Lakshmi Mittal Quotes

People are more inclined to be drawn in if their leader has a compelling vision. Great leaders help people get in touch with their own aspirations and then will help them forge those aspirations into a personal vision.

The only way to lead people is to show them a future: a leader is a dealer in hope.

I learned quickly that motivating people would be the most important responsibility of my career.

The very essence of leadership is that you have to have vision. You can't blow an uncertain trumpet.

Great leaders communicate a vision that captures the imagination and fires the hearts and minds of those around them.

When there is genuine vision(as opposed to the all-too-familiar vision statement), people excel and learn, not because they are told to, but because they want to.

The world will belong to passionate, driven leaders - people who not only have enormous amounts of energy, but who can energize those whom they lead.

As a leader, your job is to energize people around the mission and vision you've articulated.

Seeing people in person is a big part of how you drive any change process. You have to show people a positive view of the future and say "we can do it"

Catching people doing things right is a powerful management concept.

The leader continually passes on the vision to those who come around, knowing that dreams, if presented right, are contagious.

Try to achieve the impossible and direct your people to ways of achieving it.

Leadership defines what the future should look like, aligns people with that vision, and inspires them to make it happen despite the obstacles.

People who are role models for the principles and values of the organization, who buy in and understand the vision of what the organization is trying to accomplish, and have the personality to inspire other people to the vision. You know, that’s what team chemistry and leadership is all about.

As a leader you set the tone for your entire team. Communicate your vision.

Leaders have two characteristics: first they are going somewhere, and second they are able to persuade other people to go with them.

Management is the process of assuring that the program and objectives of the organization are implemented. Leadership on the other hand has to do with casting vision and motivating people.

The important word there is inspire. The key difference between managers and leaders is that managers tell people what to do, while leaders inspire them to do it. Inspiration comes from three things: clarity of one's vision, courage of their conviction and the ability to effectively communicate both of those things.

I feel like my job as CEO is always to be pushing people ahead.

If a leader cannot give you a clear picture of what he or she sees in the future, that person is not the leader of that organization.

Leadership is creating a state of mind in others. The difference between being a leader and manager, all due respect to managers, is that leaders have to create states of mind. But a leader, first of all, has to have a clear state of mind, which is usually her own vision, which energizes her, motivates others, and then creates that state of mind in others.

Managers help people see themselves as they are; Leaders help people to see themselves better than they are.

It's necessary to know that everybody won't see it. That everybody won't join you, that everybody won't have the vision. It's necessary to know that. That a lot of people like to complain but they don't want to do anything about their situation. That you are UNCOMMON breed.

The successful leader does not talk down to people. He lifts them up.

Leaders are visionaries. They see the outcome. Leaders are communicators. They tell us what they're seeing. They hold the dream, letting us feel that it's possible. Our minds open up to what they show us could be. We dream with them. We get excited with them, drawing on all our abilities to create the future.