Leadership Culture Quotes

Growing other leaders from the ranks isn't just the duty of the leader, it's an obligation.

I have always thought that what is needed is the development of people who are interested not in being leaders as much as in developing leadership in others.

My kids think you are always supposed to be in a small group and lead one.

I start with the premise that the function of leadership is to produce more leaders, not more followers.

Sam Walton was a master storyteller who used illustrative stories to reinforce his cultural standards.

You know, being America, being the land of "number ones", everyone wants to be a leader before they follow.

I'm from the school that great performers and great leaders create more great leaders. Give people other experiences, other responsibilities. Have them join organizations within the company and outside the company.

A leadership culture is one where everyone thinks like an owner, a CEO or a managing director. It's one where everyone is entrepreneurial and proactive.

As a top manager, you have to not just reward truth-telling, you've got to beg for it, and you've got to demand that everyone around you gives you constructive criticism, constantly. You've got to get out of the bubble, so that you can get direct feedback from everybody who's being affected.