Becoming An Effective Leader

‘The good news is that we don’t have to be prefect to be a leader.’

Leadership is about taking people where they would not have gone by themselves.’

The best leaders focus on just three priorities: Idea, People, Action.’

You cannot succeed by trying to become someone else.’

If you want to lead, you have to make a difference.’

Your future perfect idea must be simple enough that it can be interpreted and made relevant.’

You need to create a team and a network of people who have faith in your story.

You do not really know your own idea until you know how other people will judge it.’

As a leader you need to know where you add value to your team, where you make a difference.’

You can teach skills but you cannot teach values.’

Can you learn to be a leader?’

Source:

Jo Owen (2018). How to Lead: The 5th Edition of the Bestselling Guide

Real Leaders Don’t Play With Their People

‘Leaders are those individuals who do the things that failures aren’t willing to do- even though they might not like doing them either.’

‘It is impossible to build a tribute to success on a foundation of excuses.’

‘Leadership is about having unshakeable faith in your vision and unrelenting confidence in your power to make positive change happen.’

‘Small little leadership acts really will compound into breathtaking consequences.’

‘Without innovation, life is death.’

‘Small daily improvements-over time- lead to stunning results.’

‘Daily ripples of excellence- over time- become a tsunami of success.’

‘The best leaders never leave the site of a good idea without doing something- no matter how small- to breathe some life into it.’

‘When you go to your limits, your limits will expand.’

‘You can never know how high you can climb if you don’t even try.’

‘Scared gets you nowhere.’

Source:

Robin Sharma (2010). The Leader Who Had No Title: A Modern Fable on Real Success in Business and in Life