Leadership
693 quotes: 53 by Keith Craft, 640 from other voices.
Keith Craft on Leadership
- Leadership happens at the change of the leader.
- One of two things happen when you walk into every room: it either gets better or worse. Leaders make things better!
- Leaders Think Antithetical! Normal-ship says, "If it's not broke, don't fix it." Leadership says, "Break it! There is always a better way to do it!
- Leadership is...setting your sail (your heart) so that when the Wind (Holy Spirit) blows, you move in the right direction.
- Leaders must be BIGGER than what they would say or do in a given situation that would give them cause to judge what someone said or did.
- Leadership is...THINK Wisdom (differentiate between good & Best), BE Grace-Full (operate by God's power), DO Glory (bring your best). Prov.4:7-9
- Leadership is a commitment to Think, Be and Do life beyond yourself, for the benefit of others.
- LeaderTip of the Day #41: Do only what only you can do. Delegate the rest.
- When you start leading, you will stop needing.
- The greatest way to persuade someone is to live a life that proves a better way.
- Readers are leaders.
- Super-Vision requires Supervision.
- Consistence (l) persistence (r) omnipotence (t) all powerful. Triangle - Strategic (l) intentional (r) initiate (t) . These two triangles work together
Other voices on Leadership
- A boss has the title, a leader has the people.
- A brave man inspires others to heroism, but his own courage is not diminished when it enters into other souls: it is stimulated and invigorated.
- A chief is a man who assumes responsibility. He says, "I was beaten." He does not say, "My men were beaten.
- A coach is someone that sees beyond your limits and guides you to greatness.
- A coach is someone who can give correction without causing resentment.
- A coach is someone who tells you what you don’t want to hear, who has you see what you don’t want to see, so you can be who you have always known you could be.
- A coach must never forget that he is a leader and not merely a person with authority.John WoodenCommonly attributed
- A good coach can change a game. A great coach can change a life.
- A good coach will make his players see what they can be rather than what they are.
- A good example has twice the value of good advice.
- A good leader inspires people to have confidence in the leader, a great leader inspires people to have confidence in themselves.Eleanor RooseveltCommonly attributed
- A good leader sees everything, overlooks a great deal, and corrects a little.
- A good leader takes a little more than his share of blame; a little less than his share of credit.
- A great man is one who affects the mind of his generation.
- A leader is a dealer in hope.
- A leader is best when people barely know he exists; Not so good when people obey and acclaim him; worst when they despise him; but a good leader who talks little when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say "We did it our selves!"
- A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way.
- A leader leads by example, not by force.
- A leader must be inspired by the people before a leader can inspire the people.
- 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.
- A leader's job is not to do the work for others; it's to help others figure out how to do it themselves, to get things done and to succeed beyond what they thought possible.
- A man must first govern himself ere he is fit to govern a family; and his family ere he be fit to bear the government of the commonwealth.
- A man who lives right, and is right, has more power in his silence than another has by his words. Character is like bells which ring out sweet music, and which, when touched accidentally even, resound with sweet music.
- A man who wants to lead the orchestra must turn his back on the crowd.
- A manager's task is to make the strengths of people effective and their weakness irrelevant - and that applies fully as much to the manager's boss as it applies to the manager's subordinates
- A mediocre idea that generates enthusiasm will go further than a great idea that inspires no one.
- A new position of responsibility will usually show a man to be a far stronger creature than was supposed.