A Quote by Colin Powell

Trust is the essence of Leadership. — © Colin Powell
Trust is the essence of Leadership.
The essence of leadership is building bonds of trust in your organization.
Leadership is not taken, it is given. People give leadership to those that they trust. They allow people that they trust to have influence over their lives.
Why wouldn't female Marines come forward? Because they don't trust us. They don't trust the command. They don't trust the leadership.
Polls are no substitute for leadership because, at its very essence, leadership is about giving people what they don't already have - a sense of vision, inspiration, or even an adequate grasp of a particular subject.
Over time, I have come to this simple definition of leadership: Leadership is getting results in a way that inspires trust.
I think leadership of any kind requires trust and transparency and voters should demand no less from their political leadership in government.
Character makes trust possible, and trust is the foundation of leadership.
True leadership is moral authority, not formal authority. Leadership is a choice, not a position. The choice is to follow universal timeless principles, which will build trust and respect from the entire organization. Those with formal authority alone will lose this trust and respect.
Leadership is a function of knowing yourself, having a vision that is well communicated, building trust among colleagues, and taking effective action to realize your own leadership potential.
In leadership, there are no words more important than trust. In any organization, trust must be developed among every member of the team if success is going to be achieved
Teams use trust as currency. If it is in short supply, then the team is poor. If trust abounds, the members of the team have purchase power with each other to access each others’ gifts, talents, energy, creativity, and love. The development of trust then becomes a significant leadership strategy. Trust creates the load limits on the relationship bridges among team members
The toughest thing about the power of trust is that it's very difficult to build and very easy to destroy. The essence of trust building is to emphasize the similarities between you and the customer.
The very essence of leadership is that you have to have vision. You can't blow an uncertain trumpet.
Distilling truth from overwhelming amounts of information is the essence of leadership.
Quality effective leaders have the confidence to trust others to try, succeed, and sometimes to fail. We very often confuse personality with leadership. In other words, leadership is not about being a nice person or not a nice person.
Leadership can't be claimed like luggage at the airport. Leadership can't be inherited, even though you may inherit a leadership position. And leadership can't be given as a gift - even if you've been blessed with an abundance of leadership skills to share with someone else. Leadership must be earned by mastering a defined set of skills and by working with others to achieve common goals.
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