Leadership Uncertainty Quotes

#1. Loneliness is the penalty of leadership, but the man who has to make the decisions is assisted greatly if he feels that there is no uncertainty in the minds of those who follow him, and that his orders will be carried out confidently and in expectation of success.

Ernest Shackleton

#2. Uncertainty is not an indication of poor leadership; it underscores the need for leadership.

Andy Stanley

#3. Future shackled is when tomorrow is anchored, boxed and managed to maximize the minimizing of uncertainty.

Bill Jensen

#4. The task of the strategist and leadership team is to reduce uncertainty in the areas that they can directly influence in order to pursue attractively difficult objectives.

Max McKeown

#5. In collaborative cultures, failure and uncertainty are not protected but shared and discussed to gain support.

Andy Hargreaves

#6. Where there is no uncertainty, there is no longer the need for leadership. The greater the uncertainty, the greater the need for leadership. Your capacity as a leader will be determined by how well you learn to deal with uncertainty.

Andy Stanley

#7. We have minds that are equipped for certainty, linearity and short-term decisions, that must instead make long-term decisions in a non-linear, probabilistic world.

Paul Gibbons

#8. A hunt leader could not show fear, or let it linger in his stomach, for others would sense it soon enough, taste that fear and become possessed by it. They would hesitate when an order was given, and uncertainty would claim their life as readily as the blade of the enemy.

Raymond E. Feist

#9. Leadership is about uncertainty. Deal with it

Andy Stanley

#10. In a climate of uncertainty and fear, without strong and visionary leadership, people panic.

Patrick Dodson

#11. Uncertainty is a permanent part of the leadership landscape. It never goes away.

Andy Stanley

#12. In life, all things are not constant or equal, the inequalities are so loud; change and uncertainty are the order of the day. It is these changes, inequalities and uncertainties that make it more imperative that you deliberately plan your way to success.

Archibald Marwizi

#13. I'm sad to report that in the past few years, ever since uncertainty became our insistent 21st century companion, leadership has taken a great leap backwards to the familiar territory of command and control.

Margaret J. Wheatley

#14. We need leaders who can meet and adapt to new challenges, build strategic partnerships, build and sustain human capital organizations, and have the courage to act and react to the challenges

Thomas Narofsky

#15. Leadership matters more in times of uncertainty.

Wayde Goodall

#16. Far too much horrific wast of human capacity is disguised as order, predictability, and minimizing uncertainty.

Bill Jensen

#17. The goal of leadership is not to eradicate uncertainty but rather to navigate it.

Andy Stanley

#18. Future shackled is when uncertainty is the enemy that must be beaten into submission.

Bill Jensen

#19. It is the job of leaders to eliminate uncertainty.

Colin Powell