Leadership and management are not synonymous. Travis Bradberry leadershipmanagementsynonymous Change image and share on social
We've been sitting at the compromise table for a long time. We're just waiting for that cold chair to be warmed up by the Republican leadership. They still have time to do the right thing and be responsible. They just seem to be moving further and further away from it. Debbie Wasserman Schultz chaircoldcompromise share on social
I think the most important leadership lessons I've learned have to do with understanding the context in which you are leading. Universities are places with enormously distributed authority and many different sorts of constituencies, all of whom have a stake in that institution. Drew Gilpin Faust authorityconstituencycontext share on social
It's very important in a leadership role not to place your ego at the foreground and not to judge everything in relationship to how your ego is fed. Ruth J. Simmons egofeedforeground Change image and share on social
When you're in a leadership role, you can never please all of the people all of the time. There's also a lot of responsibility that goes along with it that others may not realize. Joyce Meyer leadershiplotpeople Change image and share on social
Most leadership strategies are doomed to failure from the outset. As people have been noting for years, the majority of strategic initiatives that are driven from the top are marginally effective - at best. Peter Senge doomdriveeffective share on social
Stubbornness is a positive quality of presidential leadership - if you're right about what you're stubborn about. Douglas Brinkley leadershippositivepresidential Change image and share on social
The conduct of President Bush's war of choice has been plagued with incompetent civilian leadership decisions that have cost many lives and rendered the war on and occupation of Iraq a strategic policy disaster for the United States. John Olver bushchoicecivilian share on social
The atmosphere at my school was very competitive. Young girls were competing with each other every day for status, for leadership, for the affection of the teachers. I hated it. Zhang Ziyi affectionatmospherecompete Change image and share on social
The art of leadership is saying no, not saying yes. It is very easy to say yes. Tony Blair arteasyleadership Change image and share on social