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One can bootstrap in business, one must never bootstrap life..! — Abha Maryada Banerjee

Our perceptions of 'managing' employees are founded on archaic outdated business fundamentals. — Shawn Casemore

Rethink success: Few people will ever discover that the most important business they will ever run.. is their life! — Tony Dovale

I think that in any group activity - whether it be business, sports, or family - there has to be leadership or it won't be successful. — John Wooden

Why - because as a oil and gas small business owner - I know if someone is not doing their job, they should not get paid. Again leadership by example. — Jeff Landry

Tend to the people, and they will tend to the business. — John C. Maxwell

Shape your mindsets or your mindsets will shape you. — Mindy Hall

Make sure your priorities line up with your values. — Michael Barbarulo

Asking questions will get you the performance you are after far more than dictating demands. — Dan James

Believe you can and you will be halfway there. — Lolly Daskal

But to practice leadership, you need to accept that you are in the business of generating chaos, confusion, and conflict — Ronald A. Heifetz

A goal is not just an object on a pitch; it is also a milestone on your journey of excellence. — Onyi Anyado

He was the first prime minister in a long time who did not have a son or a son-in-law in business or real estate — Sanjaya Baru

A leader should never compare his technical skills with his employee's. — Jack Ma

Much of the outward business of kingship came naturally. — Dan Jones

Leadership is a conversation. — William A. Adams

Let's form a committee tasked with exploring why committees are so ineffective. Then we'll stand-back and watch it argue and self-destruct. — Ryan Lilly

The CIO needs to be an enterprise 'polyglot,' to master both business language and IT terminology, and beyond. — Pearl Zhu

30% of all people will never believe you. Do not allow your colleagues and employees to work for you. Instead, let them work for a common goal. — Jack Ma

We thrive when we are pulled by the future, not pushed by the past. — Crystal Kadakia

The opportunities that everyone cannot see are the real opportunities. — Jack Ma

Having a team deliver standards and performance is much easier when they want to be there and want to be led by you. — Tony Curl

CIOs need to be IT evangelists and learn to sell, speak business. — Pearl Zhu

We're going to see leadership emerge as the most important element of business - the attribute that is highest in demand and shortest in supply. — Tom Peters

When you are on top of your game you don't have to talk about it, the world will do that for you. — Dorethia Conner Kelly

Think continally about what you want, not about the things you fear. — Brian Tracy

Although individuals need not be well-rounded, teams should be. — Tom Rath

Just stamping out anti-science and bad science will eliminate an enormous amount of business waste — Paul Gibbons

Good business leaders create a vision, articulate the vision, passionately own the vision, and relentlessly drive it to completion. — Jack Welch

While mistakes may be local, in today's connected world embarrassment is global — Gyan Nagpal

Disengaged employees are an unfortunate reality in the workplace, and poor leadership is often to blame. — W.Chan Kim

Part-time effort means part-tim results. — Tony Curl

If you want to break through to higher levels of performance, you must allow yourself to be restructured. — William A. Adams

Sometimes the best way to get other people to give up their egos is for you to give up yours first. — Jane Ripley

Sometimes, as in a game of chess, we must strategically regress so that we might progress toward our ultimate objective. — Crystal Woods

Strategy is about shaping the future. — Max McKeown

It is rare to find a business partner who is selfless. If you are lucky it happens once in a lifetime. — Michael Eisner

If you can 'hire tough,' you can 'manage easy. — Sue Tetzlaff

It takes healthy, resilient leaders and employees to achieve great results. — Sue Tetzlaff

When we step into positions of leadership, we make a whole set of promises we may not know we are making. — Bob Anderson

A knowledgeable manager can lend to the success of an organization "almost" as much as a poorly trained manager can damage it. — Mark W. Boyer

No! Leadership is not the business of people who need to be motivated! — Amit Chatterjee

Learn from the past, prepare for the future, and perform in the moment. (Moments: Making Your Life Count For What Matters Most, Mike Van Hoozer) — Mike Van Hoozer

Ay tank it blow purty soon purty hard!" he said, and died. — Business And Leadership Publishing

A struggle is fatally injured not so much by the stumbles of its leaders as by their mumbles — Agona Apell

Vision without an Action is Illusion. Action without a Vision is Confusion. — Sunny John

What great leaders have in common is that each truly knows his or her strengths - and can call on the right strength at the right time. — Tom Rath

The notion of "business as usual" is a harmful myth. — Paul Gibbons

Unlearn your knowledge about what WAS working to understand what is working NOW — Roger James Hamilton

Personal leadership is the process of keeping your vision and values before you and aligning your life to be congruent with them. — Stephen Covey

