Great leadership is not about giving orders, it’s about taking others

There is greatness in everyone already. The job of the leader is not to put greatness in anyone. The job of the leader is to make people discover and exploit the greatness already existing in...

Boss may be on, but leader can be anyone.

Be a leader who is driven by purpose but not by position or power.

We debate sometimes what is to be the future of this nation when we think that in a few years public affairs may be in the hands of the fin-de-siecle gilded youths we see about...

Consider meekness as a character trait to develop and then you will leave a leagcy as a leader who influenced and touched lives.

Sometimes you just have to know when the battle you’re fighting is one best walked away from, than fought to the cold, bitter end.

To be a leader, be an example that others may follow.

It is a keen measure of the fall of American influence in the region when a Palestinian leader responds to intense American pressure to go to the negotiating table by waiting to see if Arab...

Craving for power, titles and promotion to high places is not a tool for carving impacts in the heart the world. High positions polluted by bad character are the poisons that dehydrate the world of...

Your vehicle of leadership is fueled by your willingness to learn. You can’t lead if you can’t learn!

Vision differentiates between a follower and a leader.

San Francisco has long been a leader in the arts, nurturing generations of painters, sculptors, poets, novelists, playwrights, film-makers, and performing artists and innovators of every kind.

Apparently, there are many roads which lead to Rome, but there is sure just one road, which leads to success, and that is the road of courage. Depending on what attributes you take with you...

Pakistan not only means freedom and independence but the Muslim Ideology which has to be preserved, which has come to us as a precious gift and treasure and which, we hope other will share with...

The new leader is a facilitator, not an order giver.

A great leader has brains, vision, guts, values … and a heart.

You show me a school with a principal behind the desk, and I’ll show you a school without principal leadership. (Quoting Baruti Kafele)

It is never easy for any leader to choose between differentiation and equality. You are condemned either way. When you treat everyone equally, you are considered just by majority as equality benefits below average people...

You can judge a leader by the size of the problem he tackles. Other people can cope with the waves, it’s his job to watch the tide.

First person to appreciate the good points of others is always special in life as he or she manifests his or her leadership through initiatives.

I would rather be an artist than a leader. Ironically, a leader has to follow the rules.

True leaders are like statues, whether it rains or it shines, they never bend their necks to look backwards! They never run away from challenges!

The leader’s job is to show the way. The bottom line is that you can’t tell anything about the condition of the way if you’ve not traveled on it yourself!

As good surgical doctor works on a patient in the theater with varied kinds of surgical instruments, so a true leader also needs a clean bag of leadership characters that vary from task to task....

Being a leader doesn’t mean you are the guy who runs things.

Benazir Bhutto was an inspirational leader and an inspirational woman.

He who want to be great must first be a servant.

Having the right attitude is fundamental to being an effective leader.

A skilled Transition Team leader will set the general goals for a Transition, and then confer on the other team leaders working with him the power to implement those goals.

Am I creating a consumer environment that is conducive to loyalty?” If the answer is no, FIX IT!

A leader must take responsibility for all his actions and not blame anyone for his problems. The follower, on the other hand, is always in search of a scapegoat or a miracle worker who can...

A person’s words reflect the image of his character and the amount of truth and lies in it is always visible to the human heart than ordinary eyes.

first.” Once the team believes that, they will put their leader, and the company, first as well.

The survival rate of your passion depends on the kind of person that leads you!

The major factor that makes a great leader to fail emerge from the decision of people who surround him/her.

Great leaders are great servants because the only way of setting an example is by demonstrating an example. Service to mankind is the key to true leadership!

A leader creates a new way to success for followers and inspires them to follow him toward the ultimate purpose.

Every leader will hit a series of plateaus in their lives. The key is not to say there, because settling on a plateau can easily lead to an elongated season of comfort. Being comfortable is...

Leaders stimulate mirror neurons of the led.

Napoleon, the greatest of the conquerors, is a sufficient proof that great men of action are criminals, and therefore, not geniuses. One can understand him by thinking of the tremendous intensity with which he tried...

No matter how tiny you look, you can lead huge men if you have what the huge men don’t have.

I could never be your godAnd I don’t even think I want the job anymore

From warriors ravens grew red And with their leader a host attacked.

I realized I’m not the kind of person who wants to go with the flow and fit in. I’m an agitator, I’m opinionated, I’m a libertine and leader.

Throw me to the wolves &I’ll return leading the pack

Never overestimate the strength of the torchbearer’s arm, for even the strongest arms grow weary.

As a leader, it’s critical to take the time to reflect in order to create a powerful vision for the company.

A leader without a clear vision and plans only abuses his power because visions, dreams and plans are the fulcrum along which the loads of success will spine by your own efforts. And where power...

a discovered self” to optimize and become a leader.