Seth Godin Quotes

Leaders are not born, they're made.

The very exercise of leadership fosters capacity for it.

The one quality that can be developed by studious reflection and practice is the leadership of men.

That's nonsense; in fact, the opposite is true. Leaders are made rather than born.

The only real training for leadership is leadership.

Leaders are made, they are not born

Leadership is what you need to learn next

Leaders aren't born they are made.

Not everyone will become a great leader, but everyone can become a better leader.

The most dangerous leadership myth is that leaders are born-that there is a genetic factor to leadership. This myth asserts that people simply either have certain charismatic qualities or not. That's nonsense; in fact, the opposite is true. Leaders are made rather than born.

Great leaders, the research shows, are made as they gradually acquire, in the course of their lives and careers, the competencies that make them so effective. The competencies can be learned by any leader, at any point.

It is the capacity to develop and improve their skills that distinguishes leaders from followers.

Effective leaders are made, not born. They learn from trial and error, and from experience.

We have the best leaders and the most depth of leadership we've ever had. If I get hit by a truck, maybe it would get me out of the way and it would go better.

Great leadership is by definition relentlessly developmental.

If your a leader, do everything you can to grow yourself and create the right environment for others to grow.

Few leaders are born. We learn to be leaders. We learn by working with other people and working through our philosophy.

Great leaders encourage leadership development. By openly developing themselves

I don't think leaders are born. Well, they're born; everybody's born, but I think leadership can be enhanced, they can be developed, and I think that it's important we do that, particularly with our youngsters.

The most dangerous leadership myth is that leaders are born.

Rotary provides training at all levels so that those who have been selected for leadership positions have the opportunity to learn and apply leadership principles to their jobs.

Leadership does take work. And it should. If you aspire to be a leader, you ought to treat leadership as a craft, you ought to become a student of it, and you ought to work at it. And if you're not willing to work at it, well, you get what you give.

Leadership is hard to train on.

I vividly remember a conversation I had many years ago in 1974, which marked a turning point in my leadership journey. I was sitting at a Holiday Inn with my friend, Kurt Campmeyer, when he asked me if I had a personal growth plan. I didn't. In fact, I didn't even know you were supposed to have one.

Leadership cannot really be taught. It can only be learned.