Leadership Defined Quotes

#1. Since taking office, President Obama has worked to restore a positive vision of American leadership in the world - leadership defined, not by the threats and dangers that we will oppose, but by the security, opportunity and dignity that America advances in partnership with people around the world.

John O. Brennan

#2. Leadership defined: An equal and dual commitment to both results and relationships without compromising one for the other.

Al Ritter

#3. A just society will appear less spectacular, and less clearly defined, than a society with totalitarian leadership, theocratic goals.

B.W. Powe

#4. Effective leadership is not about making speeches or being liked; leadership is defined by results not attributes.

Peter F. Drucker

#5. A nation is not defined by its borders or the boundaries of its land mass Rather, a nation is defined by adverse people who have been unified by a cause and a value system and who are committed to a vision for the type of society they wish to live in and give to the future generations to come.

Fela Durotoye

#6. I don't subscribe to that school of thought that leadership can be altogether defined by gender.

Dalia Grybauskaite

#7. Among the many factors that make a return to halcyon days of the first decades of the postwar era virtually impossible is the decline of clearly defined political leadership.

Robert Gilpin

#8. When you have defined your mission, values and attitudes in the context of leadership influence and excellence, you also need to conduct a personal audit, checking how aligned they are to your current leadership practices. Where necessary, begin to make adjustments.

Archibald Marwizi

#9. Transforming leadership, [is defined as] leadership that builds on man's need for meaning, leadership that creates institutional purpose ... he is the value-shaper, the exemplar, the maker of meanings ... he is the true artist, the true pathfinder.

Tom Peters

#10. All around you, production must be taking place to bring you closer to realizing your defined success. Adopt a personal responsibility attitude to enable the realization of your dreams.

Archibald Marwizi

#11. Leadership is not defined by the exercise of power but by the capacity to increase the sense of power among those led. The most essential work of the leader is to create more leaders.

Mary Parker Follett

#12. You should be able to criticize and evaluate yourself before others do it. Check for congruity between your defined mission, vision, values and your practiced attitude, behaviour and habits.

Archibald Marwizi

#13. Let's remember that our leadership is defined not just by our defence against threats, but by the enormous opportunities to do good and promote understanding.

Barack Obama

#14. Who are you' is a question of both substance and position. In other words, what is the authority of your voice, service, product or performance in relation to the needs of those you intend to serve? Secondly, have you defined and demystified yourself enough to be accepted as the solution of choice?

Archibald Marwizi

#15. The function of a leader within any institution: to provide that regulation through his or her non-anxious, self-defined presence.

Edwin H. Friedman

#16. Leadership is no longer defined as "having the right answers," but as an ability to engage others to find the best solutions.

James D. Showkeir

#17. Personalising success means defining it in line with your defined mission and beliefs. This will help ignite a passion for the dream as well as develop underlying values and attitudes.

Archibald Marwizi

#18. If an artist is driven primarily by social responsibility, I think the art probably suffers because, again, just as leadership has a rather defined end point or purpose, social responsibility would seem to have a very clear moral context.

Billy Collins

#19. The world is always throwing challenges and questions - which ones does your mission and purpose respond to or seek to solve? Do you know your mission and have you clearly defined the life-issues you intend to address?

Archibald Marwizi

#20. Presenting leadership as a list of carefully defined qualities (like strategic, analytical, and performance-oriented) no longer holds. Instead, true leadership stems from individuality that is honestly and sometimes imperfectly expressed ... Leaders should strive for authenticity over perfection.

Sheryl Sandberg

#21. Boundaries are easier to manage when your values are well-defined.

Joe Jordan

#22. True leadership is not defined by notoriety, power, prestige, status, or job title...

Angie Morgan

#23. Great leaders are not defined by the absence of weakness, but rather by the presence of clear strengths.

John Peter Zenger

#24. The primary challenge for any aspiring public office bearer is to have a well-defined cause and diligently represent that cause until a significant impact is witnessed. Adhering to value-based leadership principles must be at the top of the priority list for public office aspirants.

Archibald Marwizi

#25. I am a firm believer that you need a well-defined leadership role to deal with unexpected and non-linear side effects of people working together. You need someone to keep the threads untangled and forming a high-functioning web rather than a big snarl of a Gordian knot.

Rands

#26. Make sure your reading, studying or research are always adding value to the defined vision, mission, beliefs and values that form your unique personal brand.

Archibald Marwizi

#27. Leadership is defined as authentic transformative energy that adds value to others

Kevin Cashman

#28. It is important that an aim never be defined in terms of activity or methods. It must always relate directly to how life is better for everyone ... The aim of the system must be clear to everyone in the system. The aim must include plans for the future. The aim is a value judgment.

W. Edwards Deming

#29. Old school mission statements defined what an organization did. Contemporary mission statements define why an organization does what it does.

Del Suggs

#30. Leadership can be defined in one word - honesty. You must be honest with the players and honest with yourself.

Earl Weaver

#31. Leadership is defined not by the position you hold but by the people who follow you.

Charlene Li