Tony Dungy Quotes

Leaders of the future will have to be visionary and be able to bring people in - real communicators. These are things that women bring to leadership and executive positions, and it's going to be incredibly valuable and incredibly in demand.

Leadership is all about emotional intelligence. Management is taught, while leadership is experienced.

Most experts and great leaders agree that leaders are made, not born, and that they are made through their own drive for learning and self-improvement.

A key thing in being a leader is you’ve got to pause yourself.

One characteristic of winners is they always look upon themselves as a do it yourself project.

Great leadership can be a difficult thing to pin down and understand. You know a great leader when you're working for one, but even they can have a hard time articulating what it is that makes their leadership so effective.

Nobody is actually a natural C.E.O.

Great CEOs are not just born with shiny hair and a tie.

I think for leadership positions, emotional intelligence is more important than cognitive intelligence. People with emotional intelligence usually have a lot of cognitive intelligence, but that's not always true the other way around.

I think that business leaders today have to be more rounded than they used to be, they have to be completely multi-functional and fast-moving.

I think leadership is most effective when it's your own personality. But I feel like it's a natural progression as a quarterback, as well.

Novice leaders often respond dramatically to provocations.

I've learned that I have to be more aggressive in that position, when I'm leading the match.

It's important for whoever is governor to be somebody with a breadth of experience in life, in business, and in service.

I like to think I'll be quite instinctive as a leader.

I think I can bring tremendous leadership.

The best leaders adapt and are flexible with their situations. I try to be the same.

I do believe I have certain strengths as a female CEO, such as having another level of awareness through emotional intelligence.

A good leader... maintains a balance between emotional drive and sound thinking.

If you want to be a leader of people, you must learn to watch events.

Leaders are not born or made - they are self made

Realizing your potential as a leader is your responsibility.

I think I've always been a follow-the-leader with my career, or maybe waiting for things to happen. Now I'm like, I'm OK-I know the direction, whoever's on board can go with me.

A good leader remains focused. Controlling your destination is better than being controlled by it

Great leaders have to know when to divide that line from being selfless to being selfish, and he perfectly chose the time to be selfish and made plays.