“Quality effective leaders have the confidence to trust others to try, succeed, and sometimes to fail. We very often confuse personality with leadership. In other words, leadership is not about being a nice person or not a nice person.” TryingPersonsSometimesQualityLeaderNiceFailingPersonalitySucceedNice PersonTrust Others Author:Simon Sinek
“in most important ways, leaders of the future will need the traits and capabilities of leaders throughout history: an eye for change and a steadying hand to provide both vision and reassurance that change can be mastered, a voice that articulates the will of the group and shapes it to constructive ends, and an ability to inspire by force of personality while making others feel empowered to increase and use their own abilities.” WayNeedsFeelsImportantEndsUseHandsEyeForceVoiceLeadershipAbilityLeaderVisionGroupsInspirePersonalityShapesIncreaseCapabilityTraitsEmpoweredConstructiveReassurance Author:Rosabeth Moss Kanter
“No leader, however great a personality he may be, is as important to a people as their own intellectual development.” PeopleMayImportantLeaderPersonalityDevelopmentIntellectualIntellectual Development Book:The Living Torch, A. E. Source: The Living Torch, A. E.
“But most of us who aren't models aren't models, right? And so, you just have to get used to that and sort of read right past it. So. On the sex symbol piece, I don't get that piece. On the personality piece, that people are excited to meet a leader from Mozilla - maybe there's more about meeting me personally than I give credit for, but I find that people are excited about what Mozilla is, more than 'Oh my god, there's Mitchell, look, her hair,' whatever.” PeopleGivingLooksPastUsedSexLeaderPiecesHairPersonalityModelsMeetingsExcitedCreditSymbolsSex SymbolMozilla Author:Mitchell Baker
“We do not have many women leaders in the world. But if you look at the current examples, most of those few female leaders that we have today lead their countries under the pressure of difficult political and economic circumstances. They all posses strong personalities and have real political influence on the domestic and international scene.” IfsWorldLooksRealCountryTodayPoliticalStrongDifficultLeaderInfluenceEconomicExamplePersonalityCircumstancesSceneFemalePressureInternationalCurrentsPosseStrong PersonWoman LeaderFemale LeadersStrong PersonalityPolitical Influence Author:Dalia Grybauskaite
“He will be England captain one day. Jack Wilshere is a real leader. I saw how he spoke with the referee and the other players [against Denmark]. It is difficult to find someone so young with such a big personality. I remember two defenders, Paolo Maldini and Franco Baresi, and one attacker, Raul, but for personality and confidence on the pitch he is the best young midfielder I have seen for his age.” TwoRealBigsAgeRememberYoungDifficultLeaderSawsPlayerPersonalityOne DayEnglandSpokesCaptainsDefendersRefereeDenmarkFrancoMidfieldersMaldini Author:Fabio Capello
“The manager-leader of the future should combine in one personality the robust, realistic quality of the man of action with the insight of the artist, the religious leader, the poet, who explains man to himself. The man of action alone or the man of contemplation alone will not be enough; these two qualities together are required.” MenShouldTwoEnoughActionTogetherArtistReligiousQualityLeaderHe ManPoetPersonalityInsightManagersContemplationRealisticRobustReligious Leaders Author:David Lilienthal
“I've been a solo act, a columnist and worked from home, only relying on myself. Now I'm part of a team, a leader, and I have to fit in at a big corporation and deal with all the moving parts, all the different personalities. That has been a challenge, to be quite honest, that I've embraced.” Has BeensDifferentHomeBigsMovingChallengesDealsLeaderTeamHonestPersonalityFitCorporationsSoloColumnistsBig CorporationsMoving Parts Author:Jason Whitlock