Future-Oriented Leadership Quotes

Leaders are all about what isn't and what-needs-to-be be.

Transformation al leaders don't start by denying the world around them. Instead, they describe a future they'd like to create instead.

If more politicians in this country were thinking about the next generation instead of the next election, it might be better for the United States and the world.

Great leaders must have two things: a vision of the world that does not yet exist and the ability to communicate that vision clearly.

Leadership is about creating new realities.

Being a visionary leader is not about giving speeches and inspiring the troops. How I spend my day is pretty much the same as how any executive spends his day. Being a visionary leader is about solving day-to-day problems with my vision in mind.

A leader's job is to look into the future and see the organization, not as it is, but as it should be

Leadership is about setting a direction. It's about creating a vision, empowering and inspiring people to want to achieve the vision, and enabling them to do so with energy and speed through an effective strategy. In its most basic sense, leadership is about mobilizing a group of people to jump into a better future.

Leadership defines what the future should look like, aligns people with that vision, and inspires them to make it happen despite the obstacles.

If you don't choose to do it in leadership time up front, you do it in crisis management time down the road.

If a leader cannot give you a clear picture of what he or she sees in the future, that person is not the leader of that organization.

We have learned how to develop five-minute and even one-minute managers. But we would do better to ask ourselves what it takes to be an executive who helps build a better future.