Quotes & Sayings About Leadership Development

If you are not taking the time to set your own goals, chances are pretty high someone else is doing it for you. So don't be surprised someday when you end up someplace you never hoped to be. — Mark W. Boyer

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

ReThink Training: The best process of learning is on the job, just-in-time, "nibble-knowledge" to incrementally transform mindsets and skillsets irrevocably. — Tony Dovale

Leaders don't fall in love with mediocrity. The status quo isn't their desire to maintain but to improve. — Israelmore Ayivor

Leaders know where they can function better. They don't cry over what they cannot do. — Israelmore Ayivor

True leaders demonstrate initiatives-They lead the way for others to follow — Ikechukwu Joseph

Inspiring leadership communication is not about great oratory or great charisma; rather it is about getting others to believe in themselves and believe in your cause, and then achieve more than they thought was possible. — Kevin Murray

By comparison, the Integrated Human model of human nature, in addition to the two elements of our previous model, includes: A conscious analytic system, known as the slow brain (where logic resides) A subconscious intuitive system, or fast brain The full range of motivational drives (of which the drive to acquire is only one) Basic ideas of moral behavior, or moral intuitions Distinguishing characteristics, or personality traits Together, these elements of our nature provide all of the fundamental functions necessary for living life as a complete, Integrated Human - and they are the springboard for the development of leadership character. As our research data has shown, the ability to leverage all of these areas influence leadership's ability to achieve positive organizational outcomes. — Fred Kiel

The theory that something has to be big to have a significant impact is false. — Angela Lynne Craig

Authenticity requires us to slow down. Fast times require us to slow down. To be effective, we need to slow down our pace of thought and action and focus on managing our attention. To be authentic leaders we need to act from intention and choice rather than from habit and impulse. — Henna Inam

A good leader doesn't have to know everything. Nobody knows everything that's why you surround yourself with people who are experts in different areas.

"That's what makes a good leader. — Patience Johnson

Are you ready to possess your master piece; ready to live a life that is worthy of who you were made to be? You will likely shed a few tears - tears of joy, tears of pain, tears of revelation - you might scream out loud and laugh out loud. You might even stomp your feet, shake your fist or pound the air. That's okay, because later on you might just run out and hug a stranger, love an enemy and sing like never before as well. — J. Loren Norris

Teams use trust as currency. If it is in short supply, then the team is poor. If trust abounds, the members of the team have purchase power with each other to access each others' gifts, talents, energy, creativity, and love. The development of trust then becomes a significant leadership strategy. Trust creates the load limits on the relationship bridges among team members — Reggie McNeal

Trying to influence another person without first establishing a relationship is like trying to boil water outside of a kettle. Trust, like the kettle, is the vessel in which all things work together to generate powerful action — Denis G. McLaughlin

Leaders heal; they don't kill. They unite; they don't disintegrate. — Israelmore Ayivor

Motivating people is more than having the right incentives, the right programs and the right benefit packages. It's about tapping into the unique passions, personalities and strengths of those entrusted to our care. — Steve Knox

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. — Gary Rohrmayer

A good manager will always have the big picture in mind and guide the employees through a series of small targets in order to achieve overall success. — Abhishek Ratna

You don't need a title to be a leader, and having a title doesn't make you one. — Anthony T. Eaton

Leadership is a SERVING relationship with OTHERS that inspires THEIR growth and makes the world a better place — Fela Durotoye

We have created a culture of leadership "development" in the Church at the expense of ignore the ministry of the Church to making disciples. — John Paul Warren

It's not about how smart you are
it's about capturing minds. — Richie Norton

A harsh word breaks the heart. A kind word can sooth the savage beast. A word never spoken can bury a burden or save a relationship. — J. Loren Norris

Making appointments with yourself and scheduling other things around them is key to proactive self-management. — Michael Hyatt

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. — Amit Ray

He who cannot swim should neither chase the dolphins nor play with sharks. For him disaster awaits like sunrise. — J. Loren Norris

If you can lead yourself when nobody is following, people will follow when you are not leading — Saji Ijiyemi

World Class leaders know the secret to motivating themselves and others is discovering what they will fight for when the going gets rough. — Steve Siebold

Increasingly economic historians can draw analogies between the development of the present crisis and the period between the two world wars, as well as the crisis of a century ago, which was associated with the so-called great depression of 1873-1895. The latter crisis resulted in the rise of monopoly capitalism and imperialism, but also the end of Pax Britannica, as Britain began its decline from world leadership in the face of challenges from Germany and the United States. The present world crisis seems to be spelling the beginning of the end of Pax Americana and may hold untold other major readjustments in the international division of labor and world power in store for the future. — Andre Gunder Frank

