A poor leader will tell you how many people work for them. A great leader will tell you how many people they work for.

Leaders may inspire, but only when the people decide to act does the leader's vision become a movement.

Poor leaders push us towards the goal. Great leaders guide us through the journey.

We become leaders when we accept the responsibility to protect those in our care.

Leaders don't look for recognition from others, leaders look for others to recognize.

A leader, first and foremost, is human. Only when we have the strength to show our vulnerability can we truly lead.

There are leaders, and there are those who lead.

Truly effective and inspiring leaders aren’t actually driven to lead people; they are driven to serve them.

A good leader shares information, even if they don't know the whole story. Without any information, people create their own, which causes fear and paranoia.

Any great and inspiring leader or organization that ever existed set out to do something completely unrealistic.

A leader should not take credit when things go right if they are not willing to accept responsibility when things go wrong.

The true price of leadership is the willingness to place the needs of others above your own. Great leaders truly care about those they are privileged to lead and understand that the true cost of the leadership privilege comes at the expense of self-interest.

Be the leader you wish you had.

Great leaders give everyone something to believe in, not something to do.

Managers watch over our numbers, our time and our results. Leaders watch over us.

Leaders volunteer to go first into danger. Their willingness to sacrifice for us is the reason we're inspired to follow.

More often than not when we do not like our work, it's not necessarily because of the work itself. But more often because of the people we work with and more importantly because of the lack of leadership. It is amazing how inspired and motivated we can be when we like the people and when we feel like we show up to work because our leaders care about our wellbeing. It is kind of incredible actually.

Followers want to be taken care of. Leaders want to take care of others. We can all be leaders.

The true value of a leader is not measured by the work they do. A leader's true value is measured by the work they inspire others to do.

Great leaders don’t try to be perfect. They try to be themselves. And that’s what makes them great.

Leaders are the ones who have the courage to go first, to put themselves at personal risk to open a path for others to follow.

When we tell people to do their jobs, we get workers. When we trust people to get the job done, we get leaders.

When leaders care less about their people, their people will be careless.

The rank of office is not what makes someone a leader. Leadership is the choice to serve others with or without any formal rank.

Authorities act with themselves in mind. Leaders act with others in mind. Authorities take. Leaders give. Authorities die. Leaders live on.

Great leaders don't see themselves as great; they see themselves as human.

A leader is the one who speaks last and acts first.

Great leaders don't blame the tools they are given. Great leaders work to sharpen them.

The leaders who get the most out of their people are the leaders who care most about their people.

A leader's job is not just to get the best out of their people-a leader's job is to make more leaders.

If you hire people just because they can do a job, they'll work for your money. But if you hire people who believe what you believe, they'll work for you with blood, sweat, and tears.

The goal is not to do business with everybody who needs what you have. The goal is to do business with people who believe what you believe.

Bad leaders believe that they have to project control at all times.

Believing that your competition is stronger and better than you pushes you to better yourselves.

When we are in groups, when we are surrounded by people who believe what we believe, trust emerges and our very survival and progress goes up.

If you talk about what you believe, you will attract those who believe what you believe.

The difference between those who do and those who don't is that those who don't believe it when they are told they can't.

When we are selective about doing business only with those who believe in our WHY, trust emerges.

Courage isn't inside; it's external. It comes from someone else telling you they believe in you.

You are authentic when everything you say and everything you do you ACTUALLY believe.

We are drawn to leaders and organizations that are good at communicating what they believe. Their ability to make us feel like we belong, to make us feel special, safe and not alone is part of what gives them the ability to inspire us.

Work with people who believe what you believe.

Your work is your own private megaphone to tell the world what you believe.

What you do simply proves what you believe.

Stories are our attempts to share our values & beliefs with the hopes that we may attract those who believe what we believe. This is the basis of forming a trusting relationship. Story telling, therefor, is only worthwhile when it tells what you stand for, not what you do.

The goal of business should not be to do business with anyone who simply wants what you have. It should be to focus on the people who believe what you believe. When we are selective about doing business only with those who believe in our WHY, trust emerges.

Great leaders give everyone something to believe in, not something to do.

People don't buy what you do; they buy why you do it. And what you do simply proves what you believe

I'm very prescriptive about who I work with. I'm very clear about what I believe. If they believe what I believe I will work with them. If they say things like, "Convince me we should do this." I walk away.

Confidence is believing in yourself. Arrogance is telling others you’re better than they are. Confidence inspires. Arrogance destroys.