The role of leaders….

….is to awaken the curiosity and creativity in others and have the strength to let go and allow the vision of others to exceed their own

– Nick Jessett

To be…

able to lead others, a man must be willing to go forward alone

– Harry Truman

A good leader

inspires people to have confidence in the leader, a great leader inspires people to have confidence in themselves

– Eleanor Roosevelt

 

A leader…

… is like a shepherd. He stays behind the flock, letting the most nimble go out ahead, whereupon the others follow, not realizing that all along they are being directed from behind

– Nelson Mandela

It always…

… seems impossible until it’s done

– Nelson Mandela

An empowered….

… organisation is one in which individuals have the knowledge, skill, desire, and opportunity to personally succeed in a way that leads to collective organisational success

– Stephen R. Covey 

A person…

…. who never made a mistake never tried anything new

– Albert Einstein

The secret of…

…a leader lies in the tests he has faced over the whole course of his life and the habit of action he develops in meeting those tests.

– Gail Sheehy

The secret of…

… leadership is simple: Do what you believe in. Paint a picture of the future. Go there. People will follow.

– Seth Godin

Leaders are not…

… as we are often led to think, people who go along with huge crowds following them. Leaders are people who go their own way without caring, or even looking to see, whether anyone is following them. “Leadership qualities” are not the qualities that enable people to attract followers, but those that enable them to do without them. They include, at the very least, courage, endurance, patience, humor, flexibility, resourcefulness, stubbornness, a keen sense of reality, and the ability to keep a cool and clear head, even when things are going badly. True leaders, in short, do not make people into followers, but into other leaders.

– John Holt