Leadership Development Quotes - Page 2

For every opinion, there is an equal and opposite opinion.

If you don’t know what your barriers are, it’s impossible to figure out how to tear them down.

Educated idiots are the most fearsome creatures in a leadership structure because even though trained they still refuse to think.

When you see an obstacle approaching, grab your courage and speed up.

Its not a question of whether we have or not, nor is-it about whether i am or you are, but this address is with respect to the fact that we need leaders who dread/desist from satisfying the rich and powerful man for political gain at the expense of their respective nations!

I’ve heard it said that a thousand mile journey to success begins with the first step. Anyone feel like taking a walk with me today?

Companies should be the best possible place to practice fulfillment, to live out values and to realize deep connectivity and purpose.

Mindfulness improves your capacity for self-discovery and empowerment.

You are blessed, You are great. You are not alone. You are powerful.

Leadership needs continuous learning from experience. Every time you learn something new, you re-wire your brain.

A good manager will always have the big picture in mind and guide the employees through a series of small targets in order to achieve overall success.

Managers know what they want most: to be allowed to achieve success by leveraging who they are, not by compromising it.

Stop categorizing and labeling! This is your way to avoid the unknown but brings the risk to avoid the new!

Leadership creates performance in people because it impacts willingness; it’s a matter of modeling, inspiring, and reinforcing.

There are circumstances which can only be created and remedied in a crucible of fury, fire, and destruction like the serotinous cones of the Jack Pine and Lodgepole Pine trees. Only after exposed to extreme heat and enormous pressures will the cone open to begin anew and flourish amongst the cleansed but desolate landscape. Also, like the unpredictable restrained power of a dormant volcano storing it's potential energy over long periods of time gives way to this planets most enchanting display of scenic beauty to stark nightmarish backdrops. Egos are like wildfires to me because they start small but uncontrolled they will get out-of-hand and devour without prejudice. However, egotistical people are part of life and the best defense is a good offense with fire breaks dug in advance anticipation and left in place for when the right conditions present themselves where you must decide to fight that fire or be consumed by it.

As more and more artificial intelligence is entering into the world, more and more emotional intelligence must enter into leadership.

Once a message has been sent electronically, the writer has ceded power not just to the recipient, but to whomever the recipient chooses to forward the information. To access electronic communication is to control it. The recipient, not the writer, has power over future dissemination of the writer’s words.

Values are the individual biases that allow you to decide which actions are true for you alone.

This is your one and only precious life. Somebody’s going to decide how it’s going to be lived and that person had better be you.

Leadership embodies a spirit of encouragement. It is difficult to lead people where they are not enthusiastically encouraged to go.

He who cannot swim should neither chase the dolphins nor play with sharks. For him disaster awaits like sunrise.

Effective leaders are good spotters. They are on the lookout forpotential leaders. They have the ability to look beyond other’s deficiencies tosee their possibilities.

You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say can and will be used against you in a court of law...Do you understand the rights I have just read to you? With these rights in mind, do you wish to speak to me?” Most Americans adults have heard the Miranda rights from countless television and movie crime drams. The first statement of the Miranda rights is a simple but powerful declarative sentence. “You have the right to remain silent.” Not speaking will not be held against you, but the suspect is told that any words spoken “can and will be used against you in a court of law.” U.S. law provides the opportunity for reflection and protection against self-incrimination with the last sentence asking, “Do you wish to speak to me?” Reflect and ask yourself, it is wise to post or send an email containing that information?

Thought leadership is when a leader's thoughts are being used by leaders to lead others.

Humankind is the greatest resources.

Listen my dear sister! You only fix something, when it’s broken. And you - are far from broken. Say to yourself, I am perfect, the way I am. Say to yourself, I am beautiful the way I am. Say to yourself, those who do not accept me the way I am, do not deserve me in their life.

Serving my generation with excellence will mean my generation can in turn lead with excellence.

A leader is skating up hill on a slippery slope when Servant Leadership is not part of a leaders philosophy.

The world needs courage and conscience that can penetrate into the darkest mysteries and secrets of the universe.

Career is a marathon race, not a 100-meter sprint ~ Deepak Mehra

Sow the seeds of weakness and inferiority in the kids and they’ll grow up to be inferior, crawling, insignificant insects. Sow the seeds of courage and they’ll become brave-heart leaders who will one day change the course of human history.

The company may have captured their minds, their bodies and their pockets, but that doesn’t mean it’s captured their hearts.

At the different stages of recognition, reflection, and redress, practicing compassion provides potentially world-saving opportunities which otherwise likely would not exist.

Why live my personal values at work? This is an excellent question to ask. If your attorneys are planning an insanity defense.

Given the same honor and dignity as men, women can build a much better and more harmonious world.

What companies want most from their managers is what they most stop their managers from giving. What managers want most from their jobs is what they most stop themselves from getting.

Never put your business in the hands of one person or a select few. People leave. People die. People forget.

Management controls performance in people because it impacts skills; it’s a matter of monitoring, analyzing and directing.

The key difference between captain and coach? The latter’s opportunities for influence come at moments when play isn't happening,

Every day you should wake up with the excitement in knowing that God’s plans for you are far greater than your dreams for yourself. The best is yet to come!

Our journeys are different but we can share the same well traveled path during parts of our excursion. Small victories win wars not single battles.

When leaders acquire the skills that enable them to release the productive potential and tap the collective capabilities of the group, who knows what positive results will be achieved? Some of them may move mountains.

Your brand is the value and magic that's not in your bottle, body or box. It's the inspiration, incense, intent and impact before, within and beyond.

Integrity is the bond of trust.

Do you know great minds enjoy excellence, average minds love mediocrity and small minds adore comfort zones?

Be an intentionally D.U.M.B. Person today! D-Demonstrate love to someone todayU-Understand and encourage someone todayM-Motivate someone todayB-Believe in someone today

No institution can become the cradle of leadership, until its teachers break their manacles of rugged dogmas.

The bigger the victory, the bigger the battle. Still, be the light and a change agent for healing, restoration and transformation.

I am a scientist who studies the human mind, including the sexual differences in mental faculties, and I am telling you, ten female thinkers can teach humanity lessons equivalent to the teachings of a hundred male thinkers of history.

In leadership, the way up is down. Serve before you get served

Mothers and fathers are born everywhere. What the world needs are leaders.

Character- building education is what the world needs – education, that will empower the mind with such an unimaginable strength that one would meet death face to face and say “some other time, pal!

Becoming a Leader of Character changes lives—our lives and the lives of the people we touch.

A damaging email forwarded outside the organization is indicative of problems within the organization.

When there is alignment and understanding, it is much easier to navigate forward together, moving in and out of agreement.

Gender equality is not a belief, it is not an idea - it is a key element of the society that will define whether we the humans shall march ahead towards glory and advancement, or sink into the abyss of an existential doom.

Do you think your people struggle with being true to themselves? Do their values match up with their work?

There are many countries but few nations. We are committed to building Nigeria into a most desirable nation to live

Focus your thoughts today on HOW ‘You can!’ instead of accepting that ‘You can’t.’ Amazing ideas will come your way.

A leaders gentle reaction and sound instruction are their greatest weapons.