Between a plan and it's achievement is a leader in the middle. With his one arm he makes the plan. With the other one he carries them through. — Israelmore Ayivor

As you start your day, are you wondering what you will reap, or are you wondering what you will sow? — John C. Maxwell

If the UN and other international multilateral institutions are sending troops and weaponry, now they must begin to fund training and leadership development at the same levels. The new war must start with the quality of beliefs and dreams that are planted into the hearts and minds of school children at a personal level and permeate the driving philosophies of entire societies and communities. — Archibald Marwizi

A leader's attitude tells how often he will be the winner; his character determines how long he will be the winner. — Israelmore Ayivor

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

I believe that we have reached a stage in life in the economic development of Africa where moving forward is perilous, moving backwards is cowardice and standing still is suicidal but we must persevere because winners do not quit and quitter never win. — Patrick L.O. Lumumba

Leadership is all about leading your life with a cause greater than yourself and continuously doing self-development. — Deepak Burfiwala

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Success is a matter of choice, not chance ~ Deepak Mehra — Deepak Mehra

When we aren't curious in conversations we judge, tell, blame and even shame, often without even knowing it, which leads to conflict."
-The Power Of Curiosity: How To Have Real Conversations That Create Collaboration, Innovation and Understanding — Kirsten Siggins

Community leadership is the courage, creativity and capacity to inspire participation, development and sustainability for strong communities. — Gustav Nossal

Do not desire to fit in. Desire to lead.
- Mary Kay Ash — Mary Kay Ash

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

God's discipline has nothing to do with rejection but more to do with refinement. — Gary Rohrmayer

The key difference between captain and coach? The latter's opportunities for influence come at moments when play isn't happening, — Carolyn Taylor

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

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

The troop whose captain is (apparently) not managing it, but whose girls manage themselves under the Scout laws, is the ideal troop. — Girl Scouts Of The U.S.A.

It is only through dialogue, deep listening, and passionate disagreement that we find our way to something larger than a singular and isolated point of view. — Henry Kimsey-House

Leaders are passionate learners. Leaders are always seeking ways to improve themselves by sharpening their skills. They fully embrace the fact that growing leaders lead growing organizations. — Gary Rohrmayer

Leadership is about what's right for the organization, not what feels right for the leader. — Liz Weber

Be determined to be determined. — Onyi Anyado

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

I've developed a huge regard for Toyota for its environmental awareness, for its immense commitment to research and development in this field, and for its leadership in developing hybrids which others are now following. — Maurice Strong

Imagine going to work every day to do only and exactly what you love!! All the work gets done because of the abundant diversity of your team. Different skills, interests and talents are woven together into a whole that is much greater than the sum of the parts! — Denise Moreland

One of the lessons of leadership worth emphasizing is that you want to get to know other great leaders and take their advice. At some point in your development, it's only people who've been in the seat of having to be leaders who can help you in a deep way. — Jim Yong Kim

I see entrepreneurship, like many other activities, as a type of mission. A mission by which we can provide better life chances and quality for both our current and future generations. — Miguel Reynolds Brandao

Onward and upward has been replaced by forward and toward. — Julie Winkle Giulioni

Be excellent in your own terms. — Abhijit Naskar

The term "leadership" connotes critical experience rather than routine practice. This is suggested in the following comment by Barnard: The overvaluation of the apparatus of communication and administration is opposed to leadership and the development of leaders. It opposes leadership whose function is to promote appropriate adjustment of ends and means to new environmental conditions, because it opposes change either of status in general or of established procedures and habitual routine. This overvaluation also discourages the development of leaders by retarding the progress of the abler men and by putting an excessive premium on routine qualities.[6] {37} — Philip Selznick

When u have concepts(revelation) the way u live changes — Ikechukwu Joseph

If people institute wrong institutions, wrong institutions do not just produce wrong people, but wrong people who understand and accept mediocrity as an institution — Ernest Agyemang Yeboah

I think people are hungry for new ideas and leadership in the world of poverty alleviation. Most development programs are started and led by people with Ph.Ds in economics or policy. Samasource is part of a cadre of younger organizations headed by entrepreneurs from non-traditional backgrounds. — Leila Janah

What you see as a crisis, God sees as an opportunity for growth. What you see as humiliating, He sees as an occasion for the development of humble leadership. It is all in how you see it. What is your perspective? — Myles Munroe

You will never see an eagle of distinction flying low with pigeons of mediocrity. — Onyi Anyado

The speed at which progress rolls is not determined by the number of people who started pushing it, but by the number of people who are passionate to hold on doing so. — Israelmore Ayivor

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

Leadership is about focus and concentrations. To be in focus, choose a clear direction. To concentrate, remain in that direction! — Israelmore Ayivor

