Leadership Quotes: Guidance for Todays Leaders - Page 18

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Image of Henry Mintzberg
This obsession with leadership... It's not neutral; it's American, this idea of the heroic leader who comes in on a white horse to save the day. I think it's killing American companies.
- Henry Mintzberg
Collection: Leadership
Image of Martin McGuinness
But the fact is that the vast majority of Republicans support the Sinn Fein leadership.
- Martin McGuinness
Collection: Leadership
Image of Michael Arrington
I've always believed that government tends to screw up whatever it touches, but Obama in particular seemed different. He understood tech issues that left the other candidates bewildered. Part of it may be his age. But whatever the reason, I had real hope that he could help lead us into a new century of technology leadership and growth.
- Michael Arrington
Collection: Leadership
Image of Beth Brooke
We all know business financial performance improves when more women are in senior levels of management and leadership.
- Beth Brooke
Collection: Leadership
Image of Francois Hollande
France, after the month of May, will share trust with the current leadership of the United States which, on many subjects, has tended to take useful positions in our view.
- Francois Hollande
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Image of Bob Riley
Half a world away nations that once lived under oppression and tyranny are now budding democracies due in large part to America 's leadership and the sacrifices of our military.
- Bob Riley
Collection: Leadership
Image of Scott Howell
At IBM, if we kept our same leadership for 36 years, we'd be bankrupt.
- Scott Howell
Collection: Leadership
Image of Bill Kristol
In any case, decisions on troop levels in the American system of government are not made by any general or set of generals but by the civilian leadership of the war effort.
- Bill Kristol
Collection: Leadership
Image of Robin S. Sharma
My best investment, as cliched as this sounds, is the money I've spent developing myself, via books, workshops and coaching. Leadership begins within, and to have a better career, start by building a better you.
- Robin S. Sharma
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Image of Lindsey Graham
President Bush has shown great leadership. He has said that the 21st century will not be ruled or dictated by terrorists, dictators, and murderers. He is absolutely right. God bless him for his resolve.
- Lindsey Graham
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Image of Margaret J. Wheatley
I think it is quite dangerous for an organisation to think they can predict where they are going to need leadership. It needs to be something that people are willing to assume if it feels relevant, given the context of any situation.
- Margaret J. Wheatley
Collection: Leadership
Image of John Grierson
Such manifestations I account as representing the creative leadership of the new forces of thought and appreciation which attend changes in technological pattern and therefore of the pattern of human relationships in society.
- John Grierson
Collection: Leadership
Image of Ted Cruz
The American president has a peculiar leadership responsibility to speak out for freedom.
- Ted Cruz
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Image of Mark Pincus
I regularly encourage employees to break rules. I also say to employees that leadership starts with complaining and dissatisfaction. But it doesn't stop there. It comes from saying you're dissatisfied with something and then fixing it and making it better for everybody.
- Mark Pincus
Collection: Leadership
Image of Scott Morrison
I'm committed to winning. The leadership of the Liberal Party is always the gift of the parliamentary Liberal Party, and I never make any presumptions on it.
- Scott Morrison
Collection: Leadership
Image of Patty Hearst
I mean, Emily Harris was his wife. And she seemed to resent his leadership, but on the other hand, she felt like a good soldier, that he had to be the leader.
- Patty Hearst
Collection: Leadership
Image of Jeff Greenfield
There is something discordant about a team of speechwriters and political operatives hammering away to create an image of the 'real, inner' candidate. And, to be blunt, there is no necessary connection between a moving life experience and the skills necessary for leadership.
- Jeff Greenfield
Collection: Leadership
Image of Ai Weiwei
I think Chinese leadership is trying to tell the world they have another set of logic or reasoning or values which are different from yours. Of course, I don't think they believe that. It's just an argument that's made when you can't confront the truth and facts. They really want to maintain power.
- Ai Weiwei
Collection: Leadership
Image of Norman Lear
In this nation, leadership is dollars.
- Norman Lear
Collection: Leadership
Image of Chris Patten
But the ability to articulate what you are doing, to be clear about it, and to stick to it is, I think, the essence of political leadership.
- Chris Patten
Collection: Leadership
Image of Sebastian Pinera
I think the U.S. should assert its leadership in a more effective way.
- Sebastian Pinera
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Image of Raymond Kelly
I liked the military life. They teach you self-sufficiency early on. I always say that I learned most of what I know about leadership in the Marine Corps. Certain basic principles stay with you - sometimes consciously, mostly unconsciously.
- Raymond Kelly
Collection: Leadership
Image of Joe Miller
I believe that it is irresponsible, it is basically part of the crisis of leadership in D.C. to not look at Social Security and understand that there has got to be a solution posed. We've got to take a look at it and make sure that we create a solution so our seniors aren't left out in the cold.
- Joe Miller
Collection: Leadership
Image of Jacqueline Novogratz
I think we so often equate leadership with being experts - the leader is supposed to come in and fix things. But in this interconnected world we live in now, it's almost impossible for just one person to do that.
- Jacqueline Novogratz
Collection: Leadership
Image of Noah Feldman
The Chinese public is deeply nationalist, which matters to China's unelected political leadership as much as U.S. nationalism does to American politicians. As China becomes the world's largest economy, there is meaningful public pressure for its power status to advance in parallel. Any alternative would be humiliating.
