Jo Johnson Quotes

Great leaders help their people see how they can directly impact the company's objectives and their own personal goals.

Leaders lead. They don't divide; they don't create a climate that is poisonous.

Leadership - mobilization toward a common goal.

As a leader, you have to have a vision that inspires people around you.

To me, leadership is about encouraging people. It's about stimulating them. It's about enabling them to achieve what they can achieve - and to do that with a purpose.

The task of the leader is to get his people from where they are to where they have not been.

There's no way a director can communicate with every single person on the set and yet they need to motivate and instill an ambition to want to do their best work.

True leadership isn't about having an idea. It's about having an idea and recruiting other people to execute on this vision.

Ultimately, leadership is not about glorious crowning acts. It's about keeping your team focused on a goal and motivated to do their best to achieve it, especially when the stakes are high and the consequences really matter. It is about laying the groundwork for others' success, and then standing back and letting them shine.

In 13 years of doing my day job, I've learned a few things about motivating people. It's about setting a vision and, as long as everyone knows why they're doing what they're doing, you achieve that vision.

A manager is a guide. He takes a group of people and says, 'With you I can make us a success; I can show you the way.'

Leadership requires a blend of strategy, persuasion, inspiration and motivation. It is based on respect more than fear.

Leaders create a sense of urgency. And along with that you have to create a sense of hope and a direction.

Leadership is having a compelling vision, a comprehensive plan, relentless implementation, and talented people working together.

Good managers ensure good outcomes, but great leaders can deliver a vision by getting people to work together.

If the vision is not right and if the right group of players is not together, it doesn't come together.

A good leader, in my view, should have a clear vision of the future they want and the society they need to build. They must also have a connection with the people who work for them and be able to mobilise their best energies to create teams where people can be most creative and happy.

I think you have to show people it's cool and fun to work together. It's your obligation. If you can't do it, who can you expect to do it?

I don't need a captain's band to lead a team to victory.

If there is such a thing as good leadership, it is to give a good example. I have to do so for all the Ikea employees.

You really just have to come in and build the spirit up of your team by working them everyday, showing them examples of what they've done and reinforce their work.

A leader has the vision and conviction that a dream can be achieved. He inspires the power and energy to get it done.

My philosophy of leadership is to surround myself with good people who have ability, judgment and knowledge, but above all, a passion for service.

There is no real magic to being a good leader. But at the end of every week, you have to spend your time around the things that are really important: setting priorities, measuring outcomes, and rewarding them.

I know of no single formula for success. But over the years I have observed that some attributes of leadership are universal and are often about finding ways of encouraging people to combine their efforts, their talents, their insights, their enthusiasm and their inspiration to work together.