Leadership is not magnetic personality-that can just as well be a glib tongue. It is not "making friends and influencing people"-that is flattery. Leadership is lifting a person's vision to higher sights, the raising of a person's performance to a higher standard, the building of a personality beyond its normal limitations. -Peter F. Drucker.
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The final test of a leader is that he leaves behind him in other men the conviction and the will read more
The final test of a leader is that he leaves behind him in other men the conviction and the will to carry on. -Walter Lippmann.
I suppose leadership at one time meant muscles; but today it means getting along with people.
I suppose leadership at one time meant muscles; but today it means getting along with people.
A chief is a man who assumes responsibility. He says, 'I was beaten'; he does not say 'My men were read more
A chief is a man who assumes responsibility. He says, 'I was beaten'; he does not say 'My men were beaten.'.
A great leader's courage to fulfill his vision comes from passion, not position.
A great leader's courage to fulfill his vision comes from passion, not position.
A frightened captain makes a frightened crew.
A frightened captain makes a frightened crew.
American philanthropic custom owes much to leadership by business and professional people. -Robert L. Payton.
American philanthropic custom owes much to leadership by business and professional people. -Robert L. Payton.
Leadership is a potent combination of strategy and character. But if you must be without one, be without the strategy.
Leadership is a potent combination of strategy and character. But if you must be without one, be without the strategy.
A throne is only a bench covered with velvet.
A throne is only a bench covered with velvet.
Reason and judgment are the qualities of a leader.
Reason and judgment are the qualities of a leader.
