Motivating Teams Quotes

Of all the things a leader should fear, complacency heads the list.

As leader of the effort of the Iraqi Survey Group, I spent most of my days not out in the field leading inspections. It's typically what you do at that level. I was trying to motivate, direct, find strategies.

Leadership is creating a state of mind in others. The difference between being a leader and manager, all due respect to managers, is that leaders have to create states of mind. But a leader, first of all, has to have a clear state of mind, which is usually her own vision, which energizes her, motivates others, and then creates that state of mind in others.

People won't give their best unless their leader challenges them to do so.

It's difficult to get large groups of people, to the extreme levels of focus and productivity that you need, for a startup to be successful.

The greatest leaders mobilize others by coalescing people around a shared vision.

Leadership is all about people … and getting the most out of people.

You'd like to see your team reasonably happy, but that's not your job. Gain their respect and get them to accept their roles

All good leaders listen to their people and empower them to go away and turn any innovative ideas they have into a reality.

When I look at a leader, I look at someone who is able to get exceptional performance out of others.

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

Not only do the majority of senior women executives have sports in their background, they recognize that the behaviors and techniques learned through sports are critical to motivating teams and improving performance in a corporate environment.

Leadership is... to make sure you never limit the idea or opportunity.

Leadership is the ability to get extraordinary achievement from ordinary people.

The definition of leadership is that you have to find great people and ask them to do extraordinary things. I've been doing that my whole life.

Not even a great leader can get very far without great people to lead.

Leadership is all about unlocking the potential in others.

Leadership is liberating people to do what is required of them in the most effective and humane way possible.

Exceptional leaders don't impart just vision, rather they cultivate the emergence of vision.

Leadership is not always about getting things done 'right.' Leadership is about getting things done through other people.

Leadership is the art of giving people a platform for spreading ideas that work.