Good leaders make people feel that they're at the very heart of things, not at the periphery.
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Good leaders make people feel that they're at the very heart of things, not at the periphery.
Having a personality of caring about people is important. You can’t be a good leader unless you generally like people. That is how you bring out the best in them.
Winning companies win because they have good leaders who nurture the development of other leaders at all levels of the organization.
Successful people do what is right no matter how they feel, and by doing right, they feel good.
Be willing to make decisions. That's the most important quality in a good leader.
A good leader has a compass in their head and a magnet in their heart.
The wicked leader is he who the people despise. The good leader is he who the people revere. The great leader is he who the people say, 'We did it ourselves.'
A good leader gets people to follow him because they want to, not because he makes them.
Good leadership isn't about advancing yourself. It's about advancing your team.
The height of ability in the least able consists in knowing how to submit to the good leadership of others.
A leader leads by example not by force.
A good leader inspires people to have confidence in the leader, _x000D_ _x000D_ a great leader inspires people to have confidence in themselves.
A good leader can't get too far ahead of his followers.
A good general not only sees the way to victory; he also knows when victory is impossible.
High sentiments always win in the end. The leaders who offer blood, toil, tears and sweat always get more out of their followers than those who offer safety and a good time. When it comes to the pinch, human beings are heroic.
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