There are no perfect decisions, only excellent applications. — Todd Stocker

Unless today is well lived, tomorrow is not important. — Alan Sakowitz

To guard our character with unwavering commitment, our best protection comes from being humbly aware of our vulnerability. — Lee Ellis

A leader should have higher endurance and ability to accept and embrace failure. — Jack Ma

The manager needs only a molehill to build a mountain, but the money-ger needs a full mountain to build another. — Agona Apell

Leaders must be good listeners. It's rule number one, and it's the most powerful thing they can do to build trusted relationships. — Lee Ellis

Great business leaders of our time stand above the crowd not because of what they do, but what they don't do. — Shawn Casemore

The real winners in life are the people who look at every situation with an expectation that they can make it work ot make it better. — Barbra Pletcher

Professional accountability is a good thing. Without it, excellence is merely a pipe dream and even average performance isn't a realistic expectation. — Lee Ellis

Social Media begins with a story - your story. — Germany Kent

The key difference between captain and coach? The latter's opportunities for influence come at moments when play isn't happening, — Carolyn Taylor

Careers are developed one conversation at a time - over time. — Beverly Kaye Julie Winkle Giulioni

If you're offered a seat on a rocket ship, don't ask what seat! Just get on. — Sheryl Sandberg

Perhaps the ultimate test of a leader is not what you are able to do in the here and now - but instead what continues to grow long after you're gone — Tom Rath

The number one way culture is shaped is by what leaders model. — Mindy Hall

It doesn't matter what your boss thinks as long as he doesn't cry. — Gerry Geek

Being confident and believing in your own self-worth is necessary to achieving your potential. — Sheryl Sandberg

When a family is unified, it doesn't matter what business they're in. They can successfully transition from one generation to the next. — Andrew Keyt

Growing a business requires that we look at ourselves and change the way we make decisions. — David J. Greer

I commend #AIESEC's continuing efforts to develop the #future #business #leadership of our countries. — Nelson Mandela

For individuals and organizations alike, a reputation is far easier to destroy than it is to build. — Andrew Griffin

Working together as a team helps build a cohesive organization. — Ifeanyi Enoch Onuoha

The most unreliable thing in this world is human relationships. — Jack Ma

There is no failure, unless we fail to begin or we fail to continue. — Christopher Babson

Make it your business to draw out the best in others by being an exemplar yourself. — Epictetus

Remember that the six most expensive words in business are: 'We've always done it that way' — Catherine DeVrye

Successful charitable fund-raising has much in common with managing a business: It requires leadership, persistence, and creativity. — David Rockefeller

Don't buy into the campaign that people don't like change. We are built for it. — Stacy Feiner

A leader has to lead otherwise he has no business in politics. — Harry S. Truman

Success is a matter of choice, not chance ~ Deepak Mehra — Deepak Mehra

You can win in business by playing checkers until someone sneaks in one night after you've closed for the day and flips the board. — Mark Miller

Rather than having small smart tricks to get by, focus on holding on and persevering. — Jack Ma

If all the businesses in town are run like country businesses, You are going to have a country town — William Faulkner

The cornerstone of effective leadership is self-mastery. — Patricia Aburdene

It's alright to be Goliath but always act like David. — Phil Knight

Always let your employees come to work with a smile. — Jack Ma

The future is dependent on the decisions you make today. — Omer Soker

In fact, for all the secrets and formulas, for all the self-proclaimed thought leadership, success in business is as elusive as ever. — Philip M. Rosenzweig

If leadership is the way forward, vision is its walking stick. — Nkem Paul

A real businessman or entrepreneur has no enemies. Once he understand this, the sky's the limit. — Jack Ma

One of the tests of leadership is the ability to recognize a problem before it becomes an emergency. — Arnold H. Glasow

good leadership can help creative people stay on the path to excellence no matter what business they're in. — Ed Catmull

A leader should be a visionary and have more foresight than an employee. — Jack Ma

God desires your increase in your leadership, stewardship, relationship, and business — Sunday Adelaja

I'd rather do more with the same, then the same with less. — Justin Greene

In the world of business, being slow is a losing move. — Shawn Casemore

If the people in an organization think the company is small, they will act that way. If they think the company is big, they will act that way. — David J. Greer

Whether you are a business leader or political leader, you need people around you who are prepared to tell the truth. — Michael Kroger

Accountants are in the past, managers are in the present, and leaders are in the future. — Paul Orfalea

A good businessman knows how to make a profit. An engineer makes sure it runs well. We need more leaders who are task oriented. — Phil Mitchell