Managers and leaders cause most of the organizational confusion and frustration by not doing their jobs - their real jobs. — Liz Weber

A leader does not lose focus because he wants to please his followers. — Israelmore Ayivor

Never let your Enemies become your Advocates." by A. K. Hasan — A.K. Hasan

World class communities come in all shapes and sizes, they are not determined by geography, and/or natural resources so much as by the mindset of their local leadership. — Don A. Holbrook

There is no check-box for ethical leadership.
It is an ongoing individual and organizational journey.
We will never know everything that there is to know. — Linda Fisher Thornton

The fight against HIV/AIDS requires leadership from all parts of government - and it needs to go right to the top. AIDS is far more than a health crisis. It is a threat to development itself. — Kofi Annan

All leadership begins from inside a person and must be developed and grown as they grow into emerging and enduring leaders — Thomas Narofsky

It is either an exciting or scary time to be a leader. — Miles Anthony Smith

You make the plans - otherwise you will die thinking it is not possible to plan to have time for work, for exercise, for sleep, for relaxation, for recreation, for eating, for entertainment, for love, for family, for spirituality, for friends, for personal reflection, for personal development, for business, for charity all in one life! — Archibald Marwizi

Pope Benedict XVI assumes leadership at a critical time in which the world's collective wisdom and leadership including that of the religious community is most important to face up to challenges of deepening poverty and under-development afflicting many people of the world. — Thabo Mbeki

The power in people is stronger than people in power. — Saji Ijiyemi

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

Not everybody is created equal, and it's important for companies to identify those high potentials and treat them differently, accelerate their development and pay them more. That process is so incredibly important to developing first-class leadership in a company. — Anne M. Mulcahy

When you are a person people can trust, they will call on upon you, love to be around you and work with you. — Israelmore Ayivor

There is an interplay between great leadership, events, trends, the organization, the people in it, the market 'out there' that goes far beyond one person exercising their will over others.

That's not what leadership is any more. — Phil Dourado

How to prepare someone for leadership:
I do it.
I do it and you watch.
You do it and I watch.
You do it.
You do it and someone else watches. — John C. Maxwell

What we need is political leadership which can give guidance to the development of global governance. We need business leadership which goes beyond shareholder value to understand the needs and fears of other stakeholders and their communities. — Juan Somavia

A dollar put into a book and a book mastered might change the whole course of a boy's life. It might easily be the beginning of the development of leadership that would carry the boy far in service to his fellow men. — Henry Ford

Believing in your potential and calling upon your courage to change will fuel your professional growth and help you accomplish goals. — John Manning

Liberia got Petroleum (Oil): The problem of development lies in good leadership and great communication. Some of our leaders want to turn the country's oil company into the Gaddafi regime of Libya that they could rule Liberia and their sons and grand kids can also rule as well. It's a form of oppression. The Liberian people want a leader, not an oppressor or an installed puppet. Someone who will put the country and its peoples' interest first. Not a corrupt politician who's out to rip the country apart, in the name of enriching their families. — Henry Johnson Jr

He might be a genius, but that did not make him a leader — Kirsten Beyer

You can't effectively move up to the next stage of leadership yourself until your current stage leadership skills are solid and are being developed in your team members so they can take over as you move on. — Liz Weber

Compassionate leaders know their stakeholders and address their concerns, their hopes, dreams and fears. — Amit Ray

At Lead Star, we believe that leadership can help you create a better workplace, a better life, and a better you. — Courtney Lynch

Organisations often appoint leaders for their IQ. Then, years later, sack them for their lack of EQ (Emotional Intelligence). Common Purpose argues that in the future they will promote for CQ - Cultural Intelligence. — Julia Middleton

If you want to do a few small things right, do them yourself. If you want to do great things and make a big impact, learn to delegate. — John C. Maxwell

But no nation can base its survival and development on luck and prayers alone while its leadership fritters away every available opportunity for success and concrete achievement. — Ibrahim Babangida

The single biggest way to impact an organization is to focus on leadership development. There is almost no limit to the potential of an organization that recruits good people, raises them up as leaders and continually develops them. — John C. Maxwell

Although leaders and followers are closely linked, it is the leader who often initiates the relationship, creates the communication linkages, and carries the burden for maintaining the relationship. — Peter Northouse

When a CEO looks around her staff meeting, a good rule of thumb is that at least 50 percent of the people at the table should be experts in the company's products and services and responsible for product development. This will help ensure that the leadership team maintains focus on product excellence. Operational components like finance, sales, and legal are obviously critical to a company's success, but they should not dominate the conversation. — Eric Schmidt

No matter how slow or long it takes, it is never too late to right a wrong. — Mark W. Boyer

Hearing God's voice is indispensable to moving through or around closed doors. — Gary Rohrmayer

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