Leadership Quotes

Most great leaders appreciate: when you are wrong, admit it, fix the problem, and stay the course in areas where you are making a positive difference.

I think that’s the single best piece of advice: constantly think about how you could be doing things better and questioning yourself.

To let life happen to you is irresponsible. To create your day is your divine right.

Don’t count on motivation; count on discipline.

I just tell them, "I want you to play as hard and as tough as you can and all your mistakes belong to me."

“Companies go out of business when they make the wrong decisions or, just as important, make too many decisions. The latter creates complexity.”

In a chronically leaking boat, energy devoted to changing vessels is more productive than energy devoted to patching leaks.

You have to always be ready, always be alive, and always be willing to move in a new direction.

Sometimes it takes a good fall to really know where you stand.

You cannot change your destination overnight, but you can change your direction overnight.

I can't change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination.

La communication se construit sur des relations de confiance

You are never too young to lead, and you should never doubt your capacity to triumph where other have not.

The conductor of an orchestra doesn't make a sound. They depend for their power, on their ability to make others powerful.

The culture of any organisation is shaped by the worst behaviour the leader is willing to tolerate.

Change will not come if we wait for some other person, or if we wait for some other time. We are the ones we’ve been waiting for. We are the change that we seek.

Leadership is not just about giving energy ... it's unleashing other people's energy.

Don’t be intimidated by what you don’t know. That can be your greatest strength and ensure that you do things differently from everyone else.

Leadership is about making others better as a result of your presence and making sure that impact lasts in your absence.

An organisation is like a tree. Its growth is measured by the height it attains and the width it covers. It is largely considered GREEN because of its leaves. Its fruits (financial results) depend solely on its roots (leaders). If its branch (head) is functionally weak, the same part will always complain of being laden with too many leaves (employees) but the strong will grow more.