78 Quotes About Leadership Style

There are many different leadership styles in the world. However, one thing they all have in common is that they are effective. The best leaders are able to get people to go out of their way to do things for them. So if you are looking for a great collection of leadership quotes to inspire you, then this is the right place.

Do not allow your inner doubts to keep you from...
1
Do not allow your inner doubts to keep you from achieving what you can do. Lolly Daskal
When your intuition is strong, follow it.
2
When your intuition is strong, follow it. Lolly Daskal
Intuition is a sense of knowing how to act decisively...
3
Intuition is a sense of knowing how to act decisively without needing to know why. Lolly Daskal
4
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
5
The leaders and followers of the Harlem Renaissance were every bit as intent on using Black culture to help make the United States a more functional democracy as they were on employing Black culture to 'vindicate' Black people. Aberjhani
6
If the surprise outcome of the recent UK referendum - on whether to leave or remain in the European Union - teaches us anything, it is that supposedly worthy displays of democracy in action can actually do more harm than good. Witness a nation now more divided; an intergenerational schism in the making; both a governing and opposition party torn to shreds from the inside; infinitely more complex issues raised than satisfactory solutions provided. It begs the question 'Was it really all worth it' ? . Alex Morritt
7
Some days of my vagabond life I read Arthur Schopenhauer and others Friedrich Nietzsche. I was a humble learner — an empty vessel - at the feet of the legends of human history. I was a seeker of truth, travelling through time while quenching my thirst for knowledge. And a humble learner of today becomes a strong leader of tomorrow. Abhijit Naskar
A mindset that understands order, is a mindset that can...
8
A mindset that understands order, is a mindset that can understand leadership. Wayne Chirisa
Ineffective leadership, is the plight of followers who anoint power...
9
Ineffective leadership, is the plight of followers who anoint power to the autocratic persons who's visions are not founded but are rather arbitrary in their nature. Wayne Chirisa
10
Leadership is not just some empty formulas but establishing deep connection at soul levels through service, integrity, passion, perseverance and equanimity. Amit Ray
11
Love is where leadership begins. Glenn C. Stewart
12
People don’t follow you because you are nice, they follow you because they believe the place you are taking them is better than the place they are. Scott Hammerle
13
Sometimes servant leaders focus on the servitude part and forget the leader part. Great leadership isn't about abdication of power, it about the benevolent application of that power. Scott Hammerle
14
In leadership, the way up is down. Serve before you get served Bangambiki Habyarimana
15
At the different stages of recognition, reflection, and redress, practicing compassion provides potentially world-saving opportunities which otherwise likely would not exist. Aberjhani
16
The different kinds of work require different people to perform the task. You must fulfil your specific task. Lailah Gifty Akita
17
We are endowed with different kinds of gifts for different kinds of services. Lailah Gifty Akita
18
The real power of a leader is in the number of minds he can reach, hearts he can touch, souls he can move, and lives he can change. Matshona Dhliwayo
19
Tomorrow's leaders will not lead dictating from the front, nor pushing from the back. They will lead from the centre - from the heart Rasheed Ogunlaru
20
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. Jaha Knight
21
The first step out of the gate has to be knowing where you want to end up. What do you really want from your company? Stan Slap
22
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. Scott H. Dearduff
23
The first step to solving any problem is to accept one’s own accountability for creating it. Stan Slap
24
Being relevant to your customers only when you’re trying to sell something means choosing to be irrelevant to them for the rest of the time. Stan Slap
25
There will be plenty of other problems in the future. This is as good a time as any to get ahead of them. Stan Slap
26
The economy is in ruins! Bottom line? Good management will defeat a bad economy. Stan Slap
27
Your company is its own competition and can deliver itself debilitating blows the competition only dreams of. Stan Slap
28
Instead of waiting for a leader you can believe in, try this: Become a leader you can believe in. Stan Slap
29
The purpose of leadership is to change the world around you in the name of your values, so you can live those values more fully. Stan Slap
30
Profitability. Growth. Quality. Exceeding customer expectations. These are not examples of values. These are examples of corporate strategies being sold to you as values. Stan Slap
31
When you’re a manager, you work for your company. When you’re a leader, your company works for you. Stan Slap
32
Work/life balance is not about escaping work. It’s about living exactly the way you want to when you’re at work. Stan Slap
33
What first separates a leader from a normal human being? A leader knows who they are as a human being. Stan Slap
34
True leaders live their values everywhere, not just in the workplace. Stan Slap
35
The worst thing in your own development as a leader is not to do it wrong. It’s to do it for the wrong reasons. Stan Slap
