“He that thinketh he leadeth and hath no one following him is only taking a walk.”
More from John Maxwell on Leadership
“How to prepare someone for leadership:I do it.I do it and you watch.You do it and I watch.You do it.You do it and someone else watches.”
“Teamwork makes the dream work, but a vision becomes a nightmare when the leader has a big dream and a bad team.”
“Good leaders must communicate vision clearly, creatively, and continually. However, the vision doesn't come alive until the leader models it.”
“A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way.”
“People buy into the leader before they buy into the vision.”
“Everything rises and falls on leadership.”
“Leadership is influence.”
“The best way a mentor can prepare another leader is to expose him or her to other great people.”
“As a leader, the first person I need to lead is me. The first person that I should try to change is me.”
“Leadership is not about titles, positions or flowcharts. It is about one life influencing another.”
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Eisenhower
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Charles de Gaulle
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Peter F. Drucker
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George Patton
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Norman Schwarzkopf
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Nelson Mandela
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