Jack Ma Quotes

IQ and technical skills are important, but emotional intelligence is the sine qua non of leadership.

Leadership is all about emotional intelligence. Management is taught, while leadership is experienced.

You manage things, you lead people. We went overboard on management and forgot about leadership.

To be effective, leaders must have the qualities and attitudes essential to work in a group setting.

When people say to me: would you rather be thought of as a funny man or a great boss? My answer's always the same, to me, they're not mutually exclusive.

We will have to learn to lead people rather then to contain them.

A man who has no consideration for the needs of his men ought never to be given command.

I have come, reluctantly, to the conclusion that Boris [Johnson] cannot provide the leadership or build the team for the task ahead.

The one quality that can be developed by studious reflection and practice is the leadership of men.

The best bosses understand the people working for them. That's the first component: what makes my people tick? What are they in it for?

Leadership is what you need to learn next

Every good leader is part manager and every good manager is part leader.

When I hear a company is being run by a team, my heart sinks, because you need to have that leader with a vision and heart that can move things forward.

Anyone can steer the ship, but it takes a leader to chart the course. Leaders who are good navigators are capable of taking their people just about anywhere.

You don't need a team leader, you need quality.

Leadership is not about being a nice person or not a nice person.

Leading is a skill, not a gift. You're not born with it, you learn how.

First and foremost, effective leaders must continuously strive to make themselves smarter and better at making judgments.

A leader has to lead otherwise he has no business in politics.

Great leaders have to know when to divide that line from being selfless to being selfish, and he perfectly chose the time to be selfish and made plays.

If you put a woman in a man's position, she will be more efficient, but no more kind.

The moment a leader steps away from his core competencies, his effectiveness as a leader diminishes.

Leadership is a series of behaviors rather than a role for heroes.

You manage things, you lead people. We went overboard on management and forgot about leadership. It might help if we ran the MBAs out of Washington.

Time and energy. Those are the most valuable sacrifices leaders can make.