I look for my opportunities, not trying to go outside of my genuine realm, because leadership has to be genuine and authentic.
A good part of my leadership skills is crafted from learning from experiences early in my career that were not positive experiences.
We need to have leaders that aren’t afraid to go against the grain to call out failures in leadership.
Empowerment isn’t a buzzword among leadership gurus. It’s a proven technique where leaders give their teams the appropriate training, tools, resources, and guidance to succeed.
Leadership and greatness comes to those who follow-through. Who stand for near-flawless execution.
I think that there is an element where leadership is lonely, but I also believe that it doesn’t have to be like that.
I’ve got to tell you what, the soldier doesn’t fight very hard for a leader who is going to shoot him, okay, on his own whim. That’s not what military leadership is all about.
Leadership is not a quantitative thing. People either smell it in you, or they don’t.
Once it gets to a point where it becomes a matter of life and death to occupy a position of leadership or not, with an eye on future opportunities, therein lies the danger.
Servant leadership is the foundation and the secret of Sam Walton’s ability to achieve team synergy.
I believe that the capacity that any organisation needs is for leadership to appear anywhere it is needed, when it is needed.
True leadership knows not to go to extremes but knows how to confront and appreciate challenges.
The thing I’m most focused on today is, how am I maximizing the effectiveness of the leadership team, and what am I doing to nurture it?
Trust into leadership evaporates with communities when they see that their problems are not adequately addressed, neither at the national level nor at the international arena.
I’ve learned that leadership requires a number of qualities. It’s behavioural, tactical, technical, about communication… everyone has these to varying degrees. I try to encourage players to show theirs.
We do not have a crisis at Freddie Mac, and particularly Fannie Mae, under the outstanding leadership of Frank Raines.
Roosevelt was the one who had the vision to change our policy from isolationism to world leadership. That was a terrific revolution. Our country’s never been the same since.
As with any skill, you have to work at leadership. Watch how the best do it, review what you’ve done, and look at what you might do.
I believe that the will of the people is resolved by a strong leadership. Even in a democratic society, events depend on a strong leadership with a strong power of persuasion, and not on the opinion of the masses.
In our system leadership is by consent, not command. To lead a President must persuade. Personal contacts and experiences help shape his thinking. They can be critical to his persuasiveness and thus to his leadership.
Maybe if everybody in leadership was a woman, you might not get into the conflicts in the first place. But if you watch the women who have made it to the top, they haven’t exactly been non-aggressive – including me.
My number one philosophy for leadership is leadership by example. If you are not willing to do it yourself, how can you show others how to do it?
My height doesn’t define my skill set. To be a great quarterback, you have to have great leadership, great attention to detail and a relentless competitive nature – and I try to bring that on a daily basis.
Educationists should build the capacities of the spirit of inquiry, creativity, entrepreneurial and moral leadership among students and become their role model.
Don’t necessarily avoid sharp edges. Occasionally they are necessary to leadership.
