personal leadership Quotes

Management is clearly different from leadership. Leadership is primarily a high-powered, right-brain activity. It's more of an art it's based on a philosophy. You have to ask the ultimate questions of life when you're dealing with personal leadership issues.

Leadership is not a title. It's a behavior. LIVE it

The root of the kingdom is in the state. The root of the state is in the family. The root of the family is in the person of its head.

I'm very much a lead by example person.

When George W. Bush decided to save the American position in Iraq by going against the advice of all of his wise men, of Jim Baker and the whole Iraq Study Group, and 90% of his administration, that was George W. Bush's decision. So we have to bear in mind that this isn't an administration we're electing. It's a person that we are electing.

The most powerful leadership tool you have is your personal example.

Listening to the inner voice - trusting the inner voice - is one of the most important lessons of leadership.

Leadership is a journey. Each one of us has to take our own path, and get there our own way.

I'm very confident with who I am and how I lead, and I'm a problem solver and like to keep myself on my toes.

I'm not the type of guy to go out and just say, 'Hey, I'm raising my fist to do this and do that.' I don't think I'm that type of guy. I wasn't a leader the way other people may have wanted me to be.

No matter who you are, you have the nature and capacity for leadership.

Anyway, I've never been captain in 16 years in the NHL. But that didn't stop me being a leader in my own way.

Own the leadership style that makes you you. If you are an empathetic leader by nature, embrace that.

Some people kind of get lost in what everyone else is doing and not pay attention to themselves, and I think I'm one where I pay attention to myself and can set the example for the people coming up.

Too often when people think of their journey into leadership, they envision a career path. What they should be thinking about is their own leadership development!

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.

I often say that leadership is deeply personal and inherently collective. That's a paradox that effective leaders have to embrace.

As a confirmed individualist I certainly do not wish to underrate the influence of the individual, for the masses do not lead the individual; rather, in the individual is vested the capacity to lead the masses.

Quality effective leaders have the confidence to trust others to try, succeed, and sometimes to fail. We very often confuse personality with leadership. In other words, leadership is not about being a nice person or not a nice person.

The quarterback position is a role of leadership, and I feel just who I am as a person, I bring different types of leadership to the table.

Your style can be an artistic part of your personal leadership journey.

In truth I care little about any party's politics—, the man behind it is the important thing.

One of the most important things for any leader is to never let anyone else define who you are. And you define who you are. I never think of myself as being a woman CEO of this company. I think of myself as a steward of a great institution.

Presenting leadership as a list of carefully defined qualities (like strategic, analytical, and performance-ori ented) no longer holds. Instead, true leadership stems from individuality that is honestly and sometimes imperfectly expressed.... Leaders should strive for authenticity over perfection.

I am not a 'yes' person. No matter who you are married to, you still need to lead your life.