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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.'.
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.
Leadership is the art of getting people to do what you want them to do because they want to do read more
Leadership is the art of getting people to do what you want them to do because they want to do it.
A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way.
A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way.
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.
Leadership is not magnetic personality — that can just as well be a glib tongue. It is not 'making friends read more
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 high sights, the raising of a person's performance to a higher standard, the building of a personality beyond its normal limitations.
A true leader always keeps an element of surprise up his sleeve, which others cannot grasp but which keeps his read more
A true leader always keeps an element of surprise up his sleeve, which others cannot grasp but which keeps his public excited and breathless.
Leadership is an action, not a position.
Leadership is an action, not a position.