Quotes about Leadership

Commit to Spend the Time Needed to Develop Leaders:

Find someone to mentor. Once you reach a certain level in your leadership, the most valuable thing you have to give is yourself. Find someone to pour your life into. Then give him time and resources to become a better leader.

LEADERS Initiate Lead; pick up phone and make contact Spend time planning anticipate problems Invest time with people Fill the calendar by priorities FOLLOWERS React Listen; wait for phone to ring Spend time living day-to-day; react to problems Spend time with people Fill the calendar by requests

Don't settle for being merely a teller of stories about significance. Decide to be the story of significance. Become the central character in your story of making a difference!

Successful leaders help their people find their right seats. Sometimes that requires moving people around to find where they make the greatest contribution. Sometimes it means trying and failing. As a leader, you have to take it all in stride. Positioning people correctly is a process, and you have to treat it that way.

Remain Approachable As a Leader, Role Model, and Coach:

As you release tasks to the leaders you're developing, you need to trust them, believe in them, and hold them accountable.

A leader who loves the status quo soon becomes a follower.

I observed that the greatest speakers didn't just tell better stories. They actually made the stories better by living them first.

THE PRICE TAG OF LEADERSHIP: SELF-DISCIPLINE

Because I lacked the ability to prioritize correctly and bring focus to my leadership.

Leaders recognize the abilities in people and work fluidly with them. They are able to mentor people with different talents, temperaments, and styles. While average leaders try to lead everyone the same way, level 4 leaders lead everyone differently. That takes creativity and confidence.