father was a freedom fighter. He was a prominent leader of the locality and member of the Congress party. He spent 10 years in British prisons. In the evening, in our living room, the only subject we used to discuss was politics. So politics was not unfamiliar to me.” YearsPoliticalUsedFatherRoomsPartyLeaderSubjectsMembersPrisonCongressBritishFighterEveningLiving RoomUnfamiliarProminentFreedom FighterLocalityCongress Party Author:Pranab Mukherjee
“I was a member of the Florida legislature for nine years, the speaker of the house, majority leader, majority whip.” YearsHouseLeaderMembersMajorityNineSpeakersFloridaWhipsLegislatureNine YearsMajority Leader Author:Marco Rubio
“Almost 30 years before Rwanda, before Darfur, more than 2 million people - mothers, children, babies, civilians - lost their lives as a result of the blatantly callous and unnecessary policies enacted by the leaders of the federal government of Nigeria. It's this charge that's dominated the book's Nigerian press, so far as I can see, the accusation, on the one hand, that Awolowo hatched "a diabolical policy to reduce the numbers of his enemies significantly through starvation - eliminating over two million people, mainly members of future generations.” PeopleYearsChildrenI CanTwoBookHandsGovernmentMotherLostResultsNumbersLeaderEnemyMillionsGenerationsPolicyBabyMembersPressesUnnecessaryFederal GovernmentFuture GenerationCiviliansStarvationNigeriaAccusationEliminatingRwandaDiabolicalCallousMother ChildDarfur Author:Chinua Achebe
“The true leader makes each team member twice the person they were before.” PersonsLeadershipLeaderTeamMembersTrue LeaderTeam Member Book:Summoned to Lead Source: Summoned to Lead
“So what were Europeans telling their leaders? The general message was perfectly summed up by the cartoonist Chappatte, who drew a group of protesters holding up a placard shouting "Unhappy" - and one of their number shouting through a megaphone into the ballot box. There are 28 member states and 28 varieties of Unhappy.” StatesNumbersLeaderGroupsMembersMessagesBoxesUnhappyVarietyShoutingBallotsCartoonist Author:Timothy Garton Ash
“There's a different leader in Syria now. Many of the members of Congress of both parties who have gone to Syria in recent months have said they believe he's a reformer.” BelieveSaidDifferentPartyLeaderGoneMonthsMembersCongressSyriaReformers Author:Hillary Clinton
“We're a leader sure, but still a member of the global community. And that's true and important and when America acts like its worst self on the global stage is when we forget that.” StillsImportantSelfAmericaCommunityForgetLeaderWorstStageMembersGlobal Community Author:Ben Dreyfuss
“Many cults start off with high ideals that get corrupted by leaders or their board of advisors who become power-hungry and dominate and control members lives. No group with high ideals starts off as a cult; they become one when their errant ways are exposed.” WayLeaderGroupsMembersIdealsHungryBoardsExposedCultAdvisorsPower Hungry Author:Philip Zimbardo
“There are plenty of team players in government who do whatever the leader says. There are too few difficult members, who have complicated minds, unusual perspectives, the toughness to withstand the party-line barrages and a practical interest in producing results.” MindGovernmentPoliticalDifficultInterestLinesResultsPartyLeaderPlayerTeamPerspectiveMembersComplicatedPracticalsPlentyUnusualPolitical PartiesToughnessTeam PlayerProducing Results Author:David Brooks
“I do not desire to give myself any fresh political label. Though the formation of the Union of Democratic Control it has been possible for me to work in close co-operation with several of your leaders and this joint effort on the part of the Labour members and radicals is having I think a very beneficial effect. I do not desire to alienate myself from any of my former political associates but rather to endeavour to urge them along the same path which I myself am treading.” ThinkingGivingHas BeensPoliticalDesireEffortLeaderPathEffectsMembersUnionsDemocraticFormerRadicalLabelsOperationsLabourUrgesAssociatesBeneficialJointsFormationEndeavourTreadingJoint Efforts Author:Arthur Ponsonby, 1st Baron Ponsonby of Shulbrede
