Leadership quotes If the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch. Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it. A leader is a dealer in hope. What you cannot enforce, do not command. A man who wants to lead the orchestra must turn his back on the crowd. People cannot be managed. Inventories can be managed, but people must be led. Do you wish to rise? Begin by descending. You plan a tower that will pierce the clouds? Lay first the foundation of humility. Pull the string, and it will follow wherever you wish. Push it, and it will go nowhere at all. Life is like a dogsled team. If you ain't the lead dog, the scenery never changes. A leader is best when people barely know he exists, not so good when people obey and acclaim him, worse when they despise him. But of a good leader who talks little when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: We did it ourselves.
It is a terrible thing to look over your shoulder when you are trying to lead -- and find no one there. The question, 'Who ought to be boss?', is like asking, 'Who ought to be the tenor in the quartet?' Obviously, the man who can sing tenor. Management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right things. Don't tell people how to do things, tell them what to do and let them surprise you with their results. I must follow the people. Am I not their leader? The leadership instinct you are born with is the backbone. You develop the funny bone and the wishbone that go with it. Delegating work works, provided the one delegating works, too. Only one man in a thousand is a leader of men -- the other 999 follow women. The very essence of leadership is that you have to have vision. You can't blow an uncertain trumpet. The best executive is the one who has sense enough to pick good men to do what he wants done, and self-restraint to keep from meddling with them while they do it. Motivational posters give us both a written, and a visual daily dose of motivation. So get yours today
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