The manager accepts the status quo; the leader challenges it.
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The manager accepts the status quo; the leader challenges it.
Good leaders make people feel that they're at the very heart of things, not at the periphery.
Becoming a leader is synonymous with becoming yourself. It is precisely that simple, and it is also that difficult.
Employees who are controlled cannot respond caringly, you need superior knowledge and real leadership, not management. Because of this we specifically developed a selection process for leaders; we don't hire managers.
We are an age without leaders. We stopped having leaders at the end of the 20th century
I believe in an America where the rights that I have described are enjoyed by all, regardless of their race or their creed or their national origin - where every citizen is free to think and speak as he pleases and write and worship as he pleases - and where every citizen is free to vote as he pleases, without instructions from anyone, his employer, the union leader or his clergyman.
It is the leaders job to add significance to the lives of the people he leads.
When you believe in people, you motivate them and release their potential.
It is the leader's job to hold hope high.
Trust must be built day by day. It calls for consistency.
A leader who loves status quo soon becomes a follower.
Time spent with a potential leader is an investment.
Seek people who seek solutions.
Success doesn't come instantly. Neither does the ability to lead.
People will not follow a leader who does not have confidence in himself.
Grow a leader-grow the organization. A company cannot grow without until its leaders grow within.
The strength of any organization is a direct result of the strength of its leaders.
Strong leaders equal strong organizations.
If you really want to be a successful leader, you must develop other leaders around you. You must establish a team.
Effective leaders know that resources are never the problem; it's always a matter or resourcefulness.
Greatness as a leader is measured in part by your willingness to accept daunting challenges. Achieving tough goals requires practicing the secret of commitment: Risk all to win all.
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