Monkey Business

Some leaders are born women. - Unknown

Leadership is a choice, not a position. - Stephen Covey

Strong people don't need strong leaders. - Ella Baker

No leader can be too far ahead of his followers. - Eleanor Roosevelt

Leaders don't inflict pain; they share pain. - Max Depree

Politics is not a game. It is an earnest business. - Winston Churchill

Cream always rises to the top... so do good leaders. - John Paul Warren

He who cannot be a good follower cannot be a good leader. - Aristotle

People buy into the leader before they buy into the vision. - John C Maxwell

Management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right things. - Peter F Drucker

The art of leadership is saying no, not yes. It is very easy to say yes. - Tony Blair

The best leaders are the best notetakers, best askers, and best learners. - Tom Peters

The value of a leader is directly proportional to that leader's values. - Unknown

Be stubbornly committed to your team, but flexible in your leadership style. - Jo Miller

Leaders don't set out to climb the ladder. They rise by lifting others up. - Jo Miller

All animals, except man, know that the principal business of life is to enjoy it. - Samuel Butler

One thing is certain in business: You and everyone around you will make mistakes. - Richard Branson

Leadership is all about influence - the first person you need to influence is you. - John C Maxwell

My advice would be if you want to pursue a career in the music business, don't. - Simon Cowell

Like the cosmetics industry, the securities business is engaged in selling illusion. - Paul Samuelson

The best leaders have a high consideration factor. They really care about their people. - Brian Tracy

Music is everybody's business. It's only the publishers who think people own it. - John Lennon

It takes hunger, tenacity and commitment to see a dream through until it becomes a reality. - John C Maxwell

Leaders become great not because of their power but because of their ability to empower others. - John Maxwell

To be successful, you have to have your heart in your business and your business in your heart. - Thomas J Watson

Talking business disgusts me. If you want to talk business, call my disgusting personal manager. - Sylvester Stallone

To me, job titles don't matter. Everyone is in sales. It's the only way we stay in business. - Harvey Mackay

Leaders come in two flavors: expanders and containers. The best leadership teams have a mix of both. - Barbara Corcoran

If people like you, they'll listen to you. But if they trust you, they'll do business with you. - Zig Ziglar

Whether you're having setbacks or not, the role of a leader is to always display a winning attitude. - Colin Powell

The gap between what's expected and what you deliver is where the magic happens, in business and life. - Jay Baer

Leaders should always expect the very best of those around them. They know that people can change and grow. - Warren Bennis

The goal of an effective leader is to recondition your team to be solution focused rather than problem focused. - Unknown

Effective leadership is not about making speeches or being liked. Leadership is defined by results, not attributes. - Peter F Drucker

Not to forgive is to be imprisoned by the past, by old grievances that do not permit life to proceed with new business. - Robin Casarjian

A bad leader can take a good staff and destroy it, causing the best employees to flee, and the remainder to lose all motivation. - Unknown

The blood of Christ covers all of our sins, but each of us must do personal business with God in order to experience his forgiveness. - Lewis B Smedes

Over the long haul of life on this planet, it is the ecologists, and not the bookkeepers of business, who are the ultimate accountants. - Stewart L McKinley

To make our way, we must have firm resolve, persistence, tenacity. We must gear ourselves to work hard all the way. We can never let up. - Ralph Bunche

Leadership is a matter of having people look at you and gain confidence, seeing how you react. If you're in control, they're in control. - Tom Landry