- Noah Feldman
Collection: Leadership
Image of Abdullah II of Jordan
It's a tremendous responsibility to be direct descendants of the prophet Muhammad. This family has had the burden of leadership on its shoulders for 1,400 years. I'm not going to drop the ball on my shift.
- Abdullah II of Jordan
Collection: Leadership
Image of Timothy Noah
Within the narrow confines of Permanent Washington - the journalists, lobbyists, and congressional lifers who are the city's avatars of centrism and continuity - Ford is considered the beau ideal of American leadership.
- Timothy Noah
Collection: Leadership
Image of Helen Clark
In terms of having views and being prepared to express them, yes, I think New Zealand's had a leadership role in a lot of things.
- Helen Clark
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Image of Fredrik Bajer
On the other hand, the waging of peace as a science, as an art, is in its infancy. But we can trace its growth, its steady progress, and the time will come when there will be particular individuals designated to assume responsibility for and leadership of this movement.
- Fredrik Bajer
Collection: Leadership
Image of Paul Coffey
Leadership is one of sports' intangibles. Guys can score, guys can fight, guys can skate faster than anybody else. But not everybody can say, 'Follow me.'
- Paul Coffey
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Image of Condoleezza Rice
I talked about the need for American leadership, I talked about the importance of the United States to a more peaceful world, a world that has been quite turbulent in recent years, and needs a strong American anchor.
- Condoleezza Rice
Collection: Leadership
Image of Mario Teguh
Lead yourself whenever your boss' leadership deteriorates. When your boss doesn't praise what you do, praise yourself. When your boss doesn't make you big, make yourself big. Remember, if you have done your best, failure does not count.
- Mario Teguh
Collection: Leadership
Image of Steve Daines
Twenty-eight years in business and you understand the importance of problem solving and the importance of efficiency, because if you don't become efficient, you don't run a business well, and you are out of business. And I think some of those principles could be applied to leadership in Washington.
- Steve Daines
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Image of Rick Larsen
We need safe communities that are free from methamphetamine and a federal commitment to stand next to state leadership and law enforcement in the fight against this epidemic.
- Rick Larsen
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Image of Bruce Rauner
A C.E.O.'s job is leadership, problem solving, and team building. I've done that my whole career.
- Bruce Rauner
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Image of Brad Wenstrup
In a leadership role in Iraq and in running my own business, what I've learned is if you don't listen, you're going to strike out. You're going to fail miserably. The people you work with have got to know you're engaged and you're listening.
- Brad Wenstrup
Collection: Leadership
Image of Bill Hagerty
In 2015, 2016 before President Trump, there was a theme of hopelessness that good manufacturing jobs aren't coming back. Obama said you can't just wave a magic wand and bring these jobs back. Well, under President Trump and Amb. Lighthizer leadership on trade: Abracadabra!
- Bill Hagerty
Collection: Leadership
Image of Peter T. King
But 85 percent of the mosques have extremist leadership in this country. Most Muslims, the overwhelming majority of Muslims, are loyal Americans.
- Peter T. King
Collection: Leadership
Image of Wadah Khanfar
When the Islamic revolution began in 1979 under the leadership of Ayatollah Khomeini, it aroused considerable admiration in the Arab street. It presented a model of organised popular action that deposed one of the region's most tyrannical regimes. The people of the region discerned in this revolution new hope for freedom and change.
- Wadah Khanfar
Collection: Leadership
Image of Rob Portman
We shouldn't be debating whether to deal with the current code by allowing it to be extended or not. We should have a president who shows leadership and comes to Congress and says: 'You know what? We need to reform this whole tax code.'
- Rob Portman
Collection: Leadership
Image of Jim Yong Kim
One of the most important things about leadership is that you have to have the kind of humility that will allow you to be coached.
- Jim Yong Kim
Collection: Leadership
Image of James MacGregor Burns
Woodrow Wilson called for leaders who, by boldly interpreting the nation's conscience, could lift a people out of their everyday selves. That people can be lifted into their better selves is the secret of transforming leadership.
- James MacGregor Burns
Collection: Leadership
Image of Heather Bresch
I'd like to believe that achieving a leadership position is all about competency, capability and ambition, so I try not to distinguish between the sexes when it comes to giving career advice.
- Heather Bresch
Collection: Leadership
Image of Jessica Lange
To my mind the election was stolen by George Bush and we have been suffering ever since under this man's leadership.
- Jessica Lange
Collection: Leadership
Image of Chris Christie
If anybody ran a business like that they would be out of business quickly, and Barack Obama's leadership is driving this business, the United States of America, toward a fiscal cliff.
- Chris Christie
Collection: Leadership
Image of Mary Barra
My senior leadership team is half people who have been at GM for a long period of time like me, and others who have joined the company within the last five years from different industries, experiences, and countries. You have a better picture of the world. The diversity of thought is where you can make better business decisions.
- Mary Barra
Collection: Leadership
Image of Robert Shea
One simple way to keep organizations from becoming cancerous might be to rotate all jobs on a regular, frequent and mandatory basis, including the leadership positions.
- Robert Shea
Collection: Leadership
Image of Robin S. Sharma
I have spent years as a leadership coach to the very wealthy and have been able to get behind the eyes of some of the world's best, studying the minute details of what makes a person great.
- Robin S. Sharma
Collection: Leadership
Image of Jim Ramstad
All Americans and freedom-loving people around the world owe President Reagan our deepest gratitude for his strong, principled leadership that ended the Cold War and brought freedom to millions of people.
- Jim Ramstad
Collection: Leadership