The very essence of leadership is [that] you have a vision. Its got to be a vision you articulate clearly and forcefully on every occasion. You cant blow an uncertain trumpet.
In Aristotelian terms the good leader must have ethos pathos and logos. The ethos is his moral character the source of his ability to persuade. The pathos is his ability to touch feelings to move people emotionally. The logos is his ability to give solid reasons for an action to move people intellectually.
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. Thats nonsense; in fact the opposite is true. Leaders are made rather than born.
Trained and inspired leadership is needed in the troubled world of today. We live in uncertainty and fear. The times call for thinking and straight thinking one of the goals of true education. Unfortunately the world so clamors for action that men and women devote little time to thinking. Many believe in second-hand thinking. They find it easier to ascertain and adopt the thoughts of others than to think for themselves.
There are certain fundamental requisites for wise and resolute democratic leadership. It must build on hope not on fear; on honesty not on falsehood; on justice not on injustice; on public tranquility not on violence; on freedom not on enslavement. It must weave a social fabric in which the most important strands are a devotion to truth and a commitment to righteousness. These are essential ingredients of the American way of life. They are the necessary conditions for the achievement of freedom and human progress the world over.
Leadership is not magnetic personality that can just as well be a glib tongue. It is not making friends and influencing people that is flattery. Leadership is lifting a persons vision to high sights the raising of a persons performance to a higher standard the building of a personality beyond its normal limitations.
There are no reluctant leaders. A real leader must really want the job…. If you find the need for a leader and have to coax or urge your selection youll be well advised to pass him over. Hes not the man you need.
There is no necessary connection between the desire to lead and the ability to lead and even less the ability to lead somewhere that will be to the advantage of the led …
I have nothing new to teach the world. Truth and Non-violence are as old as the hills. All I have done is to try experiments in both on as vast a scale as I could.
Jingshen is the Mandarin word for spirit and vivacity. It is an important word for those who would lead because above all things spirit and vivacity set effective organizations apart from those that will decline and die.
A leader is best When people barely know he exists. Not so good When people obey and acclaim him. Worse when they despise him. But of a good leader Who talks little When his work is done His aim fulfilled They will say We did it ourselves.
Leaders have to act more quickly today. The pressure comes much faster.
The nation will find it very hard to look up to the leaders who are keeping their ears to the ground.
Effective leadership is putting first things first. Effective management is discipline carrying it out.
In simplest terms a leader is one who knows where he wants to go and gets up and goes.
One of the tests of leadership is the ability to recognize a problem before it becomes an emergency.
The very essence of leadership is [that] you have a vision. Its got to be a vision you articulate clearly and forcefully on every occasion. You cant blow an uncertain trumpet.
The difference between a boss and a leader: a boss says Go! -a leader says Lets go!.
The great leaders are like the best conductors – they reach beyond the notes to reach the magic in the players.
The genius of a good leader is to leave behind him a situation which common sense without the grace of genius can deal with successfully.
To command is to serve nothing more and nothing less.
The most important quality in a leader is that of being acknowledged as such. All leaders whose fitness is questioned are clearly lacking in force.
The executive exists to make sensible exceptions to general rules.
The first responsibility of a leader is to define responsibility. The last is to say thank you. In between the leader is a servant.
Reason and judgment are the qualities of a leader.
Nothing so conclusively proves a mans ability to lead others as what he does from day to day to lead himself.
The presidency is not merely an administrative office. It is pre-eminently a place of moral leadership.
You cant lead anyone else further than you have gone yourself.
It is much safer to obey than to govern.
In Aristotelian terms the good leader must have ethos pathos and logos. The ethos is his moral character the source of his ability to persuade. The pathos is his ability to touch feelings to move people emotionally. The logos is his ability to give solid reasons for an action to move people intellectually.
Leadership should be born out of the understanding of the needs of those who would be affected by it.
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. Thats nonsense; in fact the opposite is true. Leaders are made rather than born.
LEAD n. A heavy blue-gray metal much used in giving stability to light lovers particularly to those who love not wisely but other mens wives.
The key to successful leadership today is influence not authority.
The higher the monkey climbs the tree the more you can see of his behind.
Trained and inspired leadership is needed in the troubled world of today. We live in uncertainty and fear. The times call for thinking and straight thinking one of the goals of true education. Unfortunately the world so clamors for action that men and women devote little time to thinking. Many believe in second-hand thinking. They find it easier to ascertain and adopt the thoughts of others than to think for themselves.
In the master there is a servant in the servant a master.
You dont have to hold a position in order to be a leader.’08-02-2010
There are certain fundamental requisites for wise and resolute democratic leadership. It must build on hope not on fear; on honesty not on falsehood; on justice not on injustice; on public tranquility not on violence; on freedom not on enslavement. It must weave a social fabric in which the most important strands are a devotion to truth and a commitment to righteousness. These are essential ingredients of the American way of life. They are the necessary conditions for the achievement of freedom and human progress the world over.
I must follow the people. Am I not their leader?
Leadership is not magnetic personality that can just as well be a glib tongue. It is not making friends and influencing people that is flattery. Leadership is lifting a persons vision to high sights the raising of a persons performance to a higher standard the building of a personality beyond its normal limitations.
There are no reluctant leaders. A real leader must really want the job…. If you find the need for a leader and have to coax or urge your selection youll be well advised to pass him over. Hes not the man you need.
You do not lead by hitting people over the head thats assault not leadership.
To be a leader of men one must turn ones back on men.
There is no necessary connection between the desire to lead and the ability to lead and even less the ability to lead somewhere that will be to the advantage of the led …
People are more easily led than driven.
I have nothing new to teach the world. Truth and Non-violence are as old as the hills. All I have done is to try experiments in both on as vast a scale as I could.
Uncertainty will always be part of the taking charge process.
In spite of the fact that the ladder tapers to one-man rungs at the top the roomiest part is farthest up.
Jingshen is the Mandarin word for spirit and vivacity. It is an important word for those who would lead because above all things spirit and vivacity set effective organizations apart from those that will decline and die.
The leader has to be practical and a realist yet must talk the language of the visionary and the idealist.
You don?t manage people; you manage things. You lead people.
Leadership has a harder job to do than just choose sides. It must bring sides together.
The only real training for leadership is leadership.
When a man assumes a public trust he should consider himself as public property.
The task of the leader is to get his people from where they are to where they have not been.
The quality of a leader is reflected in the standards they set for themselves.
A leader is best When people barely know he exists. Not so good When people obey and acclaim him. Worse when they despise him. But of a good leader Who talks little When his work is done His aim fulfilled They will say We did it ourselves.
A man who wants to lead the orchestra must turn his back on the crowd.
The speed of the leader determines the rate of the pack.
The ultimate leader is one who is willing to develop people to the point that they surpass him or her in knowledge and ability.