45 More Tips, Tricks and Quotes
45 MORE LEADERSHIP TIPS, TRICKS & QUOTES
TO INSPIRE YOU WHEN YOU NEED IT THE MOST
- Know thyself
- One nasal inhalation for every one jerk in front of you
- Stay calm even in stressful situations. You will make better decisions
- Avoid one upping someone. Instead, just listen.
- Create systems others can easily understand and repeat
- Write it down–or it didn’t happen
- Find one thing good about each person you meet
- NO ONE has ALL of the answers
- Do not try to be everything to everyone
- Delegate things you dislike and even some things you like
- Trust others with proof that you have gathered about them
- Do one thing at a time very well
- Be present with each person in front of you
- Teach others to treat you well
- Lead by example. Don’t preach what you won’t practice
- Have a reason ..and explain “the why” to others
- Reach for the stars. Set high goals, and believe they are achievable.
- Know your principles and beliefs and stand by them. However, be ready to bend and flex on some beliefs that are no longer are needed.
- Address negative behavior in a professional manner
- Praise publicly
- The first responsibility of a leader is to define reality. The last is to say thank you. In between, the leader is a servant. —Max DePree
- Leadership is the capacity to translate vision into reality—Warren Bennis
- Before you are a leader, success is all about growing. When you become a leader, success is all about growing others. —Jack Welch
- A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way—John Maxwell
- Leadership is lifting a person & a vision to high sights, the raising of a person & performance to a higher standard, the building of a personality beyond its normal limitations. —Peter Drucker
- The most dangerous leadership myth is that leaders are born-that there is a genetic factor. That’s nonsense; in fact, the opposite is true. Leaders are made rather than born. —Warren Bennis
- Become the kind of leader that people would follow voluntarily; even if you had no title or position —Brian Tracy
- Criticize the act, not the person – Mary Kay Ash
- You don’t lead by pointing and telling people some place to go. You lead by going to that place and making a case. —Ken Kesey
- The best way to predict the future is to create it. Abraham Lincoln
- 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. —Rosalynn Carter
- The challenge of leadership is to be strong, but not rude; be kind, but not weak; be bold,but not bully; be thoughtful, but not lazy; be humble, but not timid; be proud, but not arrogant; have humor, but without folly. —Jim Rohn
- Outstanding 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. —Sam Walton
- Everyone has an invisible sign hanging from their neck saying, ‘make me feel important. ’ Never forget this message when working with people. – Mary Kay Ash
- A true leader has the confidence to stand alone, the courage to make tough decisions,and the compassion to listen to the needs of others. S/He does not set out to be a leader, but becomes one by the equality of his actions and the integrity of his intent. DouglasMacArthur
- Include everyone who tries hard and wants to play
- Take the plunge, but make sure you check the depth first
- Never say never
- Never say you can’t
- Watch others’ behaviors like a hawk
- Observe others’ leadership styles and emulate the parts you admire
- Be intentional, otherwise you will do the same thing you always did
- Do random acts of kindness for others and for yourself
- Smile often
- Learn every day
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Be Well!
Dr. Lisa Knowles