A Quote by Harry Gordon Selfridge

The boss depends on authority; the leader on goodwill.

Harry Gordon Selfridge

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Authority Boss Depends Goodwill Leader

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Harry Gordon Selfridge
American - Business person
January 11, 1864 - May 8, 1947

The boss drives people; the leader coaches them. The boss depends on authority; the leader on good will. The boss inspires fear; the leader inspires enthusiasm. The boss says I; The leader says WE. The boss fixes the blame for the breakdown; the leader fixes the breakdown. The boss says, GO; the leader says Lets GO!

Harry Gordon Selfridge

There is a difference between being a leader and being a boss. Both are based on authority. A boss demands blind obedience; a leader earns his authority through understanding and trust.

Klaus Balkenhol

People ask the difference between a leader and a boss. The leader leads, and the boss drives.

Theodore Roosevelt

The leader works in the open and the boss in covert. The leader leads, and the boss drives.

Theodore Roosevelt

Remember the difference between a boss and a leader. A boss says, Go! A leader says, Let's go!

George E. M. Kelly

The boss inspires fear; the leader inspires enthusiasm. The boss says 'I'; The leader says 'We'.

Harry Gordon Selfridge

I think I'm a natural-born leader. I know how to bow down to authority if it's authority that I respect.

Tupac Shakur

As a leader, it is vitally important that you keep in touch with your boss on a regular, sacrosanct basis. Chances are your boss can provide an aerial view that will make your path more clear.

Laurie Beth Jones

Study depends on the goodwill of the student, a quality that cannot be secured by compulsion.

Quintilian

A titled leader relies heavily on positional power to get things done; a natural leader is able to mobilize others without the whip of formal authority.

Gary Hamel

When a leader is in the Democratic Party he's a boss. When he's in the Republican Party he's nothing but a leader.

Harry S. Truman

Moral authority is another way to define servant leadership because it represents a reciprocal choice between leader and follower. If the leader is principle centered, he or she will develop moral authority. If the follower is principle centered, he or she will follow the leader. In this sense, both leaders and followers are followers. Why? They follow truth. They follow natural law. They follow principles. They follow a common, agreed-upon vision. They share values. They grow to trust one another.

Robert K. Greenleaf

As the beauty of the picture depends not on the painter but on the picture itself, what I say must depend on its own intrinsic value and not on the authority of my attainment, nor on the authority of others.

Jiddu Krishnamurti

The real issue is, how much goodwill do you invest in the work? And goodwill is not something that we can buy with money. It's very hard to buy goodwill with money.