“People - Catholics and non-Catholics - are amazingly open to begin again in their walk with Jesus and in the Church when they hear clarity and honesty. What they don't put up with, thank God, is dishonesty and cover-up. And so I speak as openly as I possibly can about the difficulties of the Church because we shouldn't be afraid to call out an abuse of the wonderful gift God gives to us of the Church. When we - its members and its leaders - are imperfect we need to change. We need to begin again. That begins with honesty.” PeopleNeedsGivingJesusSpeakChurchWalksLeaderWonderfulHonestyMembersAbuseDifficultyCatholicClarityThank GodImperfectDishonestyNeed A ChangeCover UpsBegin Again Author:Jonathan Morris
“If I, the group leader, expect you, the group member, to be weak, then I elicit the weak part of you. If I expect you to be able to cope, I elicit your strength.” IfsAbleLeaderGroupsMembersWeak Author:William Schutz
“When a leader in the Church inspires council members with vision, he helps them focus on their real mission so that they are ministering to people rather than merely administering programs.” PeopleRealHelpingChurchLeaderVisionFocusInspireMembersProgramMissionsCouncil Author:M. Russell Ballard
“Members are more likely to seek counsel from leaders from whom they feel sincere love emanating.” FeelsLeaderMembersSincereSincere Love Author:M. Russell Ballard
“Many council leaders and members will be surprised to discover how much more focused their work will become when they examine it through the lens of saving souls through the mission of the Church.” SoulChurchLeaderMembersMissionsFocusedSavingLensesCouncilSaving Souls Author:M. Russell Ballard
“My task, as a member of this parliament and a 30-year member of the Australian Labor Party, as its former leader, as its former foreign minister and its former prime minister, is to now throw my every effort in securing Julia Gillard's re-election as Labor prime minister at the next election.” YearsNextPartyEffortLeaderMembersLaborTasksElectionFormerMinistersPrimePrime MinisterParliamentAustralianJulia Author:Kevin Rudd
“A hallmark of high performance leaders is the ability to influence others through all levels and types of communication, from simple interactions to difficult conversations and more complex conflicts, in order to achieve greater team and organizational alignment. High performing leaders are able to unite diverse team members by building common goals and even shared emotions by engaging in powerful and effective dialogue.” AbleOrderDifficultGoalSimpleAbilityLevelsPowerfulCommonEmotionLeaderGreaterTeamInfluenceAchieveBuildingCommunicationTypeConversationConflictMembersPerformancesComplexesDialoguePerformingInteractionDiverseEngagingAlignmentHallmarkOrganizationalTeam MemberCommon GoalDifficult ConversationsDiverse Teams Author:George Kohlrieser
“It is a big embarrassment that a leader can say on the eve of an election that he cannot hand over power to an opponent, that he can only hand over power to a member of his political party.” HandsBigsPoliticalPartyLeaderWillingMembersElectionOpponentsPolitical PartiesEmbarrassment Author:Raila Odinga
“Bloomberg says in this poll, leaders from across the political spectrum have condemned this policy, saying banning members of an entire religion from entering the country goes against everything we believe in as Americans, and it will make our country less safe by alienated the allies we need to fight ISIS.” NeedsBelieveCountryPoliticalFightingLeaderPolicySafeMembersOur CountryAlliesEnteringPollsSpectrumIsisPolitical Spectrum Author:Steve Inskeep
“However, however, if the goal is to abandon America's free enterprise economy, if the goal is to convert America into a submissive member of the international community, if the goal is not to fix America, but to change America, then they want leaders that are going to come up here and fight it every step of the way.” IfsWayWantAmericaFightingGoalCommunityLeaderStepsEconomyMembersInternationalCome UpEnterpriseAbandonEvery StepInternational CommunitySubmissiveFree Enterprise Author:Marco Rubio