Leadership Characteristics Quotes

The day you accept a position or promotion under the handshake of quid pro quo in exchange to look the other way you forfeit the duty to lead by example. ~ Donavan Nelson Butler

The good leader repeats the good news, keeps the worst to himself. ~ Sophocles

Every leader will hit a series of plateaus in their lives. The key is not to say there, because settling on a plateau can easily lead to an elongated season of comfort. Being comfortable is one of the leader's worst enemies ~ Gary Rohrmayer

There is nothing worse for a young convert than to be thrust into leadership without mentoring and ongoing coaching because the devil relishes these vulnerable souls. ~ Gary Rohrmayer

Missional leaders are comfortable in the own skin. ~ Gary Rohrmayer

All the calculus, quantum mechanics and languages in the world are worthless pieces of information, if they are not brought to the service of the society. ~ Abhijit Naskar

Great business leaders of our time stand above the crowd not because of what they do, but what they don't do. ~ Shawn Casemore

God does not need just ability but availability ~ Ikechukwu Joseph

If you want to be drunk, become drunk with an idea. If you want pleasure, have pleasure from the pursuit of your passion. If you want to be indoctrinated, then be so by the natural law of humanism. ~ Abhijit Naskar

Leadership is a conversation. ~ William A. Adams

Leaders set the context and create the conditions in which individuals and organizations thrive. ~ Bob Anderson

Real leadership is not seeking the applause from followers; real leadership is applauding the followers who become leaders. ~ Onyi Anyado

Stop grovelling and start working. ~ Abhijit Naskar

When you expect the best from people, you will often see more in them than they see in themselves. ~ Mark Miller

There are two types of poverty: Money poverty and character poverty. Both are to be hated with equal passion ~ Nicky Verd

If you don't think talk is cheap, we need to have a heart-to-heart conversation. ~ Frank Sonnenberg

Fair-minded people earn the respect of their colleagues rather than demanding it. ~ Frank Sonnenberg

Leadership Is About Care, Not Scare, It's About Giving, Not Taking". ~ Venugopal Acharya

Organisations are innovating quicker than ever. Your members need to excel from being a team player to a team builder. ~ Janna Cachola

Your listening, not your speaking, is your most direct access to leadership effectiveness. ~ Al Ritter

There are no self made heroes or leaders. No matter how rugged or self assured, everyone requires a cast of players - friends, mentors, lovers, critics, villains and supporters - who call, invite, seduce, goad and encourage them to finally step into their true power.
We are all heroes and leaders in some way, and we all need each other. ~ Jacob Nordby

You don't die when your body stops functioning. You die when your name is uttered for the last time in the world. ~ Abhijit Naskar

The world needs heroes. Be a hero and build your part of the world. ~ Abhijit Naskar

True leadership is not defined by notoriety, power, prestige, status, or job title... ~ Angie Morgan

It is easy to lead from the front when there are no obstacles before you, the true colors of a leader are exposed when placed under fire. ~ Mark W. Boyer

Have patience and keep working. Everything will come alright in time. ~ Abhijit Naskar

Effective leaders make it easy for people around them to tell the truth, to be candid and open. ~ Al Ritter

Authenticity is a practice we choose in each present moment. It is not a plan or a destination to get to. The choices we make in the now are most important because in a fast-changing world, flexing to what's happening now, and creating from it is a critical leadership skill. ~ Henna Inam

Rest and comfort are two different things. Rest is a planned temporary time to refresh and refocus the leader. Comfort is when you settle into unproductive routines and accept satisfactory or unsatisfactory results. ~ Gary Rohrmayer

Put your foot upon the neck of the fear of criticism by reaching a decision not to worry about what other people think, do, or say. ~ Napoleon Hill

If you can't handle the answer, then don't ask the question. ~ T.A. Uner

The leader must have both – the courage to take the people to a daring destination and the humility to selflessly serve others on the journey. ~ Cheryl A. Bachelder

Make a difference, change the game for the better, leave a legacy, be a guide that someone else can follow and make better, and then someone else will follow that and make that better. ~ Carlos Wallace

Be the start of something that is good, revolutionary and powerful. Everything after that is a bonus! ~ Carlos Wallace

Authentic leadership is the full expression of "me" for the benefit of "we". ~ Henna Inam

When you don't have time to do your job, that's a good indication you're playing the wrong game. ~ Mark Miller

A day may come when all hope is lost; when the oceans run red with our blood, and our darkest hour is upon us - and when it comes, that red day of reckoning, we turn, my dears, not to our rulers-in-good-times, but to our leaders-in-bad-times. ~ Louise Blackwick

One cannot lead well until one learns to follow well. ~ Jacqueline Patricks

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A true leader stands up for his own beliefs and convictions,a business man follows public opinions and market researches. ~ Kamil Toume

