532 private quotes tagged leadership

“If a guy is intimidated by a woman in leadership, he has real problems with his own concepts of masculinity. That's a harsh statement, but I believe it to be true.”— Tony Campolo

“I want American Dream growth - lots of new businesses, well-paying jobs, and American leadership in new industries, like clean energy and biotechnology.”— William J. Clinton

“Leadership is diving for a loose ball, getting the crowd involved, getting other players involved. It's being able to take it as well as dish it out. That's the only way you're going to get respect from the players.”— Larry Bird

“I am endlessly fascinated that playing football is considered a training ground for leadership, but raising children isn't. Hey, it made me a better leader: you have to take a lot of people's needs into account you have to look down the road. Trying to negotiate getting a couple of kids to watch the same TV show requires serious diplomacy.”— Dee Dee Myers

“My observation is that women are merely waiting for their husbands to assume leadership.”— James Dobson

“When your values are clear to you, making decisions becomes easier.”— Roy E. Disney

“I believe that the capacity that any organisation needs is for leadership to appear anywhere it is needed, when it is needed.”— Margaret J. Wheatley

“I think it is quite dangerous for an organisation to think they can predict where they are going to need leadership. It needs to be something that people are willing to assume if it feels relevant, given the context of any situation.”— Margaret J. Wheatley

“I think a major act of leadership right now, call it a radical act, is to create the places and processes so people can actually learn together, using our experiences.”— Margaret J. Wheatley

“Most people associate command and control leadership with the military.”— Margaret J. Wheatley

“The cardinal responsibility of leadership is to identify the dominant contradiction at each point of the historical process and to work out a central line to resolve it.”— Mao Zedong

“It's really necessary for the United States to continue to give strong leadership to the Middle East peace process, supported by European countries at the same time.”— William Hague

“Leadership cannot just go along to get along. Leadership must meet the moral challenge of the day.”— Jesse Jackson

“Getting in touch with your true self must be your first priority.”— Tom Hopkins

“I think one of the keys to leadership is recognizing that everybody has gifts and talents. A good leader will learn how to harness those gifts toward the same goal.”— Benjamin Carson

“Leadership is, among other things, the ability to inflict pain and get away with it - short-term pain for long-term gain.”— George Will

“I think directors should be confident in their leadership capabilities. I think directors should be confident in what they want to do.”— Philip Seymour Hoffman

“I'm sad to report that in the past few years, ever since uncertainty became our insistent 21st century companion, leadership has taken a great leap backwards to the familiar territory of command and control.”— Margaret J. Wheatley

“Leadership is an ever-evolving position.”— Mike Krzyzewski

“True leadership lies in guiding others to success. In ensuring that everyone is performing at their best, doing the work they are pledged to do and doing it well.”— Bill Owens

“If we are to negotiate the coming years safely, we may need a new kind of leadership. To put it more precisely, we need the rediscovery of an ancient kind of leadership that has rarely been given the prominence it deserves. I mean the leader as teacher.”— Jonathan Sacks

“Leadership requires the courage to make decisions that will benefit the next generation.”— Alan Autry

“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.”— Warren G. Bennis

“I definitely wasn't cool in high school. I really wasn't. I did belong to many of the clubs and was in leadership on yearbook and did the musical theater route, so I had friends in all areas. But I certainly did not know what to wear, did not know how to do my hair, all those things.”— Dianna Agron

“But the person who scored well on an SAT will not necessarily be the best doctor or the best lawyer or the best businessman. These tests do not measure character, leadership, creativity, perseverance.”— William Julius Wilson