36
When rewards come from an external source instead of an internal source, they’re unreliable, which means they’re dangerous if you grow to depend on them. Stan Slap
37
Human behavior is only unpredictable and dangerous if you don’t start from humanity in the first place. Stan Slap
38
Imagine a world where what you say synchs up, not sinks down. Stan Slap
39
Why live my personal values at work? This is an excellent question to ask. If your attorneys are planning an insanity defense. Stan Slap
40
Here’s what you need to know most about leadership: Lead your own life first. The only thing in this world that will dependably happen from the top down is the digging of your grave. Stan Slap
41
The myth of management is that your personal values are irrelevant or inappropriate at work. Stan Slap
42
It’s impossible for a company to get what it wants most if managers have to make a choice between their own values and company priorities. Stan Slap
43
Try not to take this the wrong way, but your brain is smarter than you are. Stan Slap
44
A manager’s emotional commitment is the ultimate trigger for their discretionary effort, worth more than financial, intellectual & physical commitment combined. Stan Slap
45
You can stuff yourself with emotional fulfillment until it’s dribbling down your chin & your ego will quickly chomp it down and demand more. Stan Slap
46
Your dreams and the dreams of your company may be different, but they are in no way incompatible. Stan Slap
47
Providing the ultimate solution to work/life balance: not escaping from work but living the way you want to at work. Stan Slap
48
Your company really has to work for you before you’ll really work for your company. Stan Slap
49
What companies want most from their managers is what they most stop their managers from giving. What managers want most from their jobs is what they most stop themselves from getting. Stan Slap
50
Most managers have plenty of emotional commitment to give to their jobs. If they can be convinced it’s safe and sensible to give it. Stan Slap
51
What managers want most from companies they stop themselves from getting. What companies want most from managers they stop them from giving. Stan Slap
52
This is your one and only precious life. Somebody’s going to decide how it’s going to be lived and that person had better be you. Stan Slap
53
A manager’s emotional commitment is worth more than their financial, intellectual and physical commitment combined. Stan Slap
54
Emotional commitment is a personal choice. Managers understand this even if their companies don’t. Stan Slap
55
Emotional commitment means unchecked, unvarnished devotion to the company and its success; any legendary organizational performance is the result of emotionally committed managers. Stan Slap
56
The company may have captured their minds, their bodies and their pockets, but that doesn’t mean it’s captured their hearts. Stan Slap
57
Values are deeply held personal beliefs that form your own priority code for living. Stan Slap
58
Success means: I want to know the work I do means something to somebody and helps make the world, if not a Better place, not a worse one. Stan Slap
59
Your values are your essence: an undistorted mirror showing you at your pure, attractive best. Stan Slap
60
Careful now: even a financially rewarding, intellectually stimulating work environment isn’t the same as living your own values. Stan Slap
61
Values are the individual biases that allow you to decide which actions are true for you alone. Stan Slap
62
Success for Managers means: I want to be in healthy relationships. I want a real connection with people I spend so much time with. Stan Slap
63
Let’s get right on top of the bottom line: You must live your personal values at work. Stan Slap
64
Any expert will tell you that if you want emotionally committed relationships then people must be allowed to be true to who they are. Stan Slap
65
When you’re not on your own agenda, you’re prey to the agenda of others. Stan Slap
66
Leadership creates performance in people because it impacts willingness; it’s a matter of modeling, inspiring, and reinforcing. Stan Slap
67
Management controls performance in people because it impacts skills; it’s a matter of monitoring, analyzing and directing. Stan Slap
68
To integrate one’s experiences around a coherent and enduring sense of self lies at the core of creating a user’s guide to life. Stan Slap
69
Leaders are people who know exactly who they are. They know exactly where they want to go. They’re hell-bent on getting there. Stan Slap
70
Leaders make a lot of mistakes but they admit those mistakes to themselves and change because of them. Stan Slap
71
Managers know what they want most: to be allowed to achieve success by leveraging who they are, not by compromising it. Stan Slap
72
The high quality of a company’s customer experience rarely has anything to do with the high price of their product. Stan Slap
73
Companies should be the best possible place to practice fulfillment, to live out values and to realize deep connectivity and purpose. Stan Slap
74
The heart of a company’s performance is hardwired to the hearts of its managers. Stan Slap
75
Do you think your people struggle with being true to themselves? Do their values match up with their work? Stan Slap
76
Hard-core results come from igniting the massive power of emotional commitment. Are your people committed? Stan Slap
77
When you don’t know what true for you, everyone else has unusual influence. Stan Slap