It is the quality and the character of the leader that determines the results and performance.
The greatness of a leader is measured by the achievements of the led. This is the ultimate test of his effectiveness.
Leadership Is Performance. You Have To Be Conscious Of Your Behavior, Because Everyone Else Is.
Respect is the key determinant of high performance leadership. How much people respect you determines how well they perform.
Leaders, whether in the family, in business, in government, or in education, must not allow themselves to mistake intentions for accomplishments .
Good leadership is hard to measure on a daily basis which is why so many default to doing what's easy to measure instead.
Model communes are the ones where the leaders lie the best and the biggest.
Putin is a better leader than Obama, because Obama's not a leader, so he's certainly doing a better job than Obama is, and that's all.
I learned that the American people are pretty great people. And they are just poorly served by their leadership, and Washington's very much out of touch with the struggles of ordinary Americans. My hope is that we'll have a Democratic Administration, and then we'll hold their feet to the fire so they start performing for people who put them there.
The moment a leader steps away from his core competencies, his effectiveness as a leader diminishes.
I shall claim full amends for every fall and stubbed toe, if you do not lead us well.
The strength of any organization is a direct result of the strength of its leaders.
The main thing about being captain is keeping your own performance good, and then everything else should fall into place off the back of that.
Personal and organizational effectiveness is proportionate to the strength of leadership.
My ability to function effectively will not affect my ability to serve as commander-in-chief.
The only valid test of leadership is the ability to lead, and lead vigorously.
There is no necessary connection between the desire to lead and the ability to lead, and even less the ability to lead somewhere that will be to the advantage of the led.
Washington had performed his role to perfection. It was no enough that a leader look the part; by Washington's rules, he must know how to act it with self-command and precision.
