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In politics, as in business, leadership is crucial.
Sep 17, 2025
What we need is political leadership which can give guidance to the development of global governance. We need business leadership which goes beyond shareholder value to understand the needs and fears of other stakeholders and their communities.
I commend #AIESEC's continuing efforts to develop the #future #business #leadership of our countries.
There is no passion to be found playing small - in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living.
A sense of humor is part of the art of leadership, of getting along with people, of getting things done.
In business, integrity is just as important as in any of the great public offices... but I believe one of the first and fundamental obligations of competent business leadership is above all to protect the reputation and integrity of the business - to that degree the integrity of the business is the integrity of the leader.
The single biggest way to impact an organization is to focus on leadership development. There is almost no limit to the potential of an organization that recruits good people, raises them up as leaders and continually develops them.
The leaders who work most effectively, it seems to me, never say 'I'. They don't think 'I'. They think 'we'; they think 'team'.
What chance gathers, she easily scatters. A great person attracts great people and knows how to hold them together.
I suppose leadership at one time meant muscles; but today it means getting along with people.
The building of a personality beyond its normal limitations.
Make every detail perfect and limit the number of details to perfect.
Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower.
As we look ahead into the next century, leaders will be those who empower others.
The art of leadership is saying no, not saying yes. It is very easy to say yes.
A leader takes people where they want to go. A great leader takes people where they don't necessarily want to go, but ought to be.
Earn your leadership every day.
A man who wants to lead the orchestra must turn his back on the crowd.
The greatest leader is not necessarily the one who does the greatest things. He is the one that gets the people to do the greatest things.
The final test of a leader is that he leaves behind him in other men the conviction and the will to carry on.
To lead people, walk behind them.
Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other.
People ask the difference between a leader and a boss. The leader leads, and the boss drives.
Love is by far the most important thing of all.
A business that makes nothing but money is a poor business.
You don't lead by hitting people over the head - that's assault, not leadership.
The challenge of leadership is to be strong, but not rude; be kind, but not weak; be bold, but not bully; be thoughtful, but not lazy; be humble, but not timid; be proud, but not arrogant; have humor, but without folly.
Be strong, but not rude; Be kind, but not weak; Be bold, but not bully; Be humble, but not timid; Be prooud, but not arrogant.
The day soldiers stop bringing you their problems is the day you have stopped leading them.
It is better to lead from behind and to put others in front, especially when you celebrate victory when nice things occur. You take the front line when there is danger. Then people will appreciate your leadership.
The function of leadership is to produce more leaders, not more followers.
Leaders aren't born they are made.
Leaders are not born, they're made.
Failure is simply the opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently.
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.
It's alright to be Goliath but always act like David.
Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity.
Leadership should be born out of the understanding of the needs of those who would be affected by it
Your most unhappy customers are your greatest source of learning.
Do not follow where the path may lead.
Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.
The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires.
The most successful businessmen were often uneducated when measured by the scholastic standards of the teaching profession. But they were equal to their social function of adjusting production to the most urgent demand. Because of these merits the consumers chose them for business leadership.
A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way.
Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.
Leaders aren't born they are made. And they are made just like anything else, through hard work. And that's the price we'll have to pay to achieve that goal, or any goal.
A leader is best when people barely know that he exists.
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.
If you think you can't, you're right.
Leadership is the capacity to translate vision into reality.