Progress occurs when courageous, skillful leaders seize the opportunity to change things for the better. In periods where there is no leadership, society stands still. Napoleon BonaparteMen make history and not the other way around. Ken KeseyWhen I give a minister an order, I leave it to him to find the means to carry it out. You lead by going to that place and making a case. MaxwellYou don’t lead by pointing and telling people some place to go. Theodore RooseveltLeadership is influence. Johann Wolfgang Von GoetheThe best executive is the one who has sense enough to pick good men to do what he wants done, and self-restraint enough to keep from meddling with them while they do it. Publilius SyrusA great person attracts great people and knows how to hold them together. Peter DruckerAnyone can hold the helm when the sea is calm. Ralph NaderEffective leadership is not about making speeches or being liked leadership is defined by results not attributes. Brian TracyI start with the premise that the function of leadership is to produce more leaders, not more followers. AristotleBecome the kind of leader that people would follow voluntarily even if you had no title or position. Andre MalrauxHe who has never learned to obey cannot be a good commander. Warren BennisTo command is to serve, nothing more and nothing less. That’s nonsense in fact, the opposite is true. Sir Winston ChurchillThe most dangerous leadership myth is that leaders are born-that there is a genetic factor to leadership. Margaret MeadThe nation will find it very hard to look up to the leaders who are keeping their ears to the ground. Indeed it is the only thing that ever has. Peter DruckerNever doubt that a small group of thoughtful, concerned citizens can change world. General MontgomeryLeadership is lifting a person’s vision to high sights, the raising of a person’s performance to a higher standard, the building of a personality beyond its normal limitations. John MaxwellMy own definition of leadership is this: The capacity and the will to rally men and women to a common purpose and the character which inspires confidence. –Multiple AttributionsA leader is one who knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way. Napoleon BonaparteYou don’t need a title to be a leader. When you become a leader, success is all about growing others. General George PattonBefore you are a leader, success is all about growing yourself. Warren BennisLead me, follow me, or get out of my way. Max DePreeLeadership is the capacity to translate vision into reality. Rear Admiral Grace Murray HopperThe first responsibility of a leader is to define reality. Am I not their leader? -Benjamin DisraeliYou manage things you lead people. Lao TzuWhere there is no vision, the people perish. He wrote about it in a 2001 Harvard Business Review article, and published his research in his well-respected book, "From Good to Great." top leadership (Level 5) exhibit a combination two rare traits:Professional Will: An unwavering focus on doing the right things for the long term good of their organizationPersonal Humility: an inherent ability to selflessly shun the limelight and deflect the credit for their success to others in the organization or outside factors.Skills, Attributes/Responsabilities:Going a little beyond Jim Collins, here are some quotes that I appreciate from: 100 Best Quotes on Leadership - Forbes:"A leader is best when people barely know he exists, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: we did it ourselves. Jim Collins ""The concept of Level 5 Leadership was created by business consultant, Jim Collins. What a really appreciate in it was a reseach about leadership behavior (attributes and responsabilities) in a lot of great companies, like Walgreens, Kimberly-Clark, Circuit City, Gillette."If good is the enemy of great-and I believe it is-the current trends in leadership give the decided edge to the enemy. I really like this question!Recently a finished the Jim Collins's book Good to Great.
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