36 Theories On Leadership Quotes

In the ever-evolving landscape of leadership, understanding and embracing diverse theories can be the key to unlocking one's potential and guiding others effectively. Delving into the wisdom of renowned thinkers and visionaries, we present a curated selection of the top 36 quotes on leadership. These insights offer profound reflections and actionable guidance, whether you're a seasoned leader, aspiring to be one, or simply seeking inspiration in your everyday interactions. Embark on this journey through words to gain clarity, inspiration, and a deeper understanding of what it truly means to lead.

1. “A manager’s emotional commitment is the ultimate trigger for their discretionary effort, worth more than financial, intellectual & physical commitment combined.” - Stan Slap

2. “What companies want most from their managers is what they most stop their managers from giving. What managers want most from their jobs is what they most stop themselves from getting.” - Stan Slap

3. “Providing the ultimate solution to work/life balance: not escaping from work but living the way you want to at work.” - Stan Slap

4. “Profitability. Growth. Quality. Exceeding customer expectations. These are not examples of values. These are examples of corporate strategies being sold to you as values.” - Stan Slap

5. “A company can’t buy true emotional commitment from managers no matter how much it’s willing to spend; this is something too valuable to have a price tag. And yet a company can’t afford not to have it.” - Stan Slap

6. “The company may have captured their minds, their bodies and their pockets, but that doesn’t mean it’s captured their hearts.” - Stan Slap

7. “Try not to take this the wrong way, but your brain is smarter than you are.” - Stan Slap

8. “The worst thing in your own development as a leader is not to do it wrong. It’s to do it for the wrong reasons.” - Stan Slap

9. “Human behavior is only unpredictable and dangerous if you don’t start from humanity in the first place.” - Stan Slap

10. “What first separates a leader from a normal human being? A leader knows who they are as a human being.” - Stan Slap

11. “Imagine a world where what you say synchs up, not sinks down.” - Stan Slap

12. “The myth of management is that your personal values are irrelevant or inappropriate at work.” - Stan Slap

13. “When you’re a manager, you work for your company. When you’re a leader, your company works for you.” - Stan Slap

14. “Your company is its own competition and can deliver itself debilitating blows the competition only dreams of.” - Stan Slap

15. “The first step to solving any problem is to accept one’s own accountability for creating it.” - Stan Slap

16. “Success for Managers means: I want to be in healthy relationships. I want a real connection with people I spend so much time with.” - Stan Slap

17. “Let’s get right on top of the bottom line: You must live your personal values at work.” - Stan Slap

18. “The heart of a company’s performance is hardwired to the hearts of its managers.” - Stan Slap

19. “Your values are your essence: an undistorted mirror showing you at your pure, attractive best.” - Stan Slap

20. “The high quality of a company’s customer experience rarely has anything to do with the high price of their product.” - Stan Slap

21. “Management controls performance in people because it impacts skills; it’s a matter of monitoring, analyzing and directing.” - Stan Slap

22. “Leadership creates performance in people because it impacts willingness; it’s a matter of modeling, inspiring, and reinforcing.” - Stan Slap

23. “Leaders are people who know exactly who they are. They know exactly where they want to go. They’re hell-bent on getting there.” - Stan Slap

24. “Leaders make a lot of mistakes but they admit those mistakes to themselves and change because of them.” - Stan Slap

25. “Any expert will tell you that if you want emotionally committed relationships then people must be allowed to be true to who they are.” - Stan Slap

26. “Values are deeply held personal beliefs that form your own priority code for living.” - Stan Slap

27. “Values are the individual biases that allow you to decide which actions are true for you alone.” - Stan Slap

28. “When you don’t know what true for you, everyone else has unusual influence.” - Stan Slap

29. “True leaders live their values everywhere, not just in the workplace.” - Stan Slap

30. “Emotional commitment is a personal choice. Managers understand this even if their companies don’t.” - Stan Slap

31. “A manager’s emotional commitment is worth more than their financial, intellectual and physical commitment combined.” - Stan Slap

32. “Why live my personal values at work? This is an excellent question to ask. If your attorneys are planning an insanity defense.” - Stan Slap

33. “Work/life balance is not about escaping work. It’s about living exactly the way you want to when you’re at work.” - Stan Slap

34. “This is your one and only precious life. Somebody’s going to decide how it’s going to be lived and that person had better be you.” - Stan Slap

35. “What managers want most from companies they stop themselves from getting.What companies want most from managers they stop them from giving.” - Stan Slap

36. “It’s impossible for a company to get what it wants most if managers have to make a choice between their own values and company priorities.” - Stan Slap