Tom Peters Quotes

If you want to be a leader, go lead

Nothing that matters in this world happens unless leaders lead it.

If you want leaders, you must become a leader yourself!

Having the capacity to lead is not enough. The leader must be willing to use it.

You've got to listen but you've also got to lead.

The leadership definitely have to come from the leaders.

I really believe being a good listener is important for anybody, and particularly for somebody who wants to be a leader.

Leaders have to lead.

To be a great leader, you must be a great listener

The world is in your hands, now use it.

There is only one way to respond to the issue of leadership and that is to lead.

It is our responsibility, but not burden, to be champions.

One of the things you look for is leadership, and it comes in different forms. There's vocal leaders, there's quiet leaders, there's leaders that lead by example.

Much of command is the ability to take command.

Being a world leader is less about destiny than focused determination, and it is there that we have faltered.

Be the leader you wish you had.

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

Leadership is not a position or a title, it is action and example.

Leadership is not about a title, degree or level. Anybody can lead at any time.

The worst days of leadership beat the best days of being an onlooker.

Great leaders focus on equipping their team. It is unfair to expect what you did not equip.

good people managers are likely to listen more than they speak. Perhaps that's why we were given two ears and only one mouth.

The practice of leadership is not the same as the exercise of power.

In my opinion, being an effective leader requires being an effective listener. The most productive leaders are usually those who are consistently willing to listen and learn.

It takes a leader to know a leader, grow a leader, and show a leader.