Yes, in all my research, the greatest leaders looked inward and were able to tell a good story with authenticity and passion.
It is from the center that leaders must lead.
Leaders lead by virtue of who they are.
I say to all those leaders: Do not look the other way, do not hesitate. . . It is within your power to prevent a genocide.
Revolutionary tactics cannot be invented by leaders; they must develop spontaneously-history comes first, leaders' consciousness second.
We need to elect leaders who understand that leadership is about loving and serving people, not about self-advancement.
Pedagogues: More than any other class of blind leaders of the blind they are responsible for the degrading standardization which now afflicts the American people.
When leaders care less about their people, their people will be careless.
Leaders have to search for the heart on a team, because the person who has it can bring out the best in everybody else.
Be wary of great leaders.
One cannot deny that if a person has the energy to get you interested and excited, then that is half the battle won, like all the great leaders had this quality.
Coaching will become the model for leaders in the future. . . I am certain that leadership can be learned and that terrific coaches. . . facilitate learning.
Whatever deficiencies the leaders of the American Revolution may have had, reticence, fortunately, was not one of them.
Objective evaluations set the foundation that moves leaders to the tipping point.
The past doesn't equal the future. All great leaders, all people who have achieved in any area of life, know the power of continuously pursuing their vision, even if all the details of how to achieve it aren't yet available
Jealous leaders measure their success by the failure of others.
People naturally follow leaders stronger than themselves.
Strong people do not need strong leaders.
Leaders: Captains of industry.
When we know why we're here as individuals and leaders, when our people know why they're here, a sense of purpose carries us forward, and we can do what needs to be done. People want to work on big ideas that matter to them and make a difference. When they do, they find gold.