Quotes About Being An Effective Leader

#1. In my opinion, being an effective leader requires being an effective listener. The most productive leaders are usually those who are consistently willing to listen and learn.

John Wooden

#2. Having the right attitude is fundamental to being an effective leader.

Jim George

#3. Being an effective leader is enormously complex. It requires vision to see a future, dedication to make things happen, sensitivity to people who are quirky at times, and personal confidence without arrogance.

Dave Ulrich

#4. The more resistance you experience, the more important your unmanifested art/project/enterprise is to you - and the more gratification you will fell when you finally do it.

Steven Pressfield

#5. Quality effective leaders have the confidence to trust others to try, succeed, and sometimes to fail. We very often confuse personality with leadership. In other words, leadership is not about being a nice person or not a nice person.

Simon Sinek

#6. I was sane once. It was horrible.

Michael R. Fletcher

#7. An effective leader must step back, look at the big picture, and make sure the important things are not being pushed out of the way by the seemingly urgent needs of the moment.

Kenneth H. Blanchard

#8. Authenticity and knowing who you are is fundamental to being an effective and long-standing leader.

Ann M. Fudge

#9. But that's the problem, Nate. I don't want to be the queen of your world. I want to be the king of mine.

Jen Doyle

#10. The impulse to win is a valuable thing, right up until you let it make you into a loser.

Tana French

#11. You know that a good, long session of weeping can often make you feel better, even if your circumstances have not changed one bit.

Lemony Snicket

#12. Ultimately as a leader, you're evaluated on how you interact with people. If you do it well, you develop a reputation as effective leader. If you don't, you develop a reputation for being a highly ineffective leader.

Douglas Conant

#13. Reflection doesn't take anything away from decisiveness, from being a person of action. In fact, it generates the inner toughness that you need to be an effective person of action - to be a leader.

Peter Koestenbaum

#14. You know something,Jacob, I'd hate to be as smart as Jonh. I mean he was really, really smart, and to be that smart means you know all the answers, and when you know all the answers there's no room for dreaming.

Melina Marchetta

#15. Let us settle down to the serious business of getting drunk.

Poul Anderson

#16. The most profitless things to manufacture are excuses.

B.C. Forbes