“The key to successful leadership is influence, not authority.” ~ Kenneth H. Blanchard
“Leadership is an action, not a position.” ~ Donald McGannon
“The challenge of leadership is to be strong but not rude; be kind, but not weak; be bold, but not a bully; be humble, but not timid; be proud, but not arrogant; have humor, but without folly” ~ Jime Rohn
“One’s philosophy is not best expressed in words; it is expressed in the choices one makes… and the choices we make are ultimately our responsibility.” ~ Eleanor Roosevelt
“Before you are a leader, success is all about growing yourself. When you become a leader, success is all about growing others.” ~ Jack Welch
“Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.” ~ Winston Churchill
“If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.” ~ John Quincy Adams
“Leadership is not about titles, positions or flowcharts. It is about one life influencing another.” ~ John C. Maxwell
“Become the kind of leader that people would follow voluntarily; even if you had no title or position.” ~ Brian Tracy
“Leaders think and talk about the solutions. Followers think and talk about the problems.” ~ Brian Tracy
“Leadership should be more participative than directive, more enabling than performing.” ~ Mary D. Poole
My job is not to be easy on people. My job is to take these great people we have and to push them and make them even better.” ~ Steve Jobs
“’Restore connection’ is not just for devices, it is for people too. If we cannot disconnect, we cannot lead. Creating the culture of burnout is opposite to creating a culture of sustainable creativity. This is something that needs to be taught in business schools. This mentality needs to be introduced as a leadership and performance-enhancing tool.” ~ Arianna Huffington
“The greatest leader is not necessarily the one who does the greatest things. He is the one that gets the people to do the greatest things.” ~ Ronald Reagan
“Good business leaders create a vision, articulate the vision, passionately own the vision, and relentlessly drive it to completion.” ~ Jack Welch
“Don’t tell people how to do things, tell them what to do and let them surprise you with their results.” ~ George S. Patton Jr.
“There is a difference between being a leader and being a boss. Both are based on authority. A boss demands blind obedience; a leader earns his authority through understanding and trust.” ~ Klaus Balkenhol
“The secret of leadership is simple: Do what you believe in. Paint a picture of the future. Go there. People will follow.” ~ Seth Godin