Quotes about Leadership

The effectiveness of your work will never rise above your ability to lead and influence others. You cannot produce consistently on a level higher than your leadership. In other words, your leadership skills determine the level of your success-and the success of those who work around you.

The higher you want to climb, the more you need leadership. The greater the impact you want to make, the greater your influence needs to be.

Earlier in my life, I have to admit, I was often guilty of this error. I wanted to take an idea from seed thought to solution before sharing it with anyone, even the people it would most impact. I did this both at work and at home. But over the years, I have learned that you can go much farther with a team than you can go alone.

The Right Thought plus the Right People in the Right Environment at the Right Time for the Right Reason = the Right Result

If you pair excellence with humility, people not only won't run over you, they will respect you.

What's true for a teammate is also true for the leader: If you don't grow, you gotta go.

To lead any way other than by example, we send a fuzzy picture of leadership to others. If we work on improving ourselves first and make that our primary mission, then others are more likely to follow.

If you want to do a few small things right, do them yourself. If you want to do great things and make a big impact, learn to delegate.

For the person trying to do everything alone, the game really is over. If you want to do something big, you must link up with others. One is too small a number to achieve greatness. That's the Law of Significance.

When values, thoughts, feelings, and actions are in alignment, a person becomes focused and his character is strengthened. That allows a leader to lead himself successfully.

Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity.

A great dream with a bad team is nothing more than a nightmare.