Tag Archives: Influence

Leadership is…

…. unlocking people’s potential to become better.

– Bill Bradley

My own definition…

… of leadership is this: The capacity and the will to rally men and women to a common purpose and the character which inspires confidence.

– Field Marshall Montgomery

A leader takes…

…. people where they want to go. A great leader takes people where they don’t necessarily want to go, but ought to be.

– Rosalyn Carter

Outstanding leaders…

… go out of their way to boost the self-esteem of their personnel. If people believe in themselves, it’s amazing what they can accomplish.

– Sam Walton

To have long term…

… success as a coach or in any position of leadership, you have to be obsessed in some way.

-Pat Riley

You gain strength….

…. courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You must do the thing you think you cannot do.

– Eleanor Roosevelt

The very essence…

….. of leadership is that you have to have a vision. It’s got to be a vision you articulate clearly and forcefully on every occasion. You can’t blow an uncertain trumpet.

– Reverend Theodore Hesburgh

I start with…

… the premise that the function of leadership is to produce more leaders, not more followers.

– Ralph Nader

As we look…

…. ahead into the next century, leaders will be those who empower others.

– Bill Gates

The key to….

successful leadership today is influence, not authority.

– Kenneth Blanchard