“An executive is a man who decides; sometimes he decides right, but always he decides.”
- John H. Patterson

Management

“Managing is the art of getting things done through and with people in formally organized groups. It is the art of creating an environment in which people can perform as individuals and yet cooperate toward the attainment of group goals. It is the art of removing blocks to such performance.”
- Harold Koontz

Management

“The essence of real leadership is to allow your people to see your need and desire for learning. Your actions speak more than your words. Today’s leaders must be students of change first, before they become teachers of change to others.”
- Jack Kahl

Leadership

“An army of deer led by a lion is more to be feared than an army of lions led by a deer.”
- Philip II of Macedon

Leadership

“The leader must have infectious optimism. . . . The final test of a leader is the feeling you have when you leave his presence after a conference. Have you a felling of uplift and confidence?”
- Field General Bernard Montgomery

Leadership

“If you lead through fear you will have little to respect; but if you lead through respect you will have little to fear.”
- Anonymous

Leadership

“Enthusiasm is that kindling spark which marks the difference between the leaders in every activity and the laggards who put in just enough to get by.”
- Johann Friedrich Schiller

Enthusiasm