Tag Archives: conviction

Leadership is…..

……. the readiness to stand out in a crowd.

– John C Maxwell

Anyone can….

…. steer the ship, but it takes a leader to chart the course.

– John C Maxwell

Good leadership is not ….

…… obtained by issuing orders but by conviction and delegation–genuine leaders recognize and achieve agreement to an exciting and challenging vision.

– Gerhard Zapke-Schauer

The first act of leadership is …

….. coming to grips with yourself, who you are, where you are, and what is of value to you, and shaping yourself by acts of conscious will into what you want to become.

– Fenwick English

Life is the leader’s…..

……laboratory, and exemplary leaders use it to conduct as many experiments as possible. Try, fail, learn. Try, fail, learn. Try, fail, learn. That’s the leader’s mantra. Leaders are learners. They learn from their failures as well as their successes, and they make it possible for others to do the same.

 – James Kouzes & Barry Posner

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

What chance gathers…..

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

– Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

“I must…..

….. follow the people. Am I not their leader?”

– Benjamin Disraeli

Do not follow…..

…….. where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.

– Harold McAlindon