Top 46 Key Leadership Quotes
#1. To be an objective leader means aligning your models with the needs of the organization. There is no question anymore that collaboration, seeking out diverse perspectives and developing new ways to look at challenges and opportunities, is a key leadership competency.
Elizabeth Thornton
#2. I think what actually works best is local-level individual targeting of key leadership nodes.
John Abizaid
#3. Never reject the opportunity to take the first step. The first step is the key to obtaining the experience you have longed for.
Israelmore Ayivor
#4. If you really want the key to success, start by doing the opposite of what everyone else is doing.
Brad Szollose
#5. Every leader will hit a series of plateaus in their lives. The key is not to say there, because settling on a plateau can easily lead to an elongated season of comfort. Being comfortable is one of the leader's worst enemies
Gary Rohrmayer
#6. The key to every man is his thought. Sturdy and defying though he look, he has a helm which he obeys, which is the idea after which all his facts are classified. He can only be reformed by showing him a new idea which commands his own.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
#7. Leadership is the key to 99 percent of all successful efforts.
Erskine Bowles
#8. That's why I think that cultivation, 'becoming a real human being,' really is the primary leadership issue of our time, but on a scale never required before. It's a very old idea that may actually hold the key to a new age of 'global democracy.
Peter M. Senge
#9. Respect is the key determinant of high performance leadership. How much people respect you determines how well they perform.
Brian Tracy
#11. It is so important for young girls to be fit. I think sports is the key to success, because the challenges you face in sports prepare you for the rest of your life.
Gail Devers
#12. One key to successful leadership is continuous personal change. Personal change is a reflection of our inner growth and empowerment.
Robert E. Quinn
#13. Consistency and acceleration are both key to sustaining success. One-day-wonder persons who slouch back to mediocrity will soon be forgotten.
Archibald Marwizi
#14. In the end, the key ingredient for public life is imagination. You imagine something better, you try to bring the people with you.
Paul Keating
#15. A better measure of our success is to look at the people on our team and see how they are working together. Can they rally to solve key problems? If the answer is yes, you are managing well.
Ed Catmull
#16. I learned that when you can turn a presentation into a conversation, you have won the battle of converting a client; and second, I learned that the real Carla was my best competitive weapon and my key personal advantage.
Carla Harris
#17. I think Caesar is one of the most empathetic characters that I've played. I think that's the key to a successful leadership. Being able to keep your ears open at all times.
Andy Serkis
#18. Idealism without pragmatism is impotent. Pragmatism without idealism is meaningless. The key to effective leadership is pragmatic idealism.
Richard M. Nixon
#19. Staffers tend to mimic their bosses, to take their key from them.
Chris Matthews
#20. It is the leader's job to model and enforce the values and behaviors that make up the company culture. "Model" the behaviors is key. "Do as I say" only breeds contempt from others.
Beth Ramsay
#21. Key to the societal significance of tomorrow's leaders is the way they embrace the totality of leadership, not just including 'my organization' but reaching beyond the walls as well.
Frances Hesselbein
#22. The key function of a leader is, to build more leaders.
Krishna Sagar
#23. The key to being a good manager is keeping the people who hate me away from those who are still undecided.
Casey Stengel
#24. To me, a leader is a visionary that energizes others. This definition of leadership has two key dimensions: a) creating the vision of the future, and b) inspiring others to make the vision a reality.
Vince Lombardi
#25. Get on the fashion nerves of your peers, not your parents - that is the key to fashion leadership.
John Waters
#26. Influence requires humility. The essence of influence is others. The key word is relationships.
Johnny Hunt
#27. Influence is the key word in any definition of leadership.
Aubrey Malphurs
#28. We can only continue to promote invention, creativity and success by asking of ourselves, our situations and problems some key questions. What questions are you asking today?
Archibald Marwizi
#29. Making appointments with yourself and scheduling other things around them is key to proactive self-management.
Michael Hyatt
#30. The key to leadership remains influence. What kind of a leader are you and how do you deliberately model your leadership to achieve desired impact on those you influence or you seek to influence?
Archibald Marwizi
#31. Knowledge is key, without knowledge, leadership, and action plans that fit the actual challenges, all of our businesses and organizations are lost. By providing training, offering moments to come together and exchange best practices all of us can stay on top of our field.
Inge Ignatia De Waard
#32. The key to successful leadership today is influence, not authority.
Ken Blanchard
#33. Leader discover themselves through a continuous fellowship and relationship with their sources of their life and wisdom. Self-discovery is the key to true leadership!
Israelmore Ayivor
#34. The key to leadership is having a vision, and being strong enough to say no and not try to please everybody. Thats a recipe for failure. Leadership is practiced through attitude and actions, rather than words and memos.
Matt Mickiewicz
#35. The key to handling conflict is to make sure people understand it's okay to have an opposing view.
Eunice Parisi-Carew
#36. It is the challenge for every leader to develop and invest in those he depends on, to ensure his or her vision is realized in the way it has been put upon the leader's heart. These key people will enhance the success or taint the leadership image and brand of the visionary.
Archibald Marwizi
#37. The key difference between captain and coach? The latter's opportunities for influence come at moments when play isn't happening,
Carolyn Taylor
#38. The key to success is to first know thyself. The definition of success by another person must not paralyse you or make you think less of your potential to succeed in your own way.
Archibald Marwizi
#40. To be future strong, you will face difficult hardships. Usually, there is no absolutely right or absolutely wrong choice. The key is to be intentional: Choosing the best hardships for your best future.
Bill Jensen
#41. The key to long term success in the marketplace is to build relationships & acquire leadership skills that can build great teams.
JR
#42. An enlightened and empowered generation is the key to our development in Nigeria and indeed in Africa
Fela Durotoye
#43. The first key to leadership was self-control, particularly the mastery of pride, which was something more difficult, he explained, to subdue than a wild lion and anger, which was more difficult to defeat than the greatest wrestler. He warned them that if you can't swallow your pride, you can't lead.
Jack Weatherford
#44. I bought my own home in 2004. It's a sanctuary for my family and a place of peace and calm. It's key for anyone committed to leadership and success to avoid the noise and focus on their best opportunities.
Robin S. Sharma
#45. Women need to be in key operational roles where they run businesses in the organization. Sometimes when organizations focus on leadership diversity, they're mostly in areas like HR or non-operating line functions.
Gracia Martore
#46. The true key, if you want to live an unstoppable life, then you need to take 100% control of your life. Stop blaming others for your failures and faults and start accepting responsibility for your life.
Thomas Narofsky
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