John C. Maxwell Quotes

And I'd say one of the great lessons I've learned over the past couple of decades, from a management perspective, is that really when you come down to it, it really is all about people and all about leadership.

I think that in any group activity - whether it be business, sports, or family - there has to be leadership or it won't be successful.

Most management systems have to do with establishing trust and getting people to cooperate. They're not really about expertise or science.

The most challenging part of being CEO is communicating to 200,000 people what you want done.

No team works out teamwork.

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.

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.'

Management is nothing more than motivating other people.

I think the best thing a team can have is different leaders.

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

As a goalkeeper, I needed good players around me. I needed Nemanja Vidic, Cristiano Ronaldo, and Wayne Rooney. It's the same as a CEO.

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

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

I played on teams with 24 guys pulling the rope one way and one guy pulling the other. I've seen how destructive it can be. I tell them, 'If 13 of you are insanely successful and one fails, we all lose.'

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.

The secret to success is good leadership, and good leadership is all about making the lives of your team members or workers better.

Turnaround or growth, it's getting your people focused on the goal that is still the job of leadership.

Leadership is one of the things I really strive to excel in in my life.

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

When you form a team, why do you try to form a team? Because teamwork builds trust and trust builds speed.

Leadership is the key to 99 percent of all successful efforts.

True leadership lies in guiding others to success. In ensuring that everyone is performing at their best, doing the work they are pledged to do and doing it well.

Leadership consists of picking good men and helping them do their best.

Some people say it's scarier to direct the people you work with; not me, I'm a team guy.

A great director or leader knows his people, creates a great team, and then makes a great movie that can influence millions more than the readers of his column.