True leadership…..

….. strengthens the followers. It is a process of teaching, setting an example, and empowering others. If you seek to lead, your ability will ultimately be measured in the successes of those around you.

– David Niven

The great leaders……

…… are like the best conductors–they reach beyond the notes to reach the magic in the players.

– Blaine Lee

Leaders are creatures…..

…… of their environment, but unlike most creatures, they are also movers of it. As movers of and within the organization, they push it forward, at the same time shaping it as much as it shapes them.

– John Baldoni

The Leadership Question…..

How is the question most frequently asked of Leaders……

Why should be the question most frequently answered……

– Paradigms of Leadership

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

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

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

What chance gathers…..

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

– Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe