Whether a man is burdened by power or enjoys power; whether he is trapped by responsibility or made free by read more

Whether a man is burdened by power or enjoys power; whether he is trapped by responsibility or made free by it; whether he is moved by other people and outer forces or moves them -- this is of the essence of leadership.

Anyone can hold the helm when the sea is calm.

Anyone can hold the helm when the sea is calm.

The task of the leader is to get his people from where they are to where they have not been.

The task of the leader is to get his people from where they are to where they have not been.

No man will make a great leader who wants to do it all himself, or to get all the credit read more

No man will make a great leader who wants to do it all himself, or to get all the credit for doing it.

The leader has to be practical and a realist, yet must talk the language of the visionary and the idealist.

The leader has to be practical and a realist, yet must talk the language of the visionary and the idealist.

If you lead on the people with correctness, who will dare not to be correct?

If you lead on the people with correctness, who will dare not to be correct?

The leader can never close the gap between himself and the group. If he does, he is no longer what read more

The leader can never close the gap between himself and the group. If he does, he is no longer what he must be. He must walk a tightrope between the consent he must win and the control he must exert.

When the effective leader is finished with his work, the people say it happened naturally.

When the effective leader is finished with his work, the people say it happened naturally.

You don't have to hold a position in order to be a leader.

You don't have to hold a position in order to be a leader.