Frances Hesselbein quotes

Leadership flows from inner character and integrity of ambition, which inspires others to lend themselves to your organization's mission.

When you see a roadblock or challenge as an opportunity, it is amazing how you are already halfway there.

Leadership is not a basket of tricks or strategies or skills that you pull out. Leadership begins with the quality of the person.

I never had any question about the direction we were going in at the Girl Scouts. We shared our mission and research with all levels of leaders from the very beginning - a concept I created, using cups and saucers, called 'circular management.' Everyone was on a team; there were no superiors or subordinates. There was respect for all people.

Leadership is a matter of how to be - not how to do it.

Practice self-awareness, self-evaluation, and self-improvement. If we are aware that our manners - language, behavior, and actions - are measured against our values and principles, we are able to more easily embody the philosophy, leadership is a matter of how to be, not how to do.

A single person doesn't change an organization, but culture and good people do.