Leadership Style Quotes

#1. For those of you who really want to give critical thought to your unique leadership style and foster genuine followership, learn from what's out there and weave it into something meaningful and authentic.

Stacy Feiner

#2. That very aggressive, unapologetic leadership style is needed in Washington, D.C., and I'm not afraid to tackle big issues.

Stephanie Rawlings-Blake

#3. Added pressure and responsibility should not change one's leadership style, it should merely expose that which already exists.

Mark W. Boyer

#4. APM focuses on team management, from building self-organizing teams to developing a servant leadership style. It is both more difficult, and ultimately more rewarding than managing tasks.

Jim Highsmith

#5. First let's look at a model of Situational Leadership II that shows a combination development level and leadership style.

Kenneth H. Blanchard

#6. Depending on the skill and will of the individual, the right leadership style may be coaching, motivating, or directing rather than delegating. A leader has to pick the right style of leadership for each employee, and it is not one-size-fits-all,

Thomas Lee

#7. I think the guys are starting to rally around my leadership style and the way I do things. I've been waiting for this opportunity my whole life.

Aaron Rodgers

#8. I think that my leadership style is to get people to fear staying in place, to fear not changing.

Louis V. Gerstner Jr.

#9. We are watching industries crumble, Wall Street firms disappear, unemployment spike, and unprecedented government intervention. And our designated opinion leaders want to know: Is Obama up this week? Is he down? And is his leadership style more like Bill Clinton's, or Abraham Lincoln's?

Thomas Frank

#10. Find your own authentic leadership style; your own unique way of listening to, helping and engaging with your front line. Challenge the often formidable psychological distance between basement and boardroom. Your people will thank you, and so will your customers.

Chris Van Gorder

#11. I don't want to over generalize, but I believe that women are typically drawn to leadership styles that focus on consensus building, effective listening and working in teams. That's certainly been my leadership style, and I think it's been very successful.

Margaret Hamburg

#12. What happens with a lot of leaders is that their leadership style is like ADD; they are all over the place with different ideas. They could be driving one idea forward but then move on to something else too soon.

Henry Cloud

#13. If we try to emulate the leadership style of others we perceive as successful, we end up being second-rate versions of someone else.

Henna Inam

#14. Loving leaders allow for individuality in style and expression.

Glenn C. Stewart

#15. Despite the increasingly presidential style of political leadership in our country, teamwork is essential.

Bob Ainsworth

#16. I am honored and quite proud that a class is being taught on my sensationalist lyrics, unique style and fashion and leadership role within the hip-hop community.

Lil' Kim

#17. You can't dominate a network with old-style leadership.

But, you can emerge, with the network's consent, as one of its leaders, regardless of your formal position or job title.

Phil Dourado

#18. To successfully respond to the myriad of changes that shake the world, transformation into a new style of management is required. The route to take is what I call profound knowledge, knowledge for leadership of transformation.

W. Edwards Deming

#19. Leadership is an intense journey into yourself. You can use your own style to get anything done. It's about being self-aware. Every morning, I look in the mirror and say, 'I could have done three things better yesterday.'

Jeffrey R. Immelt

#20. Leadership is not about personality, possessions, or charisma, but all about who you are as a person. I used to believe that leadership was about style but now I know that leadership is about substance, namely character.

James Hunter

#21. One of the ways we'll know that Work-Out has been successful is that my style of leadership will no longer be tolerated in this company.

Jack Welch

#22. True leadership must have follower-ship. Management styles can vary, but even an autocrat needs people who believe and simply don't follow from fear.

James D. Robinson III

#23. This is easy to say with the benefit of hindsight, but I think it once again points out how very important style of leadership, that is the way he does what he does, is to his perception.

Robert Teeter

#24. My style of leadership is to lead with the lightest touch that I possibly can.

Steve Squyres

#25. The best leaders don't know just one style of leadership - they're skilled at several, and have the flexibility to switch between styles as the circumstances dictate.

Daniel Goleman

#26. You have to imprint your own style. People like authentic personalities.

Dexter Hawk

#27. American presidential leadership never goes out of style.

Monica Crowley

#28. Substance and content over style and hype any day.

Derwin L. Gray

#29. Research has shown that the perceived style of leadership is by far the most important thing to most voters in evaluating officeholders and candidates.

Robert Teeter

#30. As a woman, my style defines my leadership. It's a gentler, more compassionate approach. I consult, I listen and I compromise where it's in the best interest of the citizens.

Kamla Persad-Bissessar