David Gemmell Quotes

At the moment we need training for leadership.

If we, as coaches, aren't teachers, we are nothing

You have to learn to be a follower before you become a leader.

Any fool can buy talent; only real leaders develop it.

The function of leadership is to produce more leaders, not more followers.

I have spent a lifetime watching kids make mistakes because they were not trained or well led or properly motivated to do well. I never faulted the kids; rather, I saw opportunity to train, to motivate, to improve leadership - not to punish the individual.

Whoever wants to be a leader should educate himself before educating others

There's no shortcut to being a manager or coach.

You always learn from both good and bad bosses.

My experience with Epic is handing off more and more power to the point where I can just sit back and look at our strategy or technology. I provide guidance without being responsible for any particular part of the company.

Seek out counsel and be a mentor to people, because then they learn how to be mentors.

Those engaged in directing the actions of others are always in danger of overlooking the importance of the sequential development of those they direct.

We live in a world that is crying out for better leadership.

Your leadership development strategy is perfectly designed to produce the caliber of leader you currently have.

All men are created to lead, but we need somebody to lead us.

The one quality that can be developed by studious reflection and practice is the leadership of men.

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

As always I am focused on training and coaching my team.

Good coaching is good teaching and nothing else.

Leadership is what you need to learn next

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

The leadership definitely have to come from the leaders.

It takes leaders to grow other leaders.

I seek out a lot of advice from other CEOs.

You know, a football coach is nothing more than a teacher. You teach them the same subject, and you have a group of new guys every year.