Enzo Ferrari on leadership

I gave (my drivers) three things: a sense of optimism, a creative environment and the ultimate motivator - competition.  By competing with each other in-house, we wound up beating our rivals.

~ Enzo Ferrari, auto racer, designer

John Madden on coaching

Coaches have to watch for what they don't want to see and listen to what they don't want to hear. 

~ John Madden

April 10, 1936 - December 28, 2021

Kevin Duffy on leadership

Ask questions, don't profess to know the answers. 
Listen more, talk less.
Lead by example, don't give unsolicited advice.

~ Kevin Duffy

Benjamin Franklin on how to behave

The best thing to give to your enemy is forgiveness; to an opponent, tolerance; to a friend, your heart; to your child, a good example; to a father, deference; to your mother, conduct that will make her proud of you; to yourself, respect; to all others, charity.

~ Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin
1912-1914

Jeff Rakestraw on leading by example

Don't tell people how to run their life.  Show them.

~ Jeff Rakestraw, author of the Random Thoughts blog

Dwight D. Eisenhower on the Great Man theory in America

Never let yourself be persuaded that any one Great Man, any one leader, is necessary to the salvation of America.  When America consists of one leader and 158 million followers, it will no longer be America.

~ Dwight D. Eisenhower

Fortune cookie: "life is like a dogsled team"

Life is like a dogsled team.  If you ain't the lead dog, the scenery never changes.

~ fortune cookie

Lao Tzu on leadership

A leader is best when people barely know that he exists; not so good when people obey and acclaim him; worst when they despise him.

~ Lao Tzu

Joe DiMaggio on leadership

A person doing his or her best becomes a natural leader, just by example.

~ Joe DiMaggio

Peter Drucker on leadership

Effective leadership is not about making speeches or being liked; leadership is defined by results, not attributes.

~ Peter Drucker, management consultant

Nelson Mandela on change

One of the things I learned when I was negotiating was that until I changed myself I could not change others.

~ Nelson Mandela

B.C. Forbes on reading

The man who is too busy to read is never likely to lead.

~ B.C. Forbes, magazine editor

Lao Tzu on leadership

A leader is best when people barely know he exists, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: we did it ourselves.

~ Lao Tzu

Lao Tzu on leadership

To lead the people, walk behind them.

~ Lao Tzu, 6th century BC poet and father of Taoism

On leadership (anonymous)

Unless you're the lead dog, the scenery never changes.

~ Unknown