The ecclesiastical system of Rome, and particularly its leaders, for a thousand years and more thought that the earth is fixed and that everything else revolves about it.
I don't believe very much in corporate offices. I believe in leaders who are with their customers and their people.
I think there is a case for strong action and intervention when there is criminality and when the leaders are corrupt or behaving in a criminal fashion.
Managers will tell people what to do, whereas leaders will inspire them to do it, and there are a few things that go into the ability to inspire.
The people I'm honored to represent in Missouri and all over the country want leaders to address their kitchen table everyday problems.
I always believe the rule by king or official leader is outdated. Now we must catch up with the modern world.
I don't agree with everything that any of our political leaders say or believe - that's going to happen sometimes.
A good leader is one who reveals to you your own potential and then inspires and shows you how to reach your potential.
By learning more, by doing more, by becoming more, and by creating a common vision, a leader is a person who can inspire others to change for the better.
Leadership is a process where a leader has a purpose oriented destination and lets the followers find the best way to get there with a common vision and goal.
A leader is he who has a great vision and can inspire others to go along to pursue it with all great passion.
These days there are not enough of such intermediary groups, between the state and the individual, with the result that political leaders are often unduly guided by opinion polls.
I don't see a candidate on the scene right now, but it is going to have to be a candidate that people can look at as a leader and not as a man or a woman.
Among leaders who have made the greatest impact through ages, I would consider Muhammad before Jesus Christ.
God is the leader of your team. As you follow Him with all your heart, you will be leading your team in Jesus’ steps.
Now I have known Sen. Bill Frist, the Majority Leader of the United States Senate, since he was born.
It's definitely nerve-racking to be the center of attention. I'm not the kind of an actor that just craves attention 24-7 - but it's part of the deal. You're the leader on the set.
While I'm leader, nothing will be off limits - there will not be one policy, one rule, one way of working which cannot be changed.
Too often in the past, U.S. leaders have forced Israel to pay the price for American strategic interests in the Middle East - through concessions in the peace process as well as passivity in the face of Iraqi attacks.
Authenticity is the alignment of head, mouth, heart, and feet - thinking, saying, feeling, and doing the same thing - consistently. This builds trust, and followers love leaders they can trust.
Nelson Mandela was an outstanding leader and a mentor for me. I was in South Africa at the time he was released. I was in South Africa when he was inaugurated as the first president.
