- Insecurity
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- Nov 07, 2020
Leadership Quotes
What it actually takes to lead well.
These leadership quotes come largely from voices in education reform, arguing that leadership, not technology, is what determines whether students succeed, and that building leadership capacity in a country takes sustained investment rather than shortcuts. See our Speeches for longer-form takes on the same theme.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Failure
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- Nov 07, 2020
Lead yourself whenever your boss' leadership deteriorates. When your boss doesn't praise what you do, praise yourself. When your boss doesn't make you big, make yourself big. Remember, if you have done your best, failure does not count.
- Europe
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- Nov 07, 2020
I believe that in Europe, we have a collective leadership.
- Change
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- Nov 07, 2020
So, President Obama wants to change America. I understand that. We don't need to change America. We need to change the White House. We need to change the leadership in the White House.
- Needs
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- Nov 07, 2020
Leadership desperately needs women.
- Nov 07, 2020
Leadership should be born out of the understanding of the needs of those who would be affected by it.
- Government
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- Nov 07, 2020
Dr. King's leadership reaffirmed the promise of our democracy: that everyday people, working together, have the power to change our government and our institutions for the better.
- Mother
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- Nov 07, 2020
Our next-door neighbour taught physics at Hampton University. Our church abounded with mathematicians. Supersonics experts held leadership positions in my mother's sorority, and electrical engineers sat on the board of my parents' college alumni associations.
- Family
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've been a medical and public health professional as well as a mother. I became skilled at juggling a number of priorities and competing interests. Like many other female leaders, I've tried to serve as a role model for the young women at my organization who are trying to balance a high-level leadership position and a family.
- Focus
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't want to over generalize, but I believe that women are typically drawn to leadership styles that focus on consensus building, effective listening and working in teams. That's certainly been my leadership style, and I think it's been very successful.
- Sad
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- Nov 07, 2020
One of the sad truths about leadership is that, the higher up the ladder you travel, the less you know.
- Goals
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm all for ambition and stretch goals. I set them for myself. But leadership isn't the same as cheerleading. Believing in something is a necessary but absolutely insufficient condition for making it come true.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm sad to report that in the past few years, ever since uncertainty became our insistent 21st century companion, leadership has taken a great leap backwards to the familiar territory of command and control.
- Capacity
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- Nov 07, 2020