Marianne Elliott Quotes

Leadership matters most, and optimism and unity comes from the leader.

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

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

Leadership is more than just managing economic reforms. Leadership means giving broad direction, take up challenges which other people cannot do.

Good direction is often based on the ability to communicate.

What makes a leader great is not the fact that she (or he) has all the answers, but the ability to inspire and empower us to find the answers.

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

Leadership is more about clarity than it is about control.

I always say, as a leader, you've got to know when to get out of the way.

It's about what the players are doing. My job is facilitate that. My job is to put them in positions to succeed. My job is to listen to their ideas, take them if they're good, quietly push them to the side if they're not. My job is to help them grow.

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

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.

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.

The manager asks how and when; the leader asks what and why.

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

As a leader, these attributes - confidence, perseverance, work ethic and good sense - are all things I look for in people. I also try to lead by example and create an environment where good questions and good ideas can come from anyone.

There are good leaders who actively guide and bad leaders who actively misguide. Hence, leadership is about persuasion, presentation and people skills.

Leadership is not about a title or a designation. It's about impact, influence and inspiration. Impact involves getting results, influence is about spreading the passion you have for your work, and you have to inspire team-mates and customers.

Good leadership is to know when to go, and you only succeed as a good leader if you've transported someone else in and the company gets stronger. Then you've succeeded as leader.

I think one of the keys to leadership is recognizing that everybody has gifts and talents. A good leader will learn how to harness those gifts toward the same goal.

Good leadership consists of showing average people how to do the work of superior people.

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.

The job of president is to motivate, to inspire, to be side by side with people making sure that they develop all their capacities and that I remove all the obstacles they have to grow by themselves.

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

The best CEOs I know are teachers, and at the core of what they teach is strategy.