Quotes & Sayings About Leadership In The Workplace

Culture is the constant constraint that controls creativity, commitment, collaboration, and cohesion. — Tony Dovale

Being a person that others can trust is one of the most sought after qualities in the workplace today. So many leaders and their staff have shown in the recent global financial crisis a lack of trust and integrity amongst themselves and with their clients and other stakeholders. — Nigel Cumberland

A Culture of clear consistent communication and connection is the foundation of a high performance team that thrives and flourishes. — Tony Dovale

Disengaged employees are an unfortunate reality in the workplace, and poor leadership is often to blame. — W.Chan Kim

Leaders #1 job is to help their people, teams, leadership, and culture, to be #FutureFit...by supporting People, Planet & Profits, in a Consciously Constructive Revolutionary Workplace... today. — Tony Dovale

As is often the case with children, the rule of 'monkey see, monkey do' plays out in the workplace. It's hard to be good role model, and it's one of the greatest challenges of leadership. — Lee Ellis

High Performance Teams create cultures of caring, connection, commitment, collaboration and clear consistent communication — Tony Dovale

What business needs now is exactly what women are able to provide, and at the very time when women are surging into the work force. But perhaps even more important than work force numbers is the fact that women
who began this sweeping entry in the mid-seventies
are just now beginning to assume positions of leadership, which give them the scope to create and reinforce the trends toward change. The confluence is fortunate, an alignment that gives women unique opportunities to assist in the continuing transformation of the workplace ... — Sally Helgesen

A balance is necessary in life. To achieve this we must move away from broad definitions of workplaces as functional and households as emotional. Similarly, home, the haven in a heartless world, as defined by men, cannot be used by them as an antidote to the workplace's discomforts and demands, if this means having the wife as a servicer. — Eva Cox

Successful leaders know how to line up support for their initiatives and create the right environment for change and innovation. — Bonnie Marcus

Bad Culture is the contaminated oxygen your staff breath, as they get indoctrinated by your limiting context. — Tony Dovale

To ENSURE greater success, celebrate your progess daily. — Tony Dovale

A Consciously Conscious Revolutionary Workplace mindset, is People Firsts, to ensure that it's not a prostitute of our children's future. — Tony Dovale

The reason most of your staff are asleep and disengaged, is because you have boring, and bully managers, and no REAL Leaders to inspire and unleash potential. — Tony Dovale

What is assertive in a man can appear abrasive in a woman, and female leaders risk appearing too feminine or not feminine enough. — Barbara Kellerman

A meeting is a collective tacit confession of participants' unwillingness to work. — Pawan Mishra

Most people are interested in success, but not COMMITTED to success, which is why 85%+ of people seldom achieve their desired level of success. — Tony Dovale

Self-promotion is a leadership and political skill that is critical to master in order to navigate the realities of the workplace and position you for success. — Bonnie Marcus

Increasingly, prominent thinkers in the field of leadership studies like Marcus Buckingham are challenging traditional notions of leadership. Their research suggests that presenting leadership as a list of carefully defined qualities (like strategic, analytical, and performance-oriented) no longer holds. Instead, true leadership stems from individuality that is honestly and sometimes imperfectly expressed.4 They believe leaders should strive for authenticity over perfection. This shift is good news for women, who often feel obliged to suppress their emotions in the workplace in an attempt to come across as more stereotypically male. And it's also good news for men, who may be doing the exact same thing. I — Sheryl Sandberg

REAL success, satisfaction and joy has nothing to do with owning STUFF! — Tony Dovale

what studies are finding is that in many cases, women are more suited for leadership roles than men. And this is thanks to the numerous innate skills that women have. These skills are leading to more women functioning at a much higher level in the workplace, while also caring more about their employees. This results in a better work environment for all those involved. — Kris Hart

Why fear feedback? Why stigmatize failure in the workplace when it's bringing you closer to achieving your organizational goals. — Kevin Kelly

Most of us want to be authentic. Yet, we are not who we think we are. We are made up of a rich array of facets and possibilities, many of which we ignore because we label them as "bad". We create a cardboard cutout image of ourselves to look good to others. The discord between who we are and the image we have to live up to slowly kills our aliveness. When we suppress parts of ourselves, it lowers our mojo, sense of fulfillment, leadership effectiveness and impact in the workplace. — Henna Inam

REAL Leadership is the building of belief, that activates and aligns the full potential, for a meaningful cause — Tony Dovale

A High Performance team requires people with High Performance Mindsets, with relevant competence, committed and balanced communication, to a meaningful and challenging goal. — Tony Dovale

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

Observe the behavior of your environment carefully for clues as to what is acceptable and rewarded. — Bonnie Marcus

Courage is the belief in self, and the possible ability to prevail in the face of adversity. — Tony Dovale

Despite the continual rise of the knowledge worker over the last 60 years, we haven't done enough to question "how we've always done things" and redefine effectiveness in organizations. — Crystal Kadakia

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

Hope is the spotlight that shines on the mine fields of possibility — Tony Dovale

Impossible is a perception based upon a limiting mental illusion. Possible is the belief in the potential of unseen possibility, — Tony Dovale

Create the kind of workplace and company culture that will attract great talent. If you hire brilliant people, they will make work feel more like play. — Richard Branson

We live in a world in which everything seems to needed now and working quickly is normally viewed as a positive attribute in the workplace...Do not let yourself become too frazzled and stressed by doing everything at high speed.

As I have coached hundreds of individuals in the workplace, I have discovered that we waste precious time by delaying and procrastinating. We might know that the work is very urgent and important but we still might find ourselves being slow to start the task. — Nigel Cumberland

Your UNconscious mind has more power, influence and control over your thoughts, feelings, decisions, and choices, than your conscious mind. — Tony Dovale

In a Consciously Conscious Revolutionary Workplace, people are promoted based upon skillset, AND more importantly MINDSET — Tony Dovale

Appreciation and recognition are qualities that most leaders forget, but desperately need, to build a positive, passionate and engaged workplace. — Tony Dovale

When you feel good about the value you offer the organization, communicating and demonstrating your value to others is much easier. — Bonnie Marcus

Workers who can consistently decide with clarity and ease which tasks are most important when under pressure are the most prized in every organization. Highly focused in pressure-cooker situations, they rise to meet the challenges of an opportunity-saturated workplace that demands tough calls at every step. — Julie Morgenstern

As a leader, it's your job to get everyone to share what they know. — Jane Ripley

To go from Bitter to BETTER, means you need to turn your I onto an E, by embracing WE. — Tony Dovale

Leaders can change the tenor of the workplace and create harmony in motion toward a favorable result. So every time you say to your team, "Let's rock and roll," make sure you have already set up the stage to where they can actually perform like rock stars. — Thomas Huynh

The right mindset is the most powerful force we can use to positively change the world. — Tony Dovale

Understanding who you are is critical for your career advancement. Self-awareness helps you get ahead. — Bonnie Marcus

Limitless Leadership is the secret ingredient that helps common people, create high performance teams, that achieve outstanding and uncommon results. — Tony Dovale