Nikki Haley is a proven leader. And that is what she should be judged on.
I'm not a natural leader. I'm too intellectual; I'm too abstract; I think too much.
If you're a man and you are confident and you are ambitious and strong, then you are a statesman and a leader. If you are a woman and you have those qualities, well, they have a not-so-flattering term for that.
The prime minister is not a private individual, but the leader of the Jewish State and the Jewish world as a whole.
When you are scoring runs, you automatically become a good leader because you are armed with so much confidence. If you struggle with your performance, then it becomes very difficult for a leader to perform his role.
Leadership is standing with your people. People say you have to live to fight another day, but sometimes you have to show you are a true leader.
Americans are very big about loving the dog first, so when you tell them you have to set rules and limitations, a lot of people believe it's going to hurt their feelings. They're actually looking for you to be the pack leader.
As a founder and most senior member of the CBC, John Conyers has been an advocate for the Congressional Black Caucus and a respected leader in the House of Representatives.
I respect Rush Limbaugh; he is a national conservative leader, and in no way do I want to diminish his voice.
Being on a set where the director has lost control is just sickening. No one goes the extra mile, there's a lot of eye-rolling... it just breeds inertia. If a director is in control, the crew follow their leader. But the second anyone senses the directors are not sure, people just swoop in.
The most important thing a leader can do is set the vision and don't stray. We said, 'We are a research foundation. Our mission is to accelerate cures.'
In a sinful world, no community can exist for long where nobody is ever held accountable: no teacher would grade a student's performance; no citizen would sit on a jury or call a failed leader to account.
A good leader must be fair.
Each group and each youngster is different. As a leader or coach, you get to know what they need.
I am a leader in my own world. That's enough for me.
An old African leader says about leadership, he says that leadership should never be shared; it should always remain in the hands of the dispossessed people. We will lead the revolution.
The quality of his being one with the people, of having no artificial or natural barriers between him and them, made it possible for him to be a leader without ever being or thinking of being a dictator.
As a leader, you have to have the ability to assimilate new information and understand that there might be a different view.
I have never tried to fiddle my role as leader of the city of Sheffield, as an MP or as a minister.
All these boundaries - Africa, Asia, Malaysia, America - are set by men. But you don't have to look at boundaries when you are looking at a man - at the character of a man. The question is: What do you stand for? Are you a follower, or are you a leader?
We would very much like to see Iran take a position as a responsible leader that doesn't intimidate or threaten or scare its neighbors and others. But the choice is really up to Iran and we're going to keep working to try to come out with the right decision.
A woman as the leader of the Free World is an impossibility. Muslim countries won't talk to you.
If you can get a teen leader in each sector of a student population, you can pull people in. Everybody wants to get involved, but most are too afraid. When they see a person they think is cool leading it, they're first to join.
If you're the leader, you have to communicate the message of immortality to your people. Because I believe if a leader hides behind a rock, then the people will hide behind a mountain.
You cannot be a leader, and ask other people to follow you, unless you know how to follow, too.
Robespierre, however, was not the type of leader finally destined to emerge from the Revolution.
When you experience a failure as a leader, don't hide it - talk about it. Your missed opportunity will encourage others to take risks.
Americans think they're the leader of the world and yet can say that they're putting their economic interests ahead of the lives of - quite possibly - tens of millions of people who over the next 50 years will die because of floods or storms or tropical diseases or whatever. I guess that sort of thing makes me angry.
There are pros and cons of experience. A con is that you can't look at the business with a fresh pair of eyes and as objectively as if you were a new CEO. Fire yourself on a Friday night and come in on Monday morning as if a search firm put you there as a turn-around leader. Can you be objective and make the bold change?
I'm quite modest. I don't want to tell people I'm a leader.
In truth, a leader should either apologize, mean it and do something about it - or not apologize at all.
If you want to be a leader whom people follow with absolute conviction, you have to be a likable leader. Tyrants and curmudgeons with brilliant vision can command a reluctant following for a time, but it never lasts. They burn people out before they ever get to see what anyone is truly capable of.
Enclave life becomes very tense, Even when they do elect a leader, the factions remain, with the threat of splitting off.
The quality of a leader is reflected in the standards they set for themselves.
Clearly, every company needs a leader. That's an important part of being the CEO of the company.
I have never forgotten John Candy's generosity. He showed me how to be a gentle leader.
