Robin Sharma Quotes

We must lead, but we must listen.

Just because you're the coach, you don't automatically have the authority. You have to work the people. You have to gain the trust of the people.

Being a manager is about getting into the minds of the people you represent.

The best way to persuade people is with your ears - by listening to them.

The key to successful leadership today is influence, not authority.

Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other.

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

The greatest ability in business is to get along with others and to influence their actions.

When you're leading, don't talk.

I suppose leadership at one time meant muscles; but today it means getting along with people.

Managers will tell people what to do, whereas leaders will inspire them to do it, and there are a few things that go into the ability to inspire.

Leadership and partnership go together.

Leaders don’t boss. Not if they’re any good. They persuade. America needs a whole lot more persuading and a lot less bossing.

Leadership contains certain elements of good management, but it requires that you inspire, that you build durable trust. For an organization to be not just good but to win, leadership means evoking participation larger than the job description, commitment deeper than any job contract's wording.

Part of being a successful leader is listening and looking for opportunities to bring people together.

An effective leader is able to reach people in their natural environment and extract their experiences and knowledge about the issues that impact them.

You don't lead by hitting people over the head - that's assault, not leadership.

I'm very much a leader in a lot of the work that I do or that I've done in my career.

If you don't understand that you work for your mislabeled 'subordinates', then you know nothing of leadership. You know only tyranny.

Leadership is influence.

In this work, you have to convince everyone all the time, at different levels, to support your dream. I learned you have to be confident in order to do that.

I'm a leader, not a dictator. I want to persuade people rather than threaten or control them.

A good leader should focus on making sure everyone is being given the tools to do their job, not just expecting - poof! - that they're going to produce great work.

Leaders understand the ultimate power of relationships.

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.