Quotes of: Leadership-role Keyword

Leadership does take work. And it should. If you aspire to be a leader, you ought to treat leadership as a craft, you ought to become a student of it, and you ought to work at it. And if you're not willing to work at it, well, you get what you give.

Douglas Conant

Leadership that exploits and sacrifices young people on the altar of its goals is nothing more than raw, demonic power. Genuine leadership is found in ceaseless efforts to foster young people, to pave the way forward for them.

Daisaku Ikeda

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 teach...

Jonathan Sacks

I don't want to over generalize, but I believe that women are typically drawn to leadership styles that focus on consensus building, effective listening and working in teams. That's certainly been my leadership style, and I think it's been very succe...

Margaret Hamburg

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 a...

Warren Bennis

I'm not paid to be a role model, parents should be role models.

Charles Barkley

Many have argued with me that ambition is not the problem. Women are not less ambitious than men, they insist, but more enlightened with different and more meaningful goals. I do not dismiss or dispute this argument. There is far more to life than cl...

Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead

First there's my role just as an executive being responsible for advertising, regardless of gender. I think that's a position that I take seriously. That's the first role. But I think for my role as a woman at Google, you try to set a good example an...

Susan Wojcicki

My role as a role model is to teach my generation how to excel in the role of distinction.

Onyi Anyado

You can win in business by playing checkers until someone sneaks in one night after you’ve closed for the day and flips the board.

Chess, Not Checkers: Elevate Your Leadership Game

When you don’t have time to do your job, that’s a good indication you’re playing the wrong game.

Chess, Not Checkers: Elevate Your Leadership Game

Having a good definition of spiritual leadership is critical to development of leadership cultural throughout your church. You need to know what you are shooting for if you are going to hit the target.

Church Planting Landmines

To be an ethical leader is indeed to be different. This kind of leader acknowledges the complexity of running a responsible business, yet tries to do it anyway.

Ethical Leadership: Creating and Sustaining an Ethical Business Culture

Great teams do not hold back with one another. They are unafraid to air their dirty laundry. They admit their mistakes, their weaknesses, and their concerns without fear of reprisal.

The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership Fable

Politics is when people choose their words and actions based on how they want others to react rather than based on what they really think.

The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership Fable

We need leaders who can meet and adapt to new challenges, build strategic partnerships, build and sustain human capital organizations, and have the courage to act and react to the challenges

F(X) Leadership Unleashed!

When you expect the best from people, you will often see more in them than they see in themselves.

The Heart of Leadership: Becoming a Leader People Want to Follow

Recognizing and accepting both the responsibilities and the opportunities leadership offers you is a significant step in your development as a leader.

From Bud to Boss: Secrets to a Successful Transition to Remarkable Leadership

It is most remarkable that Lincoln, when he saw so much that was vulnerable in the leadership of the Church, did not move to the opposite error and become a scoffer.

Abraham Lincoln: Lessons in Spiritual Leadership

If you can't stand the heat in the kitchen, keep cooking. Success comes from repeatedly doing things that make you uncomfortable.

Success Is a Side Effect: Leadership, Relationships, and Selective Amnesia

If you spend your life trying to be good at everything, you will never be great at anything.

Strengths Based Leadership: Great Leaders, Teams, and Why People Follow