Andy Stanley Quotes

[T]here's a difference between confident leadership and empty-headed delusion or cheerleading. And this is a difference that many CEOs miss.

The difference between mere management and leadership is communication.

Success comes from delegating, risk-taking and having a good TEAM!

One right decision doth not a great president make.

There is a big difference between being a leader and actually leading.

The manager does things right; the leader does the right thing.

The difference between a calculated risk and rolling the dice can be expressed in one word: homework.

I wanted people who wouldn't become too worried about casualties. One always should be concerned about casualties, but the risk of incurring casualties can't be allowed to affect decisions, unless it's evident casualties will be prohibitively heavy. There may be no safe way to write this.

Personally I have never been able to understand why the head of a big business, whether it be the Nation, the State or the Army, or Navy should not desire to have very strong and positive people under him.

Management is the most noble of professions if it's practiced well.

Bad leaders care about who is right. Good leaders care about what is right

It's easier to solve the problem more quickly with directors than with writers.

Leadership is a role you have to earn in order to be effective.

Whereas ordinary officers must be content with behaving correctly in front of their men, the great leaders have always carefully stage-managed their effects.

If you're a leader, people's lives should be better because of the influence you've had along the way.

You don't become an effective leader by default.

Promotion should not be more important than accomplishment, or avoiding instability more important than taking the right risk.

Acknowledging weakness doesn't make a leader less effective. On the contrary, in most cases it is simply a way of expressing that he understands what everyone else has known for some time. When you acknowledge your weaknesses to the rest of your team, it is never new information.

For leaders to be effective, they need to connect with people.

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

The greatness of a leader is measured by the achievements of the led. This is the ultimate test of his effectiveness.

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

Take calculated risks.

As a leader, you will never get ahead until your people are behind you.

There are advantages to being the chairman. One of my favorite perks was picking out an issue and doing what I called a "deep dive." It's spotting a challenge where you think you can make a difference - one that looks like it would be fun - and then throwing the weight of your position behind it. Some might justifiably call it "meddling." I've often done this just about everywhere in the company.