Leadership Quotes - Quotes about Leadership

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

"A leader is someone who steps back from the entire system and tries to build a more collaborative, more innovative system that will work over the long term."

"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."

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

"The quality of a leader is reflected in the standards they set for themselves."

"A leader is someone who steps back from the entire system and tries to build a more collaborative, more innovative system that will work over the long term."

"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."

"A real leader faces the music, even when he doesn't like the tune."

"I am certainly not one of those who need to be prodded. In fact, if anything, I am the prod."

"Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it."

"One of the tests of leadership is the ability to recognize a problem before it becomes an emergency."

"Leadership is a combination of strategy and character. If you must be without one, be without the strategy."