IF INDIVIDUAL LEADERSHIP QUALITY AND CAPABILITY IS PERFECTLY GENUINE TO TACKLE & INSCRIBE ANY ANGLE OF IMPOSSIBILITY INTO POSSIBLE ACCORDING TO MODERN TRENDS.THAT IS DICTIONARY MEANING OF LEADERSHIP IN ANY WALK OF GLOBAL PERSONAL,OFFICIAL AND SOCIAL LIFE AFFAIRS.LEADER MEANS THE MODERN, HI-FI,SOPHISTICATED AN ALL IN ONE EXPERIENCED KNOW HOW FLASH EXCELLENCE MIND SOFT WARE FOR ALL ANGLES OF GLOBAL ENACT DRIVE 24/7/3600 TILL LAST DAY OF SUN & MOON MOVE ON UNIVERSAL SPACE. ~ Various

In A Challenging Situation When Everyone Around You Feels Lost, Make Sure You're Prepared To Step Up And Lead. ~ Wesam Fawzi

The purpose of a true leader should be to create a world which does not need leaders. ~ Abhijit Naskar

Every time you invite a candidate to interview, you should expect to be interviewed, too. ~ Stacy Feiner

What do I and a diamond have in common? We are tough, brilliant, and carbon based entities which evolved into something better under immense pressure, tribulation, and trials. ~ Donavan Nelson Butler

There are no perfect leaders. ~ Max McKeown

Integrity is the soul of leadership! Trust is the engine of leadership! ~ Amine A. Ayad

You are born to build the society, not to follow it. ~ Abhijit Naskar

Awake, O brave one! Arise, O lion-heart! Be the messenger that spreads compassion. ~ Abhijit Naskar

When you see an obstacle approaching, grab your courage and speed up. ~ Angela Lynne Craig

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

Don't let your principles sit idle on a plaque. Bring them to life. ~ Cheryl A. Bachelder

Great leaders create great cultures regardless of the dominant culture in the organization. ~ Bob Anderson

In the future, we should anticipate seeing more hybrid wars where conventional warfare, irregular warfare, asymmetric warfare, and information warfare all blend together, creating a very complex and challenging situation to the combatants; therefore it will require military forces to posses hybrid capabilities, which might help deal with hybrid threats. ~ Agus Harimurti Yudhoyono

A humble learner of today becomes a strong leader of tomorrow. ~ Abhijit Naskar

Without Purpose, LIVING is downgraded to Breathing a boring routine of inhaling oxygen - waiting to exhale ~ Fela Durotoye

Each year's regrets are envelopes in which messages of hope are found for the New Year. ~ John R. Dallas Jr.

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

Leadership Is All About Character And Inspiration, And Not Position And Manipulation". ~ Venugopal Acharya

Having margins in your life strips away external voices and allows that person to remember and honor the true self within. ~ Angela Lynne Craig

Whatever you do, do it as a master, not as a slave. ~ Abhijit Naskar

An Effective Leader Seeks To Understand And Address The Needs Of His Team Before Seeking The Fulfillment Of His Own Needs". ~ Venugopal Acharya

Be excellent in your own terms. ~ Abhijit Naskar

When your team member makes a request, take it seriously. Those who make an effort of asking cares about your organisation, those who don't ask don't care. ~ Janna Cachola

There are certain people in your life and work where the relationship is more important than who is right or wrong. ~ Al Ritter

Put your name on the mailbox. ~ Scott H. Dearduff

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. ~ Gary Rohrmayer

Politics means implementation of the best ideas for the society in the path of wellbeing and progress. This is the approach that gave the world, leaders of glorious characters such as Abraham Lincoln, Martin Luther King Jr., Subhas Chandra Bose (the actual man behind India's Independence), Vasil Levski (the man who liberated Bulgaria from the Ottoman oppression), Nelson Mandela and many more. These people were technically politicians too, but unlike the majority of the politicians of
modern society, their approach to politics was what it should be in a real system of politics. ~ Abhijit Naskar

Following trends on social media will not lead to social consciousness. ~ Carlos Wallace

Remember all missional advancement always engages missional resistance. ~ Gary Rohrmayer

Yes, it's important to inspire the next generation but let's not forget to inspire the now generation too. ~ Onyi Anyado

Leadership is first and foremost bout character, one who is in power but not subordinate to it, one has control of money but is not lured by it, one whose position opens all doors but prefers the simplicity of lifestyle, and one who is followed by many but takes the heart of a servant. ~ Wilfrido V. Villacorta

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. ~ Jaha Knight

Having a good definition of spiritual leadership is critical to development
of leadership cultural throughout your church. You need to know what you are
shooting for if you are going to hit the target. ~ Gary Rohrmayer

