Leadership Simon Sinek Quotes & Sayings

We think leadership is about rank and power, but better to think of leadership as the responsibility for other human beings. That leadership and rank may not go together. So it manifests in this remarkable way. — Simon Sinek

Henry Ford summed it up best. "If I had asked people what they wanted," he said, "they would have said a faster horse." This is the genius of great leadership. Great leaders and great organizations are good at seeing what most of us can't see. — Simon Sinek

A star wants to see himself rise to the top.
A leader wants to see those around him rise to the top. — Simon Sinek

The courage of leadership is giving others the chance to succeed even though you bear the responsibility for getting things done. — Simon Sinek

Good leadership is like exercise. We do not see any improvement to our bodies with day-to-day comparisons. — Simon Sinek

Leadership is a choice. It's not a rank, it's a choice. I know many people who are at the top of their organization who have authority. We have to do what they say because they have authority over us. But they're not leaders. We wouldn't follow them. They may be at the top of the company but they're not leaders. — Simon Sinek

The rank of office is not what makes someone a leader. Leadership is the choice to serve others with or without any formal rank. — Simon Sinek

The cost of leadership," explains Lieutenant General George Flynn of the United States Marine Corps, "is self-interest. — Simon Sinek

A good leader takes care of those in their charge. A bad leader takes charge of those in their care. — Simon Sinek

Leadership is about integrity, honesty and accountability. All components of trust. — Simon Sinek

Leadership is absolutely about inspiring action, but it is also about guarding against mis-action. — Simon Sinek

Leadership is always about people. — Simon Sinek

Leadership takes work. It takes time and energy. The effects are not always easily measured and they are not always immediate. Leadership is always a commitment to human beings. — Simon Sinek

Leadership isn't answering the questions others ask. Leadership is asking others to answer their own questions. — Simon Sinek

Leadership is not a license to do less; it is a responsibility to do more. — Simon Sinek

More often than not when we do not like our work, it's not necessarily because of the work itself. But more often because of the people we work with and more importantly because of the lack of leadership. It is amazing how inspired and motivated we can be when we like the people and when we feel like we show up to work because our leaders care about our wellbeing. It is kind of incredible actually. — Simon Sinek

Leadership is neither a rank nor a title. It is a choice. The choice to provide care and protection for those for whom we are responsible. — Simon Sinek

Leadership is not a rank or a position, it is a choice - a choice to look after the person to the left of us & the person to the right of us. — Simon Sinek

Quality effective leaders have the confidence to trust others to try, succeed, and sometimes to fail. We very often confuse personality with leadership. In other words, leadership is not about being a nice person or not a nice person. — Simon Sinek

Leadership is not about the next election, it's about the next generation. — Simon Sinek

Leadership is like exercise. Do it everyday, the results take time but you will see them. It's the little things. — Simon Sinek

Stress and anxiety at work have less to do with the work we do and more to do with weak management and leadership. — Simon Sinek

The cost of leadership is self-interest. — Simon Sinek

Great leaders must have two things: a vision of the world that does not yet exist and the ability to communicate that vision clearly. — Simon Sinek

Most people think leadership is about being in charge. Most people think leadership is about having all the answers and being the most intelligent person or the most qualified person in the room. The irony is that it is the complete opposite. Leadership is about empowering others to achieve things they did not think possible. Leadership is about pointing in the direction, articulating a vision of the world that does not yet exist. Then asking help from others to insure that vision happens. — Simon Sinek

Good leadership is always human. It takes time and energy. It is hard work. Which is why good leadership is so special when we find it. — Simon Sinek

Leadership is a choice. It is not a rank. — Simon Sinek

If you're not remarkable, you're invisible. — Simon Sinek

Good leadership is hard to measure on a daily basis which is why so many default to doing what's easy to measure instead. — Simon Sinek

We can rationalize anything and easily quit on ourselves. Leadership is refusing to quit on others. — Simon Sinek

Leadership is not a rank, it's a choice. — Simon Sinek

Leadership requires two things: a vision of the world that does not yet exist and the ability to communicate it. — Simon Sinek

Leadership is not communicating what we need. Leadership is communicating what we can contribute. — Simon Sinek

Leadership is a choice to protect the person to the left of us, and protect the person to the right of us, and sometimes that may come at a cost. It may cost us our benefits, it may cost us our comfort, it may sometimes cost us our perks, whatever it is, credit. — Simon Sinek

When someone asks for your time, and you put your phone away to talk to them ... that's leadership. — Simon Sinek

I don't consider myself an expert in the why. I don't consider myself an expert in leadership. I consider myself a student of leadership and I consider myself a student of the why. I'm constantly learning and I'm constantly looking for opportunities where it it will fail. — Simon Sinek

The responsibility of leadership is not to come up with all the ideas but to create an environment in which great ideas can thrive. — Simon Sinek

The true price of leadership is the willingness to place the needs of others above your own. Great leaders truly care about those they are privileged to lead and understand that the true cost of the leadership privilege comes at the expense of self-interest. — Simon Sinek

Truly human leadership protects an organization from the internal rivalries that can shatter a culture. When we have to protect ourselves from each other, the whole organization suffers. But when trust and cooperation thrive internally, we pull together and the organization grows stronger as a result. — Simon Sinek

Leadership is a way of thinking, a way of acting and, most importantly, a way of communicating. — Simon Sinek

One of the best paradoxes of leadership is a leader's need to be both stubborn and open-minded. A leader must insist on sticking to the vision and stay on course to the destination. But he must be open-minded during the process. — Simon Sinek

Leadership is about making people feel safe. When someone feels heard, they feel safe. — Simon Sinek

Leadership is not achieved by an individual. Leadership is bestowed by the group. — Simon Sinek