14 Quotes to Buff Up Your Leadership Skills

15 Quotes to Buff Up Your Leadership Skills - YBGR

Few are born to lead. Instead, we acquire leadership skills throughout our professional journey. Everything from mindset to emotional intelligence and sound decision-making capabilities play into our capacity to guide others successfully.

Below are fourteen quotes to help you buff up your leadership skills.

Quotes to Grow Your Leadership Skills

Quote 1 - Be open-minded

Quote 1: Be open-minded. Embrace being wrong. Free yourself of preconceptions. Talk less, listen more. Question everything, even yourself. – Karen Salmansohn

Quote 2 - Stretch yourself

Quote 2: When you hear only what you want to hear, you’re not listening. When you read only to confirm what you know, you’re not learning. Stretch yourself. That’s how you grow. – Marc & Angel

Quote 3 - Always be teachable.

Quote 3: Always be teachable. You are not always right. There is always something to be learned. – Lauren Fortenberry

Quote 4 - The mind is like water

Quote 4: The mind is like water. When it’s turbulent, it’s challenging to see. When it’s calm, everything becomes clear. – Prasad Mahes

Quote 5 - He who has mastered himself

Quote 5: He who controls others may be powerful, but he who has mastered himself is mightier still. – Lao Tzu

Quote 6 - Explain your anger

Quote 6: Explain your anger instead of expressing it, and you will open the door to solutions instead of arguments. – Ruth Ghatourey

Quote 7 - Conflict and Delivery

Quote 7: 10% of conflict is due to differences in opinion, and 90% is due to delivery and tone of voice. – @masteringlawofattraction

Quote 8 - I can respect any person

Quote 8: I can respect any person who can put their ego aside and say, I made a mistake, I apologize, and I am correcting the behavior. – Sylvester McNutt

Quote 10 - Empathy

Quote 9: The highest form of knowledge is empathy, for it requires us to suspend our egos and live in another’s world. – Plato

Quote 9 - Compassion

Quote 10: Compassionate people ask for what they need. They say no when they need to, and when they say yes, they mean it. They are compassionate because their boundaries keep them out of resentment. – Brene Brown

Quote 11 - Relationships first

Quote 11: When you find yourself in situations of impossible demands, choose relationships first. – Sarah Boyd

Quote 12 - Your leadership isn't about you

Quote 12: Your gifts, leadership, purpose—none of it is about you. Instead, a life of significance is about serving others. It’s about guiding those who need your talents—those gifts, that leadership, and purpose. – Kevin Hall

Quote 13 - Comfort Zone

Quote 13: If we are not a little bit uncomfortable every day, we’re not growing. All the good stuff is outside our comfort zone. – Jack Canfield

Quote 14 - No limits on your own thinking

Quote 14: There are no limits to what you can accomplish, except the limits you place on your own thinking. – Brian Tracy

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