26 inspirational leadership quotes from global thought leaders
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26 Inspirational Leadership Quotes is a collection of quotes from global thought leaders. The idea was intended to get leaders thinking about how they can influence others and includes 4 questions to facilitate discussion and thought.... Enjoy!TRANSCRIPT
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Some helpful questions to ask yourself
In order to get the most from these quotes, we suggest you get yourself a pen and pad and ensure you have a quiet space to reflect on each quote and
how it relates to you
1 What does this quote say about me?2 What could I be doing more of / less of on this
topic?3 What is stopping me moving ahead on this topic?
4 What is 1 thing I could be doing to move me closer to where I want to be?
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A great leader’s courage to fulfill their vision comes from passion, not position - John Maxwell
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The most dangerous leadership myth is that leaders are born - that there is a genetic factor to leadership. That’s nonsense; in fact, the
opposite is true. Leaders are made rather than born - Warren Bennis
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Before you are a leader, success is all about growing yourself. When you become a leader, success is all about growing others - Jack Welch
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A leader is a dealer in hope- Napoleon Bonaparte
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A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way - John Maxwell
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I start with the premise that the function of leadership is to produce more leaders, not more followers - Ralph Nader
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Effective leadership is not about making speeches or being liked; leadership is defined by results not attributes - Peter Drucker
The Big Hole, Kimberley
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To lead people, walk behind them – Lao Tzu
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When people are placed in positions slightly above what they expect, they are apt to excel – Richard Branson
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Good judgment comes from experience and experience comes from bad judgments
– Dr Warne E Dyer
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Don't follow the crowd, let the crowd follow you – Margaret Thatcher
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Management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right things – Peter Drucker
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Innovation distinguishes a leader from a follower – Steve Jobs
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A leader is best when people barely know they exist, when their work is done, their aim is fulfilled, people
will say: we did it ourselves – Lao Tzu
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I suppose leadership at one time meant muscles; but today it means getting along with people
- Mahatma Gandhi
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A good objective of leadership is to help those
who are doing poorly to do well
and to help those who are
doing well to do even better - Jim Rohn
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Simply put, without robust social skills a
leader won’t be leading for long
- David Rock
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If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader - John Quincy Adams
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You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You must do the thing you think you cannot do -
Eleanor Roosevelt
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Great leaders are not defined by the absence of weakness, but rather by the presence of clear strengths - John Zenger
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Great leaders are almost always great simplifiers, who can cut through argument, debate, and doubt to offer a solution everybody can understand
- General Colin Powell
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Leaders think and talk about the solutions. Followers think and talk about the problems - Brian Tracy
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Be a yardstick of quality. Some people aren’t used to an environment where excellence is expected – Steve Jobs
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The key to successful leadership today is influence, not authority - Kenneth Blanchard
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A real leader faces the music even when he doesn’t like the tune – Arnold H Glassgow
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Be great in little things – St. Francis Xavier
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