Quotes 1 : Leadership

Leadership is about empathy. It is about having the ability to relate to and connect to with people for the purpose of inspiring and empowering their lives.

--Oprah Winfrey

A leader's job is to look into the future and see the organization, not as it is, but as it should be.
-- Jack Welch

Here is a simple but powerful rule: Always give people more than what they expect to get.
-- Nelson Boswell

One must be fond of people and trust them if one is not to make a mess of life.
-- E.M. Forster

Good management consists in showing average people how to do the work of superior people.
-- John D. Rockefeller

Managers are people who do things right; leaders are people who do the right thing.
-- Warren Bennis

Without a road map and a clear understanding of the "rules of the road," it can be much harder for employees to get to where they need to go.
-- Eric Harvey

Sacrificing individual gain for the team's greater good is the price of admission members must pay…and keep paying…to be on the team.
-- Scott Beare

The best part of being a leader? Dealing with people! The worst part of being a leader? Same answer!
-- Eric Harvey

Your elves and reindeer are depending on you – just as you depend on them.
Don't let them down.
-- Santa Claus

All successful leaders place a premium on keeping their promises and commitments.
-- Steve Ventura

Never forget that getting big things done all year long isn't about magic.
It's about leadership.
-- Santa Claus

Before you are a leader, success is all about growing yourself. When you become a leader, success is all about growing others.
-- Jack Welch

As a leader, your word is only as good as your last promise kept…or broken.
-- Barbara "BJ" Gallagher

The highest compliments leaders can receive are those
that are given by the people who work for them.
-- James L. Barksdale

Outstanding leaders go out of their way to boost the
self-esteem of their personnel. If people believe in
themselves, it's amazing what they can accomplish.
-- Sam Walton

A good leader takes a little more than his share of the blame, a little less than his share of the credit.
-- Arnold H. Glasgow