Leadership quotes

„Whoever would be great among you must be your servant, and whoever would be first among you must be slave of all. For even the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve."

„If anyone would be first, he must be last of all and servant of all."

Quoted in the preamble of the White Book of Good Leadership Practices.

„If I then, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another's feet. For I have given you an example, that you also should do just as I have done to you."

„Healthy leadership is not an end in itself; it is a tool for the growth of people and the fulfilment of the mission."

„Let him know that he ought rather to profit than to preside."

Latin: “Sciat sibi oportere prodesse magis quam praeesse”.

„You must demand of yourselves, even if others do not demand of you."

English translation of the Polish original.

„The servant-leader is servant first. It begins with the natural feeling that one wants to serve, to serve first. Then conscious choice brings one to aspire to lead."

Tłumaczenie robocze z języka angielskiego.

„Leadership is one of the most observed and least understood phenomena on earth."

Tłumaczenie robocze z języka angielskiego.

„Leadership is influence - nothing more, nothing less."

„The only definition of a leader is someone who has followers."

Tłumaczenie robocze z języka angielskiego.

„Managers are people who do things right and leaders are people who do the right thing."

Often misattributed to Peter Drucker.

„Management is about coping with complexity. Leadership, by contrast, is about coping with change."

Tłumaczenie robocze z języka angielskiego.

„Leadership is a relationship between those who aspire to lead and those who choose to follow."

Tłumaczenie robocze z języka angielskiego.

„Seek first to understand, then to be understood."

„Level 5 leaders build enduring greatness through a paradoxical blend of personal humility and professional will."

Tłumaczenie robocze z języka angielskiego.

„People don't buy what you do; they buy why you do it."

„Psychological safety is a shared belief held by members of a team that the team is safe for interpersonal risk taking."

Tłumaczenie robocze z języka angielskiego.