Leadership Quotes

What separates leaders from the crowd? These words from history's most influential figures reveal the answer.

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"Lead with questions, not answers."
Donna Dubinsky
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"Build systems that work without you."
Donna Dubinsky
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"Lead by example, not by mandate."
Donna Dubinsky
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"Leadership is about removing obstacles, not creating them."
Donna Dubinsky
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"Don't ask people to do what you wouldn't do yourself."
Donna Dubinsky
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"Leadership is the art of making hard decisions with incomplete information."
Donna Dubinsky
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"Lead from your strengths, not your weaknesses."
Donna Dubinsky
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"The best leaders create leaders, not followers."
Donna Dubinsky
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"Leadership is about bringing out the best in others."
Donna Dubinsky
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"We are all architects of possibility, whether we acknowledge it or not."
Shunpei Yamazaki
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"Leadership is the burden of seeing what others cannot yet imagine."
Shunpei Yamazaki
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"Management is not about being in control. It's about letting the right people loose."
Andy Grove
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"Take the chaos and make order from it. That is the role of a manager."
Andy Grove
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"The most important role of a manager is to make the mission clear."
Andy Grove
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"Your title makes you a manager. Your people make you a leader."
Andy Grove
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"The best managers are teachers, not tyrants."
Andy Grove
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"You manage things, you lead people."
Andy Grove
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"Noise level rises as we scale. You must manage the signal-to-noise ratio."
Andy Grove
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"An organization's culture reflects its leader's assumptions."
Andy Grove
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"The worst strategy is no strategy at all."
Andy Grove
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"Communication moves information. Communication also moves emotion. And emotions drive people."
Andy Grove
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"A good manager shows up on time and knows what's expected."
Andy Grove
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"Make your mission so clear that even your competitors understand it."
Andy Grove
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"Don't manage by committee. Make decisions and own them."
Andy Grove
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"Your success is measured by the success of those beneath you."
Andy Grove
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"You can't just talk about change, you have to live it."
Andy Grove
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"A company's culture eats strategy for breakfast."
Andy Grove
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"You lead by example. Your team watches everything you do."
Andy Grove
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"A manager's job is to amplify the talents of others."
Andy Grove
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"Your strategy must be simple enough for your people to understand it."
Andy Grove