Rosabeth Moss Kanter Quotes

We cannot lead anyone farther than we have been ourselves.

We must be silent before we can listen. We must listen before we can learn. We must learn before we can prepare. We must prepare before we can serve. We must serve before we can lead.

The signs of outstanding leadership appear primarily among the followers. Are the followers reaching their potential? Are they learning? Serving? Do they achieve the required results? Do they change with grace? Manage conflict?

Leadership cannot really be taught. It can only be learned.

I feel like I'm always learning from people.

Being a mentor is something that's new for me but a role that I take very seriously.

I would assert that highly effective leaders are made more than they're born. Every leader I know who's been highly effective has worked hard at it, and they've been students of it. The more you're a student of leadership, the more you figure out what works for you and the more effective you're going to be.

You can't teach others if you are living the same way.

If you learn something new every day, you can teach something new every day.

Growing, for leaders, is like oxygen to a deep sea diver. Without learning and growing, leaders die in terms of their effectiveness.

You always want to improve, learn from the veterans on the team.

As with any skill, you have to work at leadership. Watch how the best do it, review what you've done, and look at what you might do.

I was mentored in high school through the National Hispanic Institute and I did the same for girls when I got older.

You've got these young kids out here that have to learn, but you learn from the guys above you. I learned from the Kevin Faulks.

People don't understand that, when I was at WCW, if I wasn't wrestling that night, I was down at the Power Plant teaching. I was teaching people how to do stuff, but every time you teach someone, you learn more. The more you learn, the more you teach. The more you teach, the better you get.

I would encourage women to think about leaders in different fields or companies who they can draw parallels with. For example, I am constantly studying the lives and lessons of leaders in fields outside of technology, from the arts to politics. There is always something to learn.

I do believe that mentorship is something I did not get in school, and I don't think it exists in school in a sufficient way.

Many in positions of authority lack the capabilities to truly lead. They are not credible. They do not command genuine respect. They are not committed to serve. They are not continually learning and growing. They are not wise.

I try to take a couple of young guys under my wing and tell them what I've learned, because you can't teach nobody if you don't know anything.

The ability to learn is the most important quality a leader can have.

We spend a lot of time teaching leaders what to do. We don't spend enough time teaching leaders what to stop. Half the leaders I have met don't need to learn what to do. They need to learn what to stop

If you want to lead you must learn. If you want to continue to lead you must continue to learn.

Only a disciple can make a disciple.

If you’re not interested in getting better, it’s time for you to stop leading.

Effective leaders are, first and foremost, good teachers. We're in the education business.