Transformational Leadership Quotes

Two key leadership excellence values worth focusing on separately are being principle-centred and being consistent. The complimentary construction of these leadership fibres can easily be misconstrued for unreasonable stubbornness, yet they form the backbone of strong, effective transformational leadership. In building the legacy advocated for, in leadership excellence brands, you must sharpen the practice of these leadership values in every area of your life. ~ Archibald Marwizi

Effectively clear communication is crucial to a transformational leadership while poor communication is its biggest enemy. ~ Farshad Asl

I have found that when I intentionally control my thoughts, walk humbly, love and forgive unconditionally, generally, I have a pretty good day. ~ Ford Taylor

Experience is not the best teacher. The consequence from experience is the best teacher. No consequence no lesson. ~ Ford Taylor

The public will not forgive us if their wish to leave is subject to a bitter and a divisive Conservative Party leadership race between Remain and Leave camps. ~ Priti Patel

In this age, I don't care how tactically or operationally brilliant you are, if you cannot create harmony-even vicious harmony-on the battlefield based on trust across service lines, across coalition and national lines, and across civilian/military lines, you need to go home, because your leadership is obsolete. We have got to have officers who can create harmony across all those lines. ~ James Mattis

We should think not only of what the leader does to the group, but also of what the group does to the leader. ~ Mary Parker Follett

No time for anything, little time for everything ~ Sonya Withrow

Humility is a most excellent barometer," he said, "and ought to be looked for in all those we are made to look up to. ~ Alan Bradley

People who repeatedly find career success learn to broaden their perspective and understand that there are always several roads to getting where you want to go. ~ Carla Harris

If you want a thing done - go. If not - send. ~ Benjamin Franklin

The world of the 90s and beyond will belong to managers or those who make the numbers dance, as we used to say, or those who are conversant with all the business jargon we used to sound smart. The world will belong to passionate, driven leaders
people who not only have an enormous amount of energy but who can energize those whom they lead. ~ John Welch

American philanthropic custom owes much to leadership by business and professional people. ~ Robert L. Payton

If you are given a public responsibility, you have to listen, weigh up all the issues, but ultimately you have to form a view of what you genuinely think is in the public interest ... put the public interest above the vested interest. ~ Graeme Samuel

A good cult delivers on its promises. A good cult nourishes the needs of its members, has transparency and integrity, and creates provisions for challenging its leadership openly. A good cult expands the freedoms and well-being of its members rather than limits them. ~ Philip Zimbardo

Leadership, Alpha, comes at a cost. You see, we expect that when danger threatens us from the outside, that the person who is actually stronger, the person who is better fed, and the person who is teaming with serotonin and actually has higher confidence than the rest of us; we expect them to run towards the danger to protect us. This is what it means to be a leader. The cost of leadership is self interest. If you're not willing to give up your perks when it matters, then you probably shouldn't get promoted. You might be an authority but you will not be a leader. Leadership comes at a cost. You don't get to do less work when you get more senior, you have to do more work. And the more work you have to do is put yourself at risk to look after others. That is the anthropological definition of what a leader IS.

Why Leaders Eat Last: http://vimeo.com/79899786 ~ Simon Sinek

You need a strategy to assume leadership, but only the character can sustain leaders as who they really are. ~ Pearl Zhu

I am a huge believer in giving back and helping out in the community and the world. Think globally, act locally I suppose. I believe that the measure of a person's life is the affect they have on others. ~ Steve Nash

I know of no one who would be a good High Commissioner of Palestine except God. ~ John Chancellor

There is extraordinary value in doing things for others simply because you want to, not because you expect anything in return. ~ Michelle Tillis Lederman, CSP

Labor, under their current leadership, want to be the Downtown Abbey party when it comes to educational opportunity. They think working class children should stick to the station in life they were born into - they should be happy to be recognized for being good with their hands and not presume to get above themselves. ~ Michael Gove

The idea that the UN system could provide real leadership on the great development challenges will strain credulity in some quarters. ~ Jeffrey Sachs

Positive energy is unleashed when leaders give themselves permission to connect and express themselves from the core of who they are. When leaders practice authenticity, creativity, engagement, confidence, and a sense of inner resourcefulness emerge. ~ Henna Inam

Leadership must be demonstrated, not announced. ~ Fran Tarkenton

For many years, Myanmar's leadership was largely shut out from the world of international diplomacy. ~ Najib Razak

Persuasive guessing has been at the core of leadership for so long, for all of human experience so far, that it is wholly unsurprising that most of the leaders of this planet, in spite of all the information that is suddenly ours, want the guessing to go on. ~ Kurt Vonnegut

You did what your heart told you to do,' Brain complimented. 'It is what leaders, not followers, do. ~ Tonya Hurley

Evolution, thus, is merely contingent on certain processes articulated by Darwin: variation and selection. No longer is a fixed object transformed, as in transformational evolution, but an entirely new start is, so to speak, made in every generation. ~ Ernst W. Mayr

While JFK had made the sale on a political level, he had not yet completed it on an emotional one. ~ David Pietrusza

We have a problem with women in leadership across the board. This leadership gap - this problem of not enough women in leadership - is running really deep and it's in every industry. My answer is we have to understand the stereotype assumptions that hold women back. ~ Sheryl Sandberg

If world problems feel too big to tackle, think small. Step by step. Small wins build confidence, lead the way to change. ~ Rosabeth Moss Kanter

A scholar who cherishes the love of comfort is not fit to be deemed a scholar. ~ Lao-Tzu

Positive questions bring out the best in people, inspire positive action, and create possibilities for positive futures. ~ Diana Whitney

Anyone who writes a law that cannot be easily understood by an average citizen is not worthy of leadership. The Constitution, which was written by extremely learned men, is quite easy to understand and should serve as a gold standard for the language and size of subsequent legislation that is introduced. ~ Ben Carson

There are a lot days where I don't know if God exists. There are a lot of days where I think the leadership of the Church is wacky, a lot of days where I really doubt why I am a part of this thing. But, down deep, I know it to be true. Down deep, I know how much I love it and that's what sort of gets me through. The churches are the pope, and its priests and its mystery and everything. I just sort of like the whole thing. ~ Lino Rulli