Quotes about Influence
Using the word CHARISMA as an acrostic, we can define the outstanding characteristics of charismatic people: Concern Help Action Results Influence Sensitivity Motivation Affirmation Keep.
— John Maxwell
Just as personal values influence and guide an individual's behavior, organizational values influence and guide the team's behavior.
— John Maxwell
Questions + Listening = Quality Conversation. Quality Conversation = Quality Leadership.
— John Maxwell
Teams always reflect their leaders. And never forget that good communication is never one-way. It should not be top-down or dictatorial. The best leaders listen, invite, and then encourage participation.
— John Maxwell
Influence begins with who you are.
— John Maxwell
You will be able to reach your potential and help your organization reach its loftiest goals only if you begin developing leaders instead of merely attracting followers. Leaders who develop leaders experience an incredible multiplication effect in their organizations that can be achieved in no other way.
— John Maxwell
People don't learn from people they don't value.
— John Maxwell
Make developing leaders a priority. It will require you to shift from doing to developing. It will require you to believe in people. And it will require you to share the load. Leadership is the art of helping people change from who they're thought to be to who they ought to be.
— John Maxwell
The true leader serves. Serves people. Serves their best interests, and in so doing will not always be popular, may not always impress. But because true leaders are motivated by loving concern, rather than a desire for personal glory, they are willing to pay the price.
— John Maxwell
As a communicator, I spend a good portion of my days sharing stories. People don't care a lot about cold facts. They don't want to look at pie charts. They want excitement. They like drama. They care about pictures. They want to laugh. They want to see and feel what happened. Statistics don't inspire people to do great things. Stories do!
— John Maxwell
There's only one thing more contagious than a good attitude—and that's a bad attitude.
— John Maxwell
Vows are powerful things, he said. They set things in motion.
— John C. Wright