Leadership consists…

… not in degrees of technique but in traits of character; it requires moral rather than athletic or intellectual effort and it imposes on both leader and follower alike the burdens of self-restraint

– Lewis H. Lapham

If you…

… believe lack of authority prevents you from leading effectively, it is time to rethink your understanding of leadership

– Mike Bonem and Roger Patterson

Courage is…

…. the first of human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees all others

– Winston Churchill

The meeting…

… of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances: if there is any reaction, both are transformed

– Carl Jung

The glue…

…. that holds all relationships together — including the relationship between the leader and the led is trust, and trust is based in integrity

– Anthony Robbins

One measure…

… of leadership is the calibre of people who choose to follow you

– Dennis Peer

Try….

…not to become a man of success but a man of value

– Albert Einstein

Leadership…

… consists not in degrees of technique but in traits of character; it requires moral rather than athletic or intellectual effort, and it imposes on both leader and follower alike the burdens of self-restraint

– Lewis H. Lapham

In organisations….

… real power and energy is generated through relationships. The patterns of relationships and the capacities to form them are more important than tasks, functions, roles, and positions.

– Margaret Wheatly

It is often….

… more difficult to be a follower than a leader; a good leader will always remember this

– Nick Jessett