100 Quotes About Leadership Development

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

Don’t let any situation intimidate you, defeat you, or conquer you. you are stronger and smarter than anything that challenges you. Lolly Daskal

Risk is one of the qualities of any good decision. This is so because, decision itself is a risk. Therefore, making a decision literally means, taking a risk... In tracing the histories of successful men and women, the first thing to notice in their lives is risk. Godspower Oparaugo

Women are no sheep. Women are no fragile showpiece to be placed above the fire-place. Women of the thinking society are the builders of nations. Women of the sentient society are the builders of the world. Abhijit Naskar

The representation of women in the society, especially through mass media has been the most delusional act ever done on the grounds of human existence. Abhijit Naskar

A society where feminine beauty is defined not by the human self on genuine intellectual and sentimental grounds, but by a computer software on the grounds of economic interest, is more dead than alive. It is a society of human bodies, not human beings. Abhijit Naskar

Listen my dear sister! You only fix something, when it’s broken. And you - are far from broken. Say to yourself, I am perfect, the way I am. Say to yourself, I am beautiful the way I am. Say to yourself, those who do not accept me the way I am, do not deserve me in their life. Abhijit Naskar

The female brain itself is a highly intuitive emotion-processing machine, which when put to practice in the progress of the society, would do much more than any man can with all his analytical perspectives. Abhijit Naskar

Women of the thinking society are the builders of nations. Women of the sentient society are the builders of the world. And given the same honor and dignity as men, women can build a much better and more harmonious world. Harmony and conflict-solving run in their veins. Whereas men have evolved into more authoritarian creatures. Abhijit Naskar

I am no feminist. Even though the term "feminism" is founded upon the basic principle of gender equality, it possesses its own fundamental gender bias, which makes it inclined towards the wellbeing of women, over the wellbeing of the whole society. And if history has shown anything, it is that such fundamental biases in time corrupt even the most glorious ideas and give birth to prejudice, bigotry and differentiation. Abhijit Naskar

I am a scientist who studies the human mind, including the sexual differences in mental faculties, and I am telling you, ten female thinkers can teach humanity lessons equivalent to the teachings of a hundred male thinkers of history. Abhijit Naskar

Gender equality is not a belief, it is not an idea - it is a key element of the society that will define whether we the humans shall march ahead towards glory and advancement, or sink into the abyss of an existential doom. Abhijit Naskar

Any book that spreads weakness in the heart of one gender, and authoritarianism in the other, must be burnt to ashes. Abhijit Naskar

The world doesn't need a good woman who is meekly obedient to the uncivilized social norms that advocate female inferiority. The world needs those bad women who can think for themselves, to break the primeval norms of the society that consistently drag the human civilization back to the stone-age. Abhijit Naskar

For thousands of years, the dumb, uncivilized, stone-age society has reduced women to mere prizes to be won, objects to be shown off, and playthings to be abused and toyed with. Now is the time to stop this primitive madness. Abhijit Naskar

Seven Ways To Get Ahead in Business:1. Be forward thinking 2. Be inventive, and daring3. Do the right thing4. Be honest and straight forward5. Be willing to change, to learn, to grow6. Work hard and be yourself7. Lead by example Germany Kent

A crisp, clean $100 bill that is crumbled up, thrown to the ground, stepped on and rubbed in the dirt still maintains its value. Life may crumble you, throw you to the ground, step on you and rub you in the dirt, but you still maintain your value. Just as a crumbled up $100 bill still has purchasing power, your life still has purposeful power; and nothing or no one can ever take that away from you. DeWayne Owens

Sow the seeds of weakness and inferiority in the kids and they’ll grow up to be inferior, crawling, insignificant insects. Sow the seeds of courage and they’ll become brave-heart leaders who will one day change the course of human history. Abhijit Naskar

Character- building education is what the world needs — education, that will empower the mind with such an unimaginable strength that one would meet death face to face and say “some other time, pal! Abhijit Naskar

If you don’t allow one to become a lion, one will become a sheep. And the world is already filled with sheeps, which is the major cause of the society’s intellectual and moral downfall. For a better future to evolve, where humanism will be an all-pervading virtue and separatism will be a matter of ancient history, the world needs lions. Abhijit Naskar

As more and more artificial intelligence is entering into the world, more and more emotional intelligence must enter into leadership. Amit Ray

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

You can’t move up in the staircase of leadership unless you are emotionally intelligent. Amit Ray

Compassionate leaders honor the complexity of human relationships, nurture authenticity and create common grounds for blooming great ideas of individuals. Amit Ray

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

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

You are blessed, You are great. You are not alone. You are powerful. Amit Ray

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

Effective decision-making can be seen as an optimal link between memory of the past, ground-realities of the present and insights of the future. Amit Ray

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

As you get connection with the higher source, your creativity increases Amit Ray

Mindfulness improves your capacity for self-discovery and empowerment. Amit Ray

I have learned a lot about myself over the years, mostly because I was open to hearing feedback. I wear my emotions on my sleeve. I usually dislike someone before I like them. I’m sensitive–especially when I’m tired or feel I’m being misunderstood. This may sound like the “About Me” section on a bad online dating profile, but knowing this stuff has allowed me to keep my contacts, my reputation, and my sanity throughout a long and often stressful career. Being self-aware means knowing when you’re about to act bad–and then not acting bad. Alyssa Mastromonaco

What you realize is that everyone has her own priorities–her own constituency. Often, being a leader is not about making grand proclamations or telling people what to do; it’s about balancing all these priorities and constituencies. Alyssa Mastromonaco

You should always be prepared to defend your choices, whether just to yourself (sometimes this is the hardest) or to your coworkers, your friends, or your family. The quickest way for people to lose confidence in your ability to ever make a decision is for you to pass the buck, shrug your shoulders, or otherwise wuss out. Learning how to become a decision maker, and how you ultimately justify your choices, can define who you are. Alyssa Mastromonaco

Let them ask who you are but do not let others dictate who you should be. Hockson Floin

Money Can make things better but a perfect relationship makes your life complete. Hockson Floin

The Shoes Should fit! you can't build a business that is not yours. Hockson Floin

Leadership is not about gaining something from your actions. Gain is the outcome and should not be the purpose. Mayur Ramgir

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

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

Don’t look for leadership just at the top of the tree. Listen to leadership wherever it is expressed. Phil Dourado

Leadership is not about the power and status of one but the empowerment and service of all. That is what it should be and that is how it should be measured. Rasheed Ogunlaru

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

What is the cost of replacing and bringing up to speed one of your managers, supervisors, or front-line employees who left because they were frustrated with your organization’s leadership? Liz Weber

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

Facts and intuition are false opposites. Leaders should listen to their intuition and instincts and allow others to do the same because they are sub-conscious, fast ways of processing, aggregating and then accessing evidence to reach a swift conclusion. Trust your gut. Phil Dourado

Self is All. (First Principle of Humanism) Abhijit Naskar

Mark you, no Krishna can clear your eyes and make you look with a broader vision upon life in your march upward and onward, until the Self within you morphs into Krishna — until the Self morphs into Buddha — until the Self turns into Christ. Abhijit Naskar

Only you can save yourself. Abhijit Naskar

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

Empty out the toxins of life to avoid clogging Ikechukwu Joseph

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

The spotlight does not change a person, it simply reveals what one has mastered in the darkness Lazarus Takawira