Motivational Business Leadership Quotes

If there is such a thing as good leadership, it is to give a good example. I have to do so for all the Ikea employees. ~ Ingvar Kamprad

The personal, as every one's so fucking fond of saying, is political. So if some idiot politician, some power player, tries to execute policies that harm you or those you care about, TAKE IT PERSONALLY. Get angry. The Machinery of Justice will not serve you here - it is slow and cold, and it is theirs, hardware and soft. Only the little people suffer at the hands of Justice; the creatures of power slide out from under with a wink and a grin. If you want justice, you will have to claw it from them. Make it PERSONAL. Do as much damage as you can. GET YOUR MESSAGE ACROSS. That way you stand a far better chance of being taken seriously next time. Of being considered dangerous. And make no mistake about this: being taken seriously, being considered dangerous marks the difference, the ONLY difference in their eyes, between players and little people. Players they will make deals with. Little people they liquidate. And time and again they cream your liquidation, your displacement, your torture and brutal execution with the ultimate insult that it's just business, it's politics, it's the way of the world, it's a tough life and that IT'S NOTHING PERSONAL. Well, fuck them. Make it personal.


QUELLCRIST FALCONER

Things I Should Have Learnt by Now

Volume II ~ Richard K. Morgan

Maybe you are in the Abyss of Emotional Bankruptcy looking for a way out, looking for the next rung in the ladder on your climb to the Peak of Happiness, or you may even be at the Peak of Happiness already, looking for a way to stay there. Wherever you are in life, this book is designed to give you the tools necessary to help you achieve your goals. ~ Ken Poirot

Every world-class leader listens to and acts on the truth! ~ Peter Psichogios

• Front line leaders have the opportunity to see, learn and know more about the customer than any other type of leader in the organization. ~ Peter Psichogios

Ninety percent of selling is conviction, and 10 per cent is persuasion. ~ Shiv Khera

Culture is what happens when the managers are not around. ~ Pearl Zhu

Quality is not an act, it is a habit. ~ Aristotle.

The winner is the chef who takes the same ingredients as everyone else and produces the best results. ~ Edward De Bono

Customers should be number 1, Employees number 2, and then only your Shareholders come at number 3. ~ Jack Ma

Artists of today can be inspired by the past, but they have to apply present methods if they want a future in music. ~ Loren Weisman

Wrong location? Move it. Wrong people? Replace 'em. Wrong industry? I don't believe it. I've got a company in the machine tools industry, and we're doing great. I'd happily go into the coal business. It's how you look at something and how it's managed that make the difference. ~ Ken Hendricks

Entrepreneurs see the "no diving" sign and back-up to get a running start. ~ Ryan Lilly

A woman with vision is unstoppable, a woman who is always increasing her skills multiplies. Along with passion this woman is undeniable. ~ Janna Cachola

Whether it's Google or Apple or free software, we've got some fantastic competitors and it keeps us on our toes. ~ Bill Gates

The good or ill of a man lies within his own will. ~ Epictetus

In the professional world of leadership ambition and potential are the most excessive commodities. ~ Noel DeJesus

It horrifies me that ethics is only an optional extra at Harvard Business School. ~ John Harvey-Jones

We become what we think about most. ~ John H. Vandenberg

Collective leadership effectiveness drives business performance. ~ William A. Adams

Social Media begins with a story - your story. ~ Germany Kent

Each one of us, and, indeed, all those who aspire to national leadership must bring their own visions, views and styles to the business of reforming Nigeria, and the search for solutions. ~ Ibrahim Babangida

Word hard, work smart but no matter you do, work in silence. Great battles were won with stealth. ~ Arshad Wahedna

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

For a business to strengthen its position on the market, its managers should become skillful at helping their subordinates to set and achieve specific and measurable goals with realistic deadlines and clear expectations. Managers should also mentor employees through challenges, helping them grow and develop new skills. ~ Anna Stevens

Authenticity and honesty
can be awkward and uncomfortable. ~ Kim Ha Campbell

Confidence, like art, never comes from having all answers.It comes from being open to all questions. ~ Earl Gray Stevens

The path to happiness at work starts with a simple decision: You must want to be happy. If you don't commit to being happy at work, you won't be. You won't make the choices that make you happy. You won't take the actions needed to get there. You won't change the things that need to change. ~ Alexander Kjerulf

There are only three requirements for success. First, decide exactly what it is you want in life. Second, determine the price that you are going to have to pay to get the things you want. And third, and this is most important, resolve to pay that price. ~ H. L. Hunt

Asking questions will get you the performance you are after far more than dictating demands. ~ Dan James

Discover an interest, a passion, a preference or need your client has, and take the time to give them some small item related to it. By making the extra effort to learn about the person and their business, you become very appealing and much more memorable. ~ Susan C. Young

Cream always rises to the top ... so do good leaders. ~ John Paul Warren

A competitive world offers two possibilities. You can lose. Or, if you want to win, you can change. ~ Lester Thurow

Careers are developed one conversation at a time - over time. ~ Beverly Kaye Julie Winkle Giulioni

Business should never be merely transactional -it should be transformational ~ Rasheed Ogunlaru

The secret to succeeding in business, is in the first two letters of business... BU. ~ Daniel M. Lewis

Don't even trust that you are able to unify what everyone is thinking; it is impossible ~ Jack Ma

In business, you're the Chief Salesman. Create a sense of demand, rather than waiting to have demand. ~ Barbara Corcoran

Executives run organizations. In business, we need executives who have clarity, people who are in touch with themselves. Then, in leadership and management positions, they can be good role models and leaders. The people I know who have really moved their organizations are scrupulous role models. They are so clear about honesty, integrity, openness, mutual self-respect, dignity for the individual, and creativity, that they don't deviate from these principles at all in their behavior. ~ Michael Ray

Democrats' attack on the Republican majority leader is nothing but a coordinated agenda to stop an effective leader from accomplishing the people's business. ~ Bill Shuster

In short, contrary to the founders - and in ways they do not realize themselves - Americans today are heedlessly pursuing a vision of freedom that is short-lived and suicidal. Once again, freedom without virtue, leadership without character, business without trust, law without customs, education without meaning and medicine, science and technology without human considerations can end only in disaster. ~ Os Guinness

When you see recurring problems, the methods you've used successfully in the past have to be reevaluated. ~ Mark Miller

Progress is a vague concept, if there is no vision to progress towards. ~ Wayne Chirisa

When those who are responsible for the leadership of State begin to move in villainous ways; when they begin to destroy the fabric of what it is that our nation is held together with; when they violate the Constitution of our nation and begin to do things that are false to our dreams and our hopes
it is incumbent upon every citizen by right, but also by responsibility, to challenge that administration, to raise their voice in vigorous dissent and to challenge the way in which the state is doing business. And those who fail to do that, should be charged with patriotic treason! ~ Teddy Roosevelt

The notion of "business as usual" is a harmful myth. ~ Paul Gibbons

Learn how to lead, with your body and actions, not words. ~ Francis Shenstone