Tag Archives: Skills

“The art of leadership….

……. is saying no, not yes. It is very easy to say yes.”

– Tony Blair

“I cannot give you……

……. a formula for success, but I can give you the formula for failure- which is: try to please everybody.”

– Herbert Bayard Swope

“A sense of humour….

…….. is part of the art of leadership, of getting along with people, of getting things done.”

– Dwight D Eisenhower

“Some leaders …..

…….. are born women.”

– Graldine Ferraro

“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, humour, 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

“The supreme quality for leadership……

…….. is unquestionably integrity. Without it, no real success is possible, no matter whether it is on a section gang, a football field, in an army, or in an office.”

– Dwight D. Eisenhower

It is better to lead from behind…..

…….. and to put others in front, especially when you celebrate victory when nice things occur. You take the front line when there is danger. Then people will appreciate your leadership.

– Nelson Mandela

I am endlessly fascinated…..

……. that playing football is considered a training ground for leadership, but raising children isn’t.

– Dee Dee Myers

To do great things …..

…… is difficult; but to command great things is more difficult.
– Friedrich Nietzsche

“The leader has to be practical and a realist……

……… yet must talk the language of the visionary and the idealist.”

— Eric Hoffer