Leadership Quotes & Sayings

Quotes with keyword Leadership
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~ Leadership is like the old galley ships. 100s are rowing, but only one (the captain) knows where they are going ~

~ Great leadership does not mean running away from reality. Sometimes the hard truths might just demoralize the company, but at other times sharing difficulties can inspire people to take action that will make the situation better. ~

John Kotter

~ The growth and development of people is the highest calling of leadership. ~

Harvey S. Firestone

~ Ethics must begin at the top of an organization. It is a leadership issue and the chief executive must set the example. ~

Edward Hennessy

~ Leadership is a two-way street, loyalty up and loyalty down. Respect for one's superiors; care for one's crew. ~

Grace Murray Hopper

~ A salesman, like the storage battery in your car, is constantly discharging energy. Unless he is recharged at frequent intervals he soon runs dry. This is one of the greatest responsibilities of sales leadership. ~

R. H. Grant

~ One of the true tests of leadership is the ability to recognize a problem before it becomes an emergency. ~

Arnold H. Glasgow

~ Today, America can regain the sense of pride that existed before Vietnam. These events, tragic as they are, portend neither the end of the world nor of America's leadership in the world. ~

Marshall McLuhan

John Kotter

~ If there is such a thing as good leadership, it is to give a good example. I have to do so for all the Ikea employees. ~

Ingvar Kamprad

~ Political tension by itself cannot lead to civil war. Sectarianism is the one possible cause. But the position of the leadership has pulled the rug out from under this proposition. ~

Abbas Bayati

~ We need not just a new generation of leadership but a new gender of leadership. ~

Bill Clinton

~ It is sad that the Republican leadership is not as interested as they say they are in protecting the institution of marriage as they are in waging a campaign to divide and distract the American people from the real issues that need to be addressed. ~

Kendrick Meek

~ Republican leadership in Congress let the energy companies write the energy bill that sent prices soaring, and has turned a blind eye to the struggles of working families trying to make ends meet. ~

Sherrod Brown

~ Leadership is a word and a concept that has been more argued than almost any other I know. I am not one of the desk-pounding types that likes to stick out his jaw and look like he is bossing the show. I would far rather get behind and, recognizing the frailties and the requirements of human nature, would rather try to persuade a man to go along, because once I have persuaded him, he will stick. If I scare him, he will stay just as long as he is scared, and then he is gone. ~

Dwight David Eisenhower

~ Don't necessarily avoid sharp edges. Occasionally they are necessary to leadership. ~

Donald Rumsfeld

~ Leadership is an unbelievably hard communications job. ~

Paul Danos

~ I always believe that ultimately, if people are paying attention, then we get good government and good leadership. And when we get lazy, as a democracy and civically start taking shortcuts, then it results in bad government and politics. ~

Barack Obama

~ The Chinese leadership hoped that the world would soon forget the Tiananmen Square massacre. Our job in Congress is to ensure that we never forget those who lost their lives in Tiananmen Square that day or the pro-democracy cause for which they fought. ~

Tom Lantos

~ We are now spending half a trillion dollars on foreign oil, importing 62 percent of the oil we use, and we havent had the leadership in D.C. to do anything about it. We've got to move to other sources of energy. But weve gotten way behind, and will continue to pay the fiddler. Its not a good future. ~

T. Boone Pickens

~ The challenge of leadership is to be strong, but not rude; be kind, but not weak; be bold, but not bully; be thoughtful, but not lazy; be humble, but not timid; be proud, but not arrogant; have humor, but without folly. ~

E. James Rohn

~ America is a great power possessed of tremendous military might and a wide-ranging economy, but all this is built on an unstable foundation which can be targeted, with special attention to its obvious weak spots. If America is hit in one hundredth of these weak spots, God willing, it will stumble, wither away and relinquish world leadership. ~

Osama bin Laden

~ Whether our task is fighting poverty, stemming the spread of disease or saving innocent lives from mass murder, we have seen that we cannot succeed without the leadership of the strong and the engagement of all. ~

Kofi Annan

~ As leaders shift their focus to customers and quality, they realize that the old authoritarian leadership style does not work anymore. To achieve quality, service, and rapid response, leaders must utilize all available talent. They must find ways to inspire, involve, and empower employees. They must create a work environment that encourages commitment, innovation, and cooperation. Instead of evaluating, leaders now coach. Instead of doing, they delegate. Instead of telling, they facilitate. No one is expected to boss anyone. Everyone is expected to participate. ~

Dr. Suzanne Willis Zoglio

~ The vital force of labor added materially to the highest standard of living and the greatest production the world has ever known and has brought us closer to the realization of our traditional ideals of economic and political democracy. It is appropriate, therefore, that the nation pay tribute on Labor Day to the creator of so much of the nation’s strength, freedom, and leadership - the American worker. ~

US Department of Labor

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