Quotes on Leadership And Management

Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe.

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

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

The greatest leader is not necessarily the one who does the greatest things. He is the one that gets the people to do the greatest things.

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

Inventories can be managed, but people must be led.

No man will make a great leader who wants to do it all himself or get all the credit for doing it.

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.

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.

Management is efficiency in climbing the ladder of success; leadership determines whether the ladder is leaning against the right wall.

Stress and anxiety at work have less to do with the work we do and more to do with weak management and leadership.

It is the responsibility of leadership and management to give opportunities and put demands on people which enable them to grow as human beings in their work environment.

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

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.

Hire people who are better than you are, then leave them to get on with it. Look for people who will aim for the remarkable, who will not settle for the routine.

Management and leadership are not separate spheres. The two skills work together in the larger realm of “communityship.

A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way.

The key to successful leadership today is influence, not authority.

Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower.