{"id":69115,"date":"2022-10-20T15:21:00","date_gmt":"2022-10-20T19:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.businesspundit.com\/?p=69115"},"modified":"2022-10-21T09:42:23","modified_gmt":"2022-10-21T13:42:23","slug":"51-ways-to-define-leadership","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businesspundit.com\/51-ways-to-define-leadership\/","title":{"rendered":"51 Ways to Define Leadership"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The dictionary definition of leadership, whatever dictionary you choose, is rather dry and it doesn\u2019t really cover the scope of what\u2019s expected from a leader. Why? Because we all have our own vision of what leaders are and what they do.<\/p>\n

The way you choose to lead your people will be very different from the way your colleague chooses. Some believe leaders carve the way and then let others follow. Others think that leaders determine direction then motivate people to get there. So how could we define leadership? We\u2019ve found 51 quotes from leaders in all fields that explain leadership in their words.<\/p>\n

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  1. \u201cA leader is one who knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way.\u201d John C Maxwell<\/strong>, Cricket Commentator and Australian Broadcasting Great<\/li>\n
  2. \u201cUltimately, leadership is not about glorious crowning acts. It’s about keeping your team focused on a goal and motivated to do their best to achieve it, especially when the stakes are high and the consequences really matter. It is about laying the groundwork for others’ success, and then standing back and letting them shine.\u201d Chris Hadfield<\/strong>, the first Canadian to walk in space and Commander of the expedition.<\/li>\n
  3. \u201cManagement is doing things right; leadership is doing the right things. \u201c Peter Drucker<\/strong>, author and management consultant.<\/li>\n
  4. \u201cA good leader takes a little more than his share of the blame, a little less than his share of the credit.\u201d Arnold H Glasow<\/strong>, American Businessman and Humorist<\/li>\n
  5. \u201cBe a yardstick of quality. Some people aren’t used to an environment where excellence is expected.\u201d Steve Jobs<\/strong>, former CEO of Apple.<\/li>\n
  6. \u201cLeadership is solving problems. The day soldiers stop bringing you their problems is the day you have stopped leading them. They have either lost confidence that you can help or concluded you do not care. Either case is a failure of leadership.\u201d Colin Powell,<\/strong> American Statesman and Retired 4 Star General in the United States Army<\/li>\n
  7. \u201cThe quality of a leader is reflected in the standards they set for themselves.\u201d Ray Kroc<\/strong>, former CEO of McDonald\u2019s<\/li>\n
  8. \u201cA leader is best when people barely know he exists, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: we did it ourselves.\u201d Lao Tzu<\/strong>, Chinese Philosopher and Writer<\/li>\n
  9. \u201cIt 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.\u201d Nelson Mandela<\/strong>, Nobel Peace Prize Winner and former President of South Africa<\/li>\n
  10. \u201cOutstanding leaders go out of their way to boost the self-esteem of their personnel. If people believe in themselves, it’s amazing what they can accomplish.\u201d Sam Walton,<\/strong> founder of Walmart<\/li>\n
  11. \u201cLeadership is practiced not so much in words as in attitude and in actions.\u201d Harold S Geneen<\/strong>, former President of the ITT Corporation<\/li>\n
  12. \u201cEffective leadership is putting first things first. Effective management is discipline, carrying it out.\u201d Stephen Covey<\/strong>, author of 7 highly effective habits of highly effective people.<\/li>\n
  13. \u201cA leader is a dealer in hope.\u201d Napoleon Bonaparte,<\/strong> Emperor of France<\/li>\n
  14. \u201cLeadership – leadership is about taking responsibility, not making excuses.\u201d Mitt Romney<\/strong>, American Businessman and former Governor of Massachusetts<\/li>\n
  15. \u201cLeadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it.\u201d Dwight D Eisenhower<\/strong>, former American politician and General<\/li>\n
  16. \u201cA man who wants to lead the orchestra must turn his back on the crowd.\u201d Max Lucado,<\/strong> Preacher and Author<\/li>\n
  17. \u201cPeople ask the difference between a leader and a boss. The leader leads, and the boss drives.\u201d Theodore Roosevelt,<\/strong> former President of the United States<\/li>\n
  18. \u201cExample is leadership.\u201d Albert Schweitzer,<\/strong> German Physician, Theologian and Philosopher<\/li>\n
  19. \u201cA leader does not deserve the name unless he is willing occasionally to stand alone.\u201d Henry A Kissinger,<\/strong> former American Diplomat and Political Scientist<\/li>\n
  20. \u201cNo man will make a great leader who wants to do it all himself or get all the credit for doing it.\u201d Andrew Carnegie<\/strong>, Scottish American Industrialist<\/li>\n
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  22. \u201cHold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anybody expects of you. Never excuse yourself.\u201d Henry Ward Beecher<\/strong>, American Social Reformer, Speaker and Clergyman<\/li>\n
  23. \u201cWithout initiative, leaders are simply workers in leadership positions.\u201d Bo Bennett<\/strong>, Author<\/li>\n
  24. \u201cThe speed of the leader is the speed of the gang.\u201d Mary Kay Ash,<\/strong> American Businesswoman and Founder of Mary Kay Cosmetics<\/li>\n
