Leadership is the activity of influencing people to cooperate toward some goal which they come to find desirable.

Quote by Ordway Tead

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Leaders must wake people out of inertia. They must get people excited about something they've...

Leaders must wake people out of inertia. They must get people excited about something they've...

Leadership is like the old galley ships. 100s are rowing, but only one (the captain)...

Leadership is like the old galley ships. 100s are rowing, but only one (the captain)...

Leaders aren't born, they are made. And they are made just like anything else, through...

Leaders aren't born, they are made. And they are made just like anything else, through...

There is no peace among equals because equality doesn't exist in this universe. Either one...

There is no peace among equals because equality doesn't exist in this universe. Either one...

Competence goes beyond words. It's the leader's ability to say it, plan it, and do...

Competence goes beyond words. It's the leader's ability to say it, plan it, and do...

People ask the difference between a leader and a boss. The leader leads, and the...

People ask the difference between a leader and a boss. The leader leads, and the...

Leadership is diving for a loose ball, getting the crowd involved, getting other players involved....

Leadership is diving for a loose ball, getting the crowd involved, getting other players involved....

If you want to build a ship, don't drum up people together to collect wood...

If you want to build a ship, don't drum up people together to collect wood...

When the solution is simple, God is answering.

When the solution is simple, God is answering.

A leader's role is to raise people's aspirations for what they can become and to...

A leader's role is to raise people's aspirations for what they can become and to...

Being spokesman for a generation is the worst job I ever had.

Being spokesman for a generation is the worst job I ever had.

A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way.

A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way.

The man who wants to lead the orchestra must turn his back on the crowd.

The man who wants to lead the orchestra must turn his back on the crowd.

The leadership instinct you are born with is the backbone. You develop the funny bone...

The leadership instinct you are born with is the backbone. You develop the funny bone...

Leadership is an unbelievably hard communications job.

Leadership is an unbelievably hard communications job.

A leader is a dealer in hope.

A leader is a dealer in hope.

I must follow the people. Am I not their leader?

I must follow the people. Am I not their leader?

Of all the things I have done, the most vital is coordinating the talents of...

Of all the things I have done, the most vital is coordinating the talents of...