“Whether there are innately female leadership styles... is not really the right question. It is more important to ask why there has been so little attention paid to women leaders over the years as well as why the styles of leading more often exhibited by women are particularly useful at this critical moment in history.” YearsWellsLittlesHas BeensImportantMomentsAsksAttentionLeaderStyleFemalePaidCriticalRight QuestionsWoman LeaderCritical MomentsLeadership Style Author:Charlotte Bunch
“Who aspires to remain leader must keep in advance of his column. His fear must not play traitor to his occasions. The instant he falls into line with his followers, a bolder spirit may throw himself at the head of the movement initiated, and in that moment his leadership is gone.” MayPlayMomentsSpiritFallLeadershipLinesLeaderGoneMovementOccasionsInstantThat MomentFollowersAspireColumnsTraitor Book:Intuitions and Summaries of Thought Source: Intuitions and Summaries of Thought
“The Irish are people who will never have leaders, for at the great moment they always desert them. They have produced one skeleton--Parnell--never a man.” PeopleMenMomentsLeaderDesertSkeletonsGreat MomentsParnell Author:James Joyce
“I think it's just that the private lives of our public leaders are so much more exposed today that if you're sensitive to protecting your family, it's much harder to not get defensive when somebody asks you those really rude questions about what your wife and your children are thinking and feeling at that exact moment.” IfsThinkingChildrenMomentsFeelingsTodayAsksLeaderWifeHarderOur ChildrenOur FamilyYour ChildrenSensitiveExposedRudePrivate Life Author:Stephen Ambrose
“The moment you discover in life that it's not about yourself, that it is about investing in others, I think you're entering a steadier state to be a great leader. Because above all, I think the main quality of a leader is to be a human being. There's no reason you are special because you happen to have this job or these responsibilities.” ThinkingHumansStatesReasonMomentsHappensJobsHuman BeingsQualityResponsibilityLeaderSpecialInvestingNo ReasonAbout YourselfEnteringGreat LeaderBeing ThereQualities Of A Leader Author:Paul Polman
“Being a leader, it's the art of trying to find the balance, the right times with each individual and what they need at that moment. It requires looking outward as opposed to looking inside.” NeedsTryingArtMomentsIndividualLeaderBalanceThat MomentRight TimeBeing A Leader Author:Kobe Bryant
“No leader can possibly have all the answers . . . .The actual solutions about how best to meet the challenges of the moment have to be made by the people closest to the action. . . .The leader has to find the way to empower those frontline people, to challenge them, to provide them with the resources they need, and then to hold them accountable. As they struggle with . . . this challenge, the leader becomes their coach, teacher, and facilitator. Change how you define leadership, and you change how you run a company.” PeopleWayNeedsMadeMomentsRunningActionChallengesLeadershipAnswersCompanyLeaderStruggleTeacherSolutionsResourcesCoachesEmpoweringClosestEncouragingFrontline Author:Steve Miller
“Luck favors the bold. Leaders must fearlessly exploit the Secret of Decisiveness. Act boldly at critical moments.” MomentsMotivationalLeadershipSecretLeaderLuckCriticalFavorsExploitsDecisivenessCritical Moments Author:Toyotomi Hideyoshi
“The moment a leader steps away from his core competencies, his effectiveness as a leader diminishes.” MomentsLeaderStepsCoreDiminishEffectivenessCompetencies Book:Next Generation Leader Source: Next Generation Leader
“First, believe in your ability to create the future. That's what leaders do-that is our job. Understand reality but never be imprisoned by it. Reality is a moment in time. The future has not yet been written-it is written by leaders.” FirstsBelieveMomentsRealityJobsAbilityLeaderWrittenBelieve In YouMoments In Time Author:Mark Millar
“Some citizens are so good that nothing a leader can do will make them better. Others are so incorrigible that nothing can be done to improve them. But the great bulk of the people go with the moral tide of the moment. The leader must help create that tide. Some coaches pray for wisdom. I pray for 260-pound tackles. They'll give me plenty of wisdom.” PeopleGivingDoneMomentsHelpingCan DoLeaderMoralPrayingCitizensGive MeCoachesPlentyPoundsTidesI PrayIncorrigible Author:Chuck Noll
“Highly successful leaders ignore conventional wisdom and take chances. Their stories inevitably include a defining moment or key decision when they took a significant risk and thereby experienced a breakthrough.” MomentsStoriesChanceDecisionLeaderSuccessfulRiskKeysSignificantConventionalBreakthroughDefiningTake A ChanceConventional WisdomDefining MomentsSuccessful Leaders Author:Larry Osborne
“I think that different leaders, whether it`s Bernie Sanders, Hillary Clinton, or Paul Ryan, saying that we`re not going to turn on each other, which is exactly what ISIS wants. I think that`s what this moment calls for and I think, right now, you see who are the pandering demagogues, and who are the people who really have a higher standard and the best public interest at heart.” PeopleThinkingWantHeartDifferentMomentsTurnsInterestLeaderHigherRight NowStandardsClintonIsisTurn-onPublic InterestHigher Standards Author:Steve King