Leadership is the ……

…… name that people use to make sense out of complex events and the outcomes of events they otherwise would not be able to explain. In other words, people attribute leadership to certain individuals who are called leaders because people want to believe that leaders cause things to happen rather than have to explain causality by understanding complex social forces or analyzing the dynamic interaction among people, events, and environment.

– Joseph C Rost

Perhaps those who are ….

…..best suited to power are those who have never sought it. Those who … have leadership thrust upon them, and take up the mantle because they must, and find to their own surprise that they wear it well.

– J K Rowling

Leadership is not ……

….. the private reserve of a few charismatic men and women. It is a process ordinary people use when they are bringing forth the best from themselves and others. When the leader in everyone is liberated extraordinary things happen.

– James Kouzes & Barry Potter

Leadership is most effective…..

…… when those acting in that capacity realize that their effect on others must be indirect. This indirectness means influencing others by changing yourself.

– Greg Robinson & Mark Rose

Leadership is defined …..

….. not by the scale of the opportunity but by the quality of the response.

– Chris Lowney

Leadership is not….

…… a job, not a role one plays at work and then puts aside during the commute home in order to relax and enjoy real life. Rather, leadership is the leader’s real life.

– Chris Lowney

A leader has….

……. the vision and conviction that a dream can be achieved. He inspires the power and energy to get it done.

– Ralph  Nader

No man can…..

….stand on top because he is put there.

– H. H. Vreeland

“Authority should be …..

….. seen as a part of leadership, not as a way around it.”

— Michael McKinney

 

What chance gathers…..

…… she easily scatters. A great person attracts great people and knows how to hold them together.

– Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe