Leadership is not about a title, degree or level. Anybody can lead at any time.
Yeah, I wasn't chosen to be first. I was just chosen to command that flight. Circumstance put me in that particular role. That wasn't planned by anyone.
Different times need different types of leadership.
The ablest and most effective leaders do not hold to a single style; they may be highly supportive in personal relations when that is needed, yet capable of a quick, authoritative decision when the situation requires it.
An effective executive builds on strengths - their own strengths, the strengths of superiors, colleagues, subordinates, and on the strength of the situation.
Effective team leaders adjust their style to provide what the group can't provide for itself.
Strong leadership demands more than the willingness to use force. It means directing the use of the right tools at the right time for the right purpose and the right cause.
A leader has to show the face his team needs to see.
The best leaders don’t know just one style of leadership—they’re skilled at several, and have the flexibility to switch between styles as the circumstances dictate.
Leaders are made by the situations they are involved in. I think that some rise to the occasion and some do not.
Leadership ability determines a person's level of effectiveness.
An effective leader allows exceptions to the rule for exceptional results or when circumstance demands.
A leader is a man who can adapt principles to circumstances.
My personal view is that organisations have a capacity to throw up extraordinary leaders to suit the occasion.
The best managers figure out how to get great outcomes by setting the appropriate context, rather than by trying to control their people.
A leader is someone you are not disappointed in placing trust in. When that person makes suggestions, you are inclined to trust [them]. Often it is people who have been there [in a similar situation to the people he or she is leading]. They would generally be people who are ready to take the risks themselves. Most leaders would be people who don't ever give commands and remain at home and let the foot soldiers be the ones who bear the brunt.
Over time, I have come to this simple definition of leadership: Leadership is getting results in a way that inspires trust.
I was not a messiah, but an ordinary man who had become a leader because of extraordinary circumstances.
Being a leader, it's the art of trying to find the balance, the right times with each individual and what they need at that moment. It requires looking outward as opposed to looking inside.
