Leadership is taking responsibility while others are making excuses.
Leadership is like beauty - it's hard to define but you know it when you see it.
The manager does things right; the leader does the right thing.
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.
Leadership is a series of behaviors rather than a role for heroes.
The ONLY thing leaders have in common is the shared decision to lead.
Successful leadership is not about being tough or soft, sensitive or assertive, but about a set of attributes. First and foremost is character
I think Donald Trump showed a real quality that every leader needs, and that's resiliency.
We are not all leaders. We are called leaders.
If leadership is something that is in-your-face, then that is a different type of leadership.
Great leadership can be a difficult thing to pin down and understand. You know a great leader when you're working for one, but even they can have a hard time articulating what it is that makes their leadership so effective.
Leadership is learned, earned, and discerned. You develop it. It's based on trust and credibility. Others see it in you. You can't demand it.
Most of the ladies and gentlemen who mourn the passing of the nation's leaders wouldn't know a leader if they saw one. If they had the bad luck to come across a leader, they would find out that he might demand something from them, and this impertinence would put an abrupt and indignant end to their wish for his return.
The manager administers; the leader innovates.
The rank of office is not what makes someone a leader. Leadership is the choice to serve others with or without any formal rank.
In all great leaders there is a purpose and intensity which is unmistakable.
... perhaps those who are best suited to power are those who have never sought it.
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.
True leaders respect and honor authority but are comfortable in its presence.
A business, successful or not, is merely a reflection of the character of its leadership.
I'm not the type of guy to go out and just say, 'Hey, I'm raising my fist to do this and do that.' I don't think I'm that type of guy. I wasn't a leader the way other people may have wanted me to be.
Good leaders have a generosity gene.
Recognizing the good, not just in one's own personal circumstances, but in the world, makes anything possible. When I am asked about the important characteristics of leadership, being of good, positive mind is at the top of my list. If a leader can focus on the meritorious characteristics of other people and try to play to their strengths as well as find value in even the most difficult situation, she can inspire hope and faith in others and motivate them to move forward.
Every great leader has a generosity gene.
If you're CEO of a company, you have to be a public person. You're speaking to the press, you're speaking to investors, you're speaking to employees, you're the public face of the company and so kind of naturally you become more extroverted, more outwards facing.
