Quotes about leadership-characteristics

Solitude helps the soul remember that life andwork have two completely different meanings. It remindsus that we were created for greatness in relationship withothers, not task lists and spreadsheets.

God does not need just ability but availability

Great leaders are teachable leaders.

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.

He was one of life’s great helpers, for he cleaned up foul places and made them sweet.

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

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

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

If you are a good leader, you are a good listener.

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

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.

As a leader, it’s critical to take the time to reflect in order to create a powerful vision for the company.

A visionary is a leader of excellence who sees what others do not see, who achieves for now and plans for the future, who positively impacts different generations and raises up other visionaries.

This island has no secrets, not from me. It loves me, and I love it, and when I paint my face I'm a part of the island. The swarthiness of my face hidden behind the clay and charcoal. I leave behind England, it's not important anymore, our island is all that matters. The rhythm of the hunt, the sun, beats deep in my blood. The littl'uns play, eat, and sleep, there good for nothing and just take up precious space on my island.I couldn't have known a ship would pass at the exact moment my hunters

Inspiration shouldn't respond to time, rather the other way around. Time must be altered to inspiration, "Timing is wrong" NO! Timing is never wrong. Sacrifice and the likes gets thrown in at this point.

Simple life EthosIf you must judge. Let your moral beacon guide you to a decision you can live with,If you feel generous, give with humility so others could live with dignity,If you became aware of injustice, your inaction or silence are part of it,Living life without courage, is like living without honour,If your arrogance started to control your behavior, then it's time for you to stratify to heaven where there are no earthly human beings Never live behind the rocks. Always move to find comfor

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

Remember the many compartments of the heart, the seed of what is possible. So much of who we are is defined by the places we hold for each other. For it is not our ingenuity that sets us apart, but our capacity for love, the possibility our way will be lit by grace. Our hearts prisms, chiseling out the colors of pure light.

Real leadership is not seeking the applause from followers real leadership is applauding the followers who become leaders.

Authentic leadership is leading adaptively from your core, choosing who you’re most inspired to be to serve the greatest good in this moment.

Authentic leadership is about leading from the core of who we are to inspire each of us to our best contribution toward a shared mission.

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.

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

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

Whether a chief executive officer (CEO) is applying the practices to build an organizational vision or an employee is helping a colleague resolve a problem, anyone at any organizational level can leverage leadership practices.

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.

Having a good definition of spiritual leadership is critical to developmentof leadership cultural throughout your church. You need to know what you areshooting for if you are going to hit the target.

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

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.

Only a person who perceives that all human beings are important can become a great leader.

I strongly believe that leadership is an art, not a science. I've learned that leadership can be innate or it can be learned. However, I don't believe anyone was truly born to be a great leader. Great leaders are formed over a long period of time through a series of opportunities and experiences. Without opportunities, even the greatest natural leader among us may never become known for great leadership.

There are few second chances when it comes to establishing your leadership legacy.

Put your name on the mailbox.

Stay in your lane.

One cannot lead well until one learns to follow well.

When leaders lack expertise, nothing else works

The greatest risk most of us will take in our lifetime is that of repression or denial of basic rights of another person. The great risk is that you have no idea what will happen if that person you think so small or insignificant of stands up and totally eclipses the Sun in the universe of those lacking in empathy, humility, and humbleness.

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

Tough times should serve only one purpose in your life to teach you how to be tougher on the inside than your circumstances are on the outside.

Attitude is your number one weapon against mediocrity.

When a leader is at their limit the last thing they want to hear is that they need to change even more. Maintaining good rhythms of rest, exercise and fun create more energy for a leader to be willing and open for change.

We must be present enough and receptive enough to “hear” with our whole being beyond just the words that are being spoken.

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

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.

Learn from your experiences and past mistakes, assimilate them and convert them to formulas to achieve sustenance first , and then work your way to success to be the leaders in the market.

I believe leaders should be questioning machine, rather than an answering machine.

Most employees are never made or allowed to understand the real meaning behind the work that they are doing. So, for how long can someone remain motivated about chasing something without knowing what he is chasing and why?

Each year's regrets are envelopes in which messages of hope are found for the New Year.

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

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

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

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

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.

Missional leaders are comfortable in the own skin.

Don’t let your principles sit idle on a plaque. Bring them to life.

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

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

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

There are no perfect leaders.

People who follow you want to know in their hearts what you are willing to sacrifice for them. Your followers don’t care how much you know until they know how much you care for their welfare. Leading to succeed begins with servant leadership.

Although it is great to know, it is better to be told, 'I love you.' Whose day can you make better today by simply saying, 'I love you?' Now do the thing you know better to do.

If you have allowed a laborious lifestyle to suppress your dreams, then NOW is the time to take a STAND and give yourself PERMISSION to DREAM again! Now remove the clutter in your life and make PLANS to make your dreams a reality.

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

Leadership is a conversation.

Don’t just timidly swing at the problems in your life, swing hard enough to knock them out! Small efforts produce small results, big efforts produce big results!

Leaders inspire accountability through their ability to accept responsibility before they place blame.

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

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

Self- reliance is the greatest of all virtues my friend.

Only you can save yourself.

If a leader wants his people to do something, he himself must firstly do it!

Help does not come from anywhere outside - it comes only from within ourselves.

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

You Are At Different Levels With Different People.

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

Stop grovelling and start working.

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

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

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

Throw away the newspapers. Discard all the useless debates and gossiping. Start working in silence. Start working on your passion. And make the news yourself.

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

A humble learner of today becomes a strong leader of tomorrow.

To the degree you experience a love deficit you will also manifest a leadership deficit.

Leadership grows like tall trees. It needs both toughness and flexibility - toughness for accountability - flexibility to adapt changes with a compassionate & caring heart for self and others.

In essence, leadership is the sense of calling to a higher purpose.

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.

Great leaders have three things; inner light, inner vision and inner strength.

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

Following trends on social media will not lead to social consciousness.

Politics means implementation of the best ideas for the society in the path of wellbeing and progress.

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 ofmodern socie

One of the most important qualities of a president is the ability to inspire, to bring people together for the common good.

With a little care for each other in the business world,we create a better one. A world in which human beings look after their fellow humans.

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.

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

Powerful leaders use their position of power to empower others.

In all spheres of life, there are constraints. You have to develop your own strategy to overcome each constraint.

Just do what you were going to do, before you said you were going to do it.

I am not smart, I pay attention.I am not considerate, I listen.I am not patient, I make time. I’m not lucky, I work hard.