Leadership Posters

Leadership Posters for Leaders

A leader's job is to look into the future, and to see the organization not as it is...but as it can become. Right now a lot of changes are being made in the way businesses are run due to the economy and labor markets. The companies that will survive and thrive are those with leaders who possess a vision of the future of their businesses - those who can already see where their organization will go.

What Makes a Great Leader

Natural leaders are born, not made, but anyone can, with training, develop leadership skills. If you're a natural born leader, then training will make you better, but even someone who isn't can still become an effective leader with the proper training and guidance. The list below isn't all-inclusive, of course, but below, you'll find a number of characteristics that all great leaders have in common. Find people with the traits we'll talk about below, and you'll do a great service to your company, and be much more likely to find and develop outstanding leaders from among their ranks.

True Leaders Have a Vision

True leaders have a vision and create a following. That's why they are called leaders, not followers. Visionaries step out on a limb, prepared to fall if need be. If they fall, they're willing to get up and try again if they really believe in their vision. Bring your business to the next level by imagining what it could be, then taking steps to make that vision into a reality. It may not reach Amazonian proportions, but it just might grow.

Leaders Drive To Excel

All great leaders are driven individuals and tend to live by the phrase 'Good enough never is.' You'll never see a good leader phone in his or her performance. If he's going to do something, he's going to do it to the best of his ability and give it his all. You can expect a good leader to over-deliver on everything he or she works on.

Leaders are Flexible

While good leaders tend to be proactive, the reality is that sometimes, stuff happens. Good leaders expect the unexpected and react with both flexibility and adaptability. When an unforeseen problem crops up in the course of conducting the business of business, a good leader will find ways of working around it, going off script a bit if and as needed to over-deliver on the results you're expecting.

Leaders are Innovative

Great leaders are problem solvers, but they also tend to consistently solve problems before them by way of outside the box thinking. Given the speed with which businesses operate these days, most companies, no matter what business they're in, expand into new horizons and uncharted territory on a regular basis. The thing about uncharted territory of course, is the fact that there are no roadmaps or markers to guide you. With a stable of strong leaders on your payroll, navigating those uncertain waters is a much less daunting task.

Leaders have Integrity

It goes without saying that great leaders are men and women of integrity, holding themselves and their work to the highest ethical standards. They treat everyone around them, from co-workers to clients with the utmost respect in all cases, period.

Leaders are Sharing

Finally, great leaders tend not to hog the spotlight, but nurture and support those around them, giving them the tools to excel and shine. A great leader doesn't need to take full credit for everything. Everyone around him already knows his full measure. He leads by example and helps as many people along the way as possible.

You owe it to yourself and your company to find as many people with as many of these traits as you can. It will do unbelievably good things for your business. Leadership posters will keep them focused on becoming the leaders they know they can be and you know they should be. Motivate your leadership with office posters from Successories

Quotes from Leadership Motivational Posters for Your Office

There are some quotes that are simply timeless, and always manage to motivate and inspire someone to greatness. The words are relevant and thought provoking, and the men and women who uttered the phrases are unforgettable. Here are the 10 best leadership quotes of all time to inspire your co-workers and employees to continue to strive to do their best. Leadership quotes that will inspire and motivate co-workers, employees, and management to always do their best in their personal and professional lives.

1. "A leader is best when people barely know he exists, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: we did it ourselves." - Lao Tzu
2. "My own definition of leadership is this: The capacity and the will to rally men and women to a common purpose and the character which inspires confidence." - General Montgomery
3. "The most dangerous leadership myth is that leaders are born- that there is a genetic factor to leadership. That's nonsense; in fact, the opposite is true. Leaders are made rather than born." - Warren Bennis
4. "A true leader has the confidence to stand alone, the courage to make tough decisions, and the compassion to listen to the needs of others. He does not set out to be a leader, but becomes one by the equality of his actions and the integrity of his intent." - Douglas MacArthur
5. "Leadership is solving problems. The day soldiers stop bringing you their problems is the day you have stopped leading them. They have either lost confidence that you can help or concluded you do not care. Either case is a failure of leadership. " - Colin Powell
6. "You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You must do the thing you think you cannot do." - Eleanor Roosevelt
7. "Leaders aren't born, they are made. And they are made just like anything else, through hard work. And that's the price we'll have to pay to achieve that goal, or any goal." - Vince Lombardi
8. "It is better to lead from behind and to put others in front, especially when you celebrate victory when nice things occur. You take the front line when there is danger. Then people will appreciate your leadership" - Nelson Mandela
9. "All of the great leaders have had one characteristic in common: it was the willingness to confront unequivocally the major anxiety of their people in their time. This, and not much else, is the essence of leadership." - John Kenneth Galbraith
10. "The challenge of leadership is to be strong, but not rude; be kind, but not weak; be bold, but not a bully; be thoughtful, but not lazy; be humble; but not timid; be proud, but not arrogant; have humor, but without folly." - Jim Rohn
11. "A leader takes people where they want to go. A great leader takes people where they don't necessarily want to go, but ought to be." -Rosalynn Carter