Leadership Characteristics Quotes - Page 4

Human behavior is only unpredictable and dangerous if you don’t start from humanity in the first place.

Most employees are never made or allowed to understand the real meaning behind the work that they are doing. So, for how long can someone remain motivated about chasing something without knowing what he is chasing and why?

Self-reliance is an America virtue but not a biblical value. Solomon wrote, "The way of fools seems right to them, but the wise listen to advice." (Proverbs 12:15) The word 'listen' carries with it the meaning of seeking out as well as receiving advice. A lot of pain can be prevented if leaders would just check in with their coach before a making a big decision.

The Human Self is the only friend and savior to all humanity.

There can never be someone greater at being you than you.

Success for Managers means: I want to be in healthy relationships. I want a real connection with people I spend so much time with.

Authentic leadership is about leading from the core of who we are to inspire each of us to our best contribution toward a shared mission.

I believe leaders should be questioning machine, rather than an answering machine.

Being relevant to your customers only when you’re trying to sell something means choosing to be irrelevant to them for the rest of the time.

The high quality of a company’s customer experience rarely has anything to do with the high price of their product.

Don’t just timidly swing at the problems in your life, swing hard enough to knock them out! Small efforts produce small results, big efforts produce big results!

Coachable people seek out those who speak truth to them, even if it is a painful truth, because it protects them and it makes them a better person and leader.

When rewards come from an external source instead of an internal source, they’re unreliable, which means they’re dangerous if you grow to depend on them.

An angry leader is a scared leader or a hurt leader or a frustrated leader but most of all they are a vulnerable leader.

People who follow you want to know in their hearts what you are willing to sacrifice for them. Your followers don’t care how much you know until they know how much you care for their welfare. Leading to succeed begins with servant leadership.

The heart of a company’s performance is hardwired to the hearts of its managers.

What managers want most from companies they stop themselves from getting.What companies want most from managers they stop them from giving.

Having a good definition of spiritual leadership is critical to developmentof leadership cultural throughout your church. You need to know what you areshooting for if you are going to hit the target.

The sign of a good leader is easy to recognize, though it is hardly ever seen. For the greatest leaders are those who share as equals in the trials and struggles, the demands and expectations, the hills and trenches, the laws and punishments placed upon the backs of those governed. A great leader is motivated not by power but by compassion. Therefore he can do nothing but make himself a servant to those whom he rules. Such a leader is unequivocally respected, and loved for loving.

A boss in essence is every woman willing to try, push, succeed, fail but ultimately do the work in her lifescape to make her mark on the world the way she wants to draw it.

If you are a good leader, you are a good listener.

Cultivating spiritual intimacy is essential for leaders to live a vibrant missional life.

I’ve never been motivated by money – it doesn’t drive Me.

A manager’s emotional commitment is the ultimate trigger for their discretionary effort, worth more than financial, intellectual & physical commitment combined.

A mindset that understands order, is a mindset that can understand leadership.

Help does not come from anywhere outside - it comes only from within ourselves.

Work/life balance is not about escaping work. It’s about living exactly the way you want to when you’re at work.

Be true to who you are. Don't let the world tell you who to be.

Although it is great to know, it is better to be told, 'I love you.' Whose day can you make better today by simply saying, 'I love you?' Now do the thing you know better to do.

Careful now: even a financially rewarding, intellectually stimulating work environment isn’t the same as living your own values.

Values are deeply held personal beliefs that form your own priority code for living.