Good morning all, “Leadership is about helping others realize their potential and inspiring them to work with you to achieve a shared vision for the future.” — Kathy Mazzarelli, CEO, Graybar

“Ensuring that people have everything they need to achieve the missions of an organization. That’s it, all else is footnotes.” — Hans Vestburg, CEO, Verizon Communications

“Leadership is a combination of legitimacy, personality and management skills that make others want to follow someone’s direction.” — Pierre-André de Chalendar, CEO, Saint Gobain

“Leadership is helping people succeed, inspiring and uniting people behind a common purpose and then being accountable.” — Paul Polman, Former CEO, Unilever

“A leader focuses on both the vision of the future and the possibility and the hard realities of the present and the lessons learned of the past, a person who inspires others, someone who is a walking symbol of humility.” — Bernard Tyson, Former CEO, Kaiser Permanente

“As a leader you must trust and empower your teams. Give them a clear direction, explain the purpose of the company and give them the means to do their jobs. A leader must also empower people and help them grow and build on their strengths while practicing to improve on their blind spots.” — Isabelle Kocher, CEO, Engie

“Leadership is showing up and stepping up at a time when people need you and doing the right thing, no matter how hard it is. I remember my former boss said to me that there’s a right thing to do and there’s an easy thing to do, and very rarely is the right thing to do the easy thing to do.” — Keith Barr, CEO, InterContinental Hotels Group

“Leadership is about the ability to drive results, set the vision and share it, create an environment of success, and remove obstacles.” — Judy Marks, CEO, Otis Elevator

“A leader is someone who can think strategically, simplify the strategy so everyone in the organization can understand it and communicate that strategy simply, enthusiastically, and in a caring way.” — Ajay Banga, CEO, MasterCard

“The most basic definition of leadership is you set the destination. You come up with a strategy to get to that destination and do your best to align and supply the resources to make that happen.” — Mark Hurd, Former CEO, Oracle

“Leadership is helping believe in a better tomorrow or a better outcome than you have today.” -Marissa Mayer, Former CEO, Yahoo!

“Make setting audacious goals a fundamental belief. Do things, as John F. Kennedy famously said, “not because they are easy, because they are hard.” Leadership stands for progress, empowerment, empathy and trust. At a time of too many cynics who throw up their hands and cry, “impossible,” I employ optimism, the only free stimulus in this world.” — Bill McDermott, CEO, ServiceNow (Former CEO, SAP)

“Leadership is getting people to willingly go someplace they wouldn’t go themselves” — Tom Wilson, CEO, Allstate

“I define leadership as making a positive impact on people; employees, shareholders, customers, business partners and the public at large.” — Levent Çakiroglu, CEO,

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