  25. \u201cEnlightened leadership is spiritual if we understand spirituality not as some kind of religious dogma or ideology but as the domain of awareness where we experience values like truth, goodness, beauty, love and compassion, and also intuition, creativity, insight and focused attention.\u201d Deepak Chopra<\/strong>, author and spiritualist.<\/li>\n
  26. \u201cLeadership is unlocking people’s potential to become better.\u201d Bill Bradley,<\/strong> former US Senator, Rhodes Scholar and Hall of Fame Basketball Player<\/li>\n
  27. \u201cThe art of leadership is saying no, not saying yes. It is very easy to say yes.\u201d Tony Blair,<\/strong> former British Prime Minister<\/li>\n
  28. \u201cThe great leaders have always stage-managed their effects.\u201d Charles De Gaulle<\/strong>, French Statesman<\/li>\n
  29. \u201cA leader who doesn’t hesitate before he sends his nation into battle is not fit to be a leader.\u201d Golda Meir<\/strong>, Israeli Stateswoman and former Prime Minister of Israel<\/li>\n
  30. \u201cLeadership does not depend on being right. \u201c Ivan Illich,<\/strong> Austrian Philosopher and Social Critic<\/li>\n
  31. \u201cLeadership consists of picking good men and helping them do their best.\u201d Chester W Nimitz,<\/strong> former Fleet Admiral of the United States Navy<\/li>\n
  32. \u201cYou have to lead people gently toward what they already know is right.\u201d Phil Crosby<\/strong>, Management Theorist and Businessman<\/li>\n
  33. \u201cI suppose leadership at one time meant muscles; but today it means getting along with people.\u201d Mahatma Gandhi<\/strong>, leader of the Indian Independence Movement<\/li>\n
  34. \u201cTime is neutral and does not change things. With courage and initiative, leaders change things.\u201d Jesse Jackson,<\/strong> American Civil Rights Activist<\/li>\n
  35. \u201cLeadership is diving for a loose ball, getting the crowd involved, getting other players involved. It’s being able to take it as well as dish it out. That’s the only way you’re going to get respect from the players.\u201d Larry Bird,<\/strong> former American Professional Basketball Player<\/li>\n
  36. \u201cLeadership can not be measured in a poll or even in the result of an election. It can only be truly seen with the benefit of time. From the perspective of 20 years, not 20 days.\u201d Marco Rubio<\/strong>, American Politician and Attorney<\/li>\n
  37. \u201cManagement is about arranging and telling. Leadership is about nurturing and enhancing.\u201d Tom Peters,<\/strong> Management Guru and Author<\/li>\n
  38. \u201cGood leadership consists of showing average people how to do the work of superior people.\u201d John D Rockefeller, <\/strong>Oil Tycoon and Philanthropist<\/li>\n
  39. \u201cLeadership to me means duty, honor, country. It means character, and it means listening from time to time.\u201d George W Bush<\/strong>, former President of the United States<\/li>\n
  40. \u201cIf you command wisely, you’ll be obeyed cheerfully.\u201d Thomas Fuller<\/strong>, English churchman and Historian<\/li>\n
  41. \u201cI don’t know any other way to lead but by example.\u201d Don Shula<\/strong>, former American Football Coach and Player<\/li>\n
  42. \u201cThe very exercise of leadership fosters capacity for it.\u201d Cyril Falls,<\/strong> Military Historian<\/li>\n
  43. \u201cLeaders grasp nettles.\u201d David Ogilvy<\/strong>, Marketing Mogul and Businessman<\/li>\n
  44. \u201cLeadership is not about a title or a designation. It’s about impact, influence and inspiration. Impact involves getting results, influence is about spreading the passion you have for your work, and you have to inspire team-mates and customers.\u201d Robin S Sharma,<\/strong> Canadian Writer and Leadership Developer<\/li>\n
  45. \u201cIf you don’t understand that you work for your mislabeled ‘subordinates’, then you know nothing of leadership. You know only tyranny.\u201d Dee Hock<\/strong>, former CEO of the Visa Credit Card Association<\/li>\n
  46. \u201cLeadership consists not in degrees of technique but in traits of character; it requires moral rather than athletic or intellectual effort, and it imposes on both leader and follower alike the burdens of self-restraint.\u201d Lewis H Lapham,<\/strong> former editor of Harper\u2019s Magazine<\/li>\n
  47. \u201cThe very essence of leadership is that you have to have vision. You can’t blow an uncertain trumpet.\u201d Theodore Hesburgh,<\/strong> Priest and President of Notre Dame University<\/li>\n
  48. \u201cTo me, leadership is about encouraging people. It’s about stimulating them. It’s about enabling them to achieve what they can achieve – and to do that with a purpose.\u201d Christine Lagarde,<\/strong> Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF)<\/li>\n
  49. \u201cLeadership is intangible, and therefore no weapon ever designed can replace it.\u201d Omar N Bradley,<\/strong> former Army General in the United States Army<\/li>\n
  50. \u201cI believe in servant leadership, and the servant always asks, ‘Where am I needed most?’\u201d Mike Pence,<\/strong> Candidate for Vice President of the United States<\/li>\n
  51. \u201cThe secret to success is good leadership, and good leadership is all about making the lives of your team members or workers better.\u201d Tony Dungy,<\/strong> American Football Player and Coach in the NFL\"o-LEADER-facebook-e1454367357835\"<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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