Israel Zangwill Quotes

Leaders set a very clear path every day, in a thousand different ways, of what the people must attend to, inhibit, and keep it current in front of them.

It is the job of leaders to eliminate uncertainty.

There's just no vision. You have no ground, no vision.

Uncertainty is not an indication of poor leadership; it underscores the need for leadership.

Once we agree on the future, the present will be much easier. A captain who does not know where he wants to sail, there is no wind on Earth that will bring him there. We have first to decide where we want to go, where we want to sail.

There is a difference between giving directions and giving direction.

Leadership is all about taking people on a journey. The challenge is that most of the time, we are asking people to follow us to places we ourselves have never been.

Leadership is absolutely about inspiring action, but it is also about guarding against mis-action.

It is necessary to keep one's compass in one's eyes and not in the hand, for the hands execute, but the eye judges.

I'm not in charge of making moves, you know. I'm in charge of coaching.

A leader is the one who can outline the broad vision and the direction, and say here's where we are going to go, here's why we need to go there, and here's how we are going to get there. A manager is the one who actually gets up under the hood and tunes the carburetor.

The best CEOs I know are teachers, and at the core of what they teach is strategy.

If you are going to lead people, you have to know where they are going.

If the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch.

Leadership—not salesmanship

When there are three leaders to look up to, who exactly should I follow?

Take ye counsel together in all matters, inasmuch as consultation is the lamp of guidance which leadeth the way, and is the bestower of understanding.

People will only follow you if they see you're ahead, are convinced you know the route, trust you, and want to get there too.

Management is different from leadership..

If one has no compass, when one doesn't know where one stands and where one wants to go, one can deduce that one has no leadership or interest in shaping events.

What's missing from the world is a sense of direction.

I like to know how I'm supposed to feel about things. Just a little clue or hint.

Trying to be a leader, you've got to be really sure of what you're doing and you've got to guide people the right way.

As a leader, your job is to share your vision with your followers and either warn them of danger or highlight opportunities coming in the future.

One of the things that I've found in everything that I've done: People want leaders to create a sense of direction and to lead and to act.