Some people live in 20 years a billion times more than most people live in 80. ~ Abhijit Naskar

To some strength is measured in numbers but to me strength is measured in character. ~ Donavan Nelson Butler

The answer from yesterday is not as critical as the questions about the future. ~ Pearl Zhu

ReThink your success mindset: In life, the stuff that really matters most, is invisible, but palpable. ~ Tony Dovale

My responsibility is leadership, and the minute I get negative, that is going to have an influence on my team. ~ Don Shula

Everyone is achieving at 100% of their potential, limited by beliefs and mindset constraints. ~ Tony Dovale

If American misjudgments and actions that evolved into human tragedies - i.e., racism, sexism, and other bigotries - are guiding lights, the Chinese leadership must ultimately yield its power to the sovereignty of its people. ~ Patrick Mendis

Everyone you work with, in order to achieve a goal, must have something to lose if it is not realised and something to gain if it is realised. These are the people that are going to stick around you through thick and thin until the job is done. ~ Saidi Mdala

Until Sammy Baugh - pro football in Texas was a one-paragraph story on the third page of the Monday sports section. ~ Dan Jenkins

It struck him that the truly characteristic thing about modern life was not its cruelty and insecurity, but simply its bareness, its dinginess, its listlessness. Life, if you looked about you, bore no resemblance not only to the lies that streamed out of the telescreens, but even to the ideals that the party was trying to achieve. ~ George Orwell

There is an undeniable economic and cultural disconnect between many of those who volunteer to serve and those who choose to remain civilians. But what is more concerning to me is the disconnect between our political leadership that applauds our soldiers and veterans, but then won't provide funding to properly armored vehicles or health care when our servicemen and women come home. You can't send men and women to war without being prepared to take care of them abroad and give them the services they need when they return home. ~ Ruben Gallego

The idea of direct action against the evil that you want to overcome is a kind of common denominator for anarchist ideas and anarchist movements. I think one of the most important principles of anarchism is that you cannot separate means and ends. Anarchism requires means and ends to be in line with one another. I think this is in fact one of the distinguishing characteristics of anarchism. ~ Howard Zinn

Nixon under pressure turned only to reporters from publications already favorable to him; Kennedy, in trouble, turned to those most critical and dubious of him, and if anything tended to take those already for him a bit for granted. ~ David Halberstam

So they actually put it into their mission statement, and they start changing things as a result. They may change how worship works. They may actively recruit folks and try and get them to come and help them to feel comfortable and get them involved in leadership, and there's a variety of ways. ~ Michael Emerson

But I knew something that Elena hadn't. That the measure of a true queen didn't lie in her magic. It had more to do with who she was, and what she was willing to give of herself, than it did with the powers she possessed
- Charlaina di Heyse ~ Kimberly Derting

Modesty is related to diffidence, diffidence is related to shyness, Shyness is a synonym for timidity, timidity is a characteristic of the meek, the meek do not inherit the Earth, they serve those who are self confident and self assertive. ~ Dean Koontz

There would not be enough talent that's educated, developed and ready to take on the next leadership challenge, and it would cap our growth. Now we've put programs in place not to have that happen, but that could be a weakness. ~ Kevin Rollins

Wise leaders understand that the single greatest determinant of whether followers will ever own a vision deeply is the extent to which whose followers believe the leader will own it. ~ Bill Hybels

During rough time in a Business, a Leader should act like a ship captain. His first and foremost priority should be to put his employees to security before thinking of his own welfare. ~ Indy Bissessur

Train your new employee properly. Sounds so obvious, and yet it often doesn't happen. ~ Amber Hurdle

Thanks to the leadership of Vice President Gore, we have a government for the Information Age, once again a government that is a progressive instrument of the common good, rooted in our oldest values of opportunity, responsibility and community, devoted to fiscal responsibility, determined to give our people the tools they need to make the most of their own lives in the 21st century, a 21st century government for 21st century America. ~ William J. Clinton

In most important ways, leaders of the future will need the traits and capabilities of leaders throughout history: an eye for change and a steadying hand to provide both vision and reassurance that change can be mastered, a voice that articulates the will of the group and shapes it to constructive ends, and an ability to inspire by force of personality while making others feel empowered to increase and use their own abilities. ~ Rosabeth Moss Kanter

This ... Godless society operates in an extremely efficient manner at least in its higher levels of leadership ... It follows a perfectly mapped out strategy. It holds almost complete sway in international organizations, in financial circles, in the field of mass communications; press, cinema, radio and television. ~ Pedro Arrupe

No person can be a great leader unless he takes genuine joy in the successes of those under him. ~ W. H. Auden

Substance and content over style and hype any day. ~ Derwin L. Gray

Great powers can tend to be casual because the situation is not existential. This increases the cost of doing what is necessary. ~ George Friedman