Leadership Tips of the Day

Good leadership should be positive, participative, and supportive. Here are some great quotes on the benefits of of these leadership styles, to get everyone thinking as we approach the new year, courtesy of "The Motivational Manager" newsletter from Ragan's Management Resources ...

"If you lead through fear you will have little to respect; but if you lead through respect you will have little to fear"
- Anonymous

"The leader must have infectious optimism... The final test of a leader is the feeling you have when you leave his [or her] presence after a conference. Have you a feeling of uplift and confidence?"
- Field General Bernard Montgomery

"The key to success is to get out into the store and listen to what the associates have to say. It's terribly important for everyone to get involved. Some of our best ideas come from clerks and stockboys."
- Sam Walton

"You do not lead by hitting people over the head--that's assault, not leadership."
- Dwight D. Eisenhower

"Someone once defined the manager, only half in jest, as that person who sees the visitors so that everyone else can get the work done."
- H. Mintzberg