Management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right things.

 

Don't tell people how to do things, tell them what to do and let them surprise you with their results.

 

Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it.

 

The leadership instinct you are born with is the backbone. You develop the funny bone and the wishbone that go with it.

 

All of the great leaders have had one characteristic in common: it was the willingness to confront unequivocally the major anxiety of their people in their time. This, and not much else, is the essence of leadership.

A leader's dynamic does not come from special powers. It comes from a strong belief in a purpose and a willingness to express that conviction.

 

What's important as a leader is not what happens when you are there. It's what happens when you're NOT there.

 

The level of morale is a good barometer of how each of your people is experiencing your leadership.
 

Effective team leaders realize they neither know all the answers, nor can they succeed without the other members of the team.

If I, the group leader, expect you, the group member, to be weak, then I elicit the weak part of you. If I expect you to be able to cope, I elicit your strength.

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