you don’t have to be a boss to be a leader

You never have to ask anyone permission to lead. When you want to lead, you lead.

Leadership is more disposition than position — influence others from wherever you are.

The rank of office is not what makes someone a leader. Leadership is the choice to serve others with or without any formal rank.

Leadership is not about titles, positions or flowcharts. It is about one life influencing another.

you don't need to have the biggest title to do the best job.

The real leader has no need to lead. He is content to point the way.

Being the leader means you hold the highest rank, either by earning it, good fortune or navigating internal politics. Leading, however, means that others willingly follow you — not because they have to, not because they are paid to, but because they want to.

A leader is great not because of his or her power, but because of his or her ability to empower others.

Everyone is a leader because everyone influences someone.

You don't have to become something you're not to be better than you were.

What is a leader?” people ask me. My simple answer: “Someone unafraid to take charge. Someone people respond to and are willing to follow.” I believe that leaders must be born with a natural connection and affinity to others, which then must be encouraged and developed by parents and teachers and molded by training, experience, and mentoring. You can learn to be a better leader. And you can also waste your natural talents by ceasing to learn and grow.

A leader leads by example not by force.

If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.