Quotes on Good Leadership

The very essence of leadership is that you have to have vision. You can't blow an uncertain trumpet.

You don't lead by hitting people over the head - that's assault, not leadership.

No man is good enough to govern another man without the other's consent.

I always believe that ultimately, if people are paying attention, then we get good government and good leadership. And when we get lazy, as a democracy and civically start taking shortcuts, then it results in bad government and politics.

The growth and development of people is the highest calling of leadership.

A good objective of leadership is to help those who are doing poorly to do well and to help those who are doing well to do even better.

Leaders don't create followers, they create more leaders.

People ask the difference between a leader and a boss. The leader leads, and the boss drives.

The task of leadership is not to put greatness into people, but to elicit it, for the greatness is there already.

A good coach always coaches to a leader's potential, not his current level of performance. A good leadership coach will see the potential in you and inspire you accordingly.

If there is such a thing as good leadership, it is to give a good example. I have to do so for all the Ikea employees.

Leadership is hard to define and good leadership even harder. But if you can get people to follow you to the ends of the earth, you are a great leader.

The best executive is one who has sense enough to pick good people to do what he wants done, and self-restraint enough to keep from meddling with them while they do it.

A general is just as good or just as bad as the troops under his command make him.

Good leaders make people feel that they're at the very heart of things, not at the periphery. Everyone feels that he or she makes a difference to the success of the organization. When that happens people feel centered and that gives their work meaning.

Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other.

Good business leaders create a vision, articulate the vision, passionately own the vision, and relentlessly drive it to completion.

The secret to success is good leadership, and good leadership is all about making the lives of your team members or workers better.

Good leadership consists of showing average people how to do the work of superior people.

I'm a bit tight with money, but so what? I look at the money I'm about to spend on myself and ask myself if IKEA's customers can afford it... I could regularly travel first class, but having money in abundance doesn't seem like a good reason to waste it.. If there is such a thing as good leadership, it is to give a good example. I have to do so for all the IKEA employees.

Good leaders make people feel that they're at the very heart of things, not at the periphery.