A Quote by Theodore Roosevelt

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

Theodore Roosevelt

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Boss Covert Drives Leader Leads Open Works

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Theodore Roosevelt
American - President
October 27, 1858 - January 6, 1919

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

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

Theodore Roosevelt

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

The boss drives people; The leader coaches them.

Harry Gordon Selfridge

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

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

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

A leader in the Democratic Party is a boss, in the Republican Party he is a leader.

Harry S Truman

The boss says 'I'; the leader, 'we'.

Harry Gordon Selfridge

A leader is admired, a boss is feared.

Vicente del Bosque

The boss depends on authority; the leader on goodwill.

Harry Gordon Selfridge

I am working in my office. I've got a boss who tells me what to do. He's got a boss who tells him what to do. And above him is another boss who probably is telling my boss in the same way - or my boss' boss in the same way what to do. In actuality, this is not the way things work. Management science says that that kind of a chain doesn't work more than three levels up.

Mikhail Khodorkovsky

A good man likes a hard boss. I don't mean a nagging boss or a grouchy boss. I mean a boss who insists on things being done right and on time; a boss who is watching things closely enough so that he knows a good job from a poor one. Nothing is more discouraging to a good man than a boss who is not on the job, and who does not know whether things are going well or badly.