Vision, the hallmark of leadership, is less a derivative of spreadsheets and more a product of the mind called imagination.

- Abraham Zaleznik

Keep focused on the substantive issues. To make a decision means having to go through one door and closing all others.

- Abraham Zaleznik

Imagination in business is the ability to perceive opportunity.

- Abraham Zaleznik

Leadership requires using power to influence the thoughts and actions of other people.

- Abraham Zaleznik

Innovation grows out of membership and a sure sense of responsibility people feel for their work and the organizations that employ them.

- Abraham Zaleznik

If you want to understand entrepreneurs, you have to study the psychology of the juvenile delinquent. They don't have the same anxiety triggers that …

- Abraham Zaleznik

Leaders are active instead of reactive, shaping ideas instead of responding to them. Leaders adopt a personal and active attitude toward goals. The i…

- Abraham Zaleznik