Chuck Bolton > Quotes

“Leaders who reinvent need the right stuff, the right capabilities. The approaches and leadership styles of the 20th century are insufficient today. Three critical capabilities for Reinventors are real-time feedback, emotional intelligence, and inspirational leadership.”
― Chuck Bolton, The Reinvented Leader: Five Critical Steps to Becoming Your Best

“Carnegie said, “You can make more friends in two weeks by becoming a good listener than you can in two years trying to get people interested in you.”
― Chuck Bolton, The Reinvented Leader: Five Critical Steps to Becoming Your Best

“Finally, at least 30% of the variance in a company’s revenues and profitability can be tied to the working climate. The relationship between these three critical elements (emotional intelligence + leadership styles = working climate) and financial performance is significant, and every leader, for better or worse, influences it. ”
― Chuck Bolton, The Reinvented Leader: Five Critical Steps to Becoming Your Best

“Emotional intelligence is the capacity for recognizing feelings—yours, and others’-- motivating yourself, and managing emotions effectively. For breakthrough leadership performance, it is required.”
― Chuck Bolton, The Reinvented Leader: Five Critical Steps to Becoming Your Best

“Inspiration has a spiritual element that makes it more powerful than motivation. When you’re inspired, you’re in-spirit. Something has been breathed in to you. You flourish. And your followers desperately need and want you to inspire them!”
― Chuck Bolton, The Reinvented Leader: Five Critical Steps to Becoming Your Best

“Generosity is more than asking the right question. It’s being present. It’s doing what’s right for the other person. When you lead with generosity, you make an enormous, indelible impact on others. That’s real leadership.”
― Chuck Bolton, The Reinvented Leader: Five Critical Steps to Becoming Your Best

“It’s been reported more than 60,000 thoughts run through our heads each day. That’s a staggering, overwhelming number. To step away from those thoughts, and quiet your mind, you need to practice mindfulness, and gain clarity, harness creativity, relieve stress, and boost your energy.”
― Chuck Bolton, The Reinvented Leader: Five Critical Steps to Becoming Your Best

“The emotional intelligence model consists of four clusters: self-awareness, self-management, social awareness, and relationship management.  ● Self-Awareness is a propensity for self-reflection and thoughtfulness. ● Self-Management is self-control and transparency. ● Social Awareness is demonstrating empathy. ● Relationship Management is friendliness with a purpose. Emotional intelligence provides the basis for your use of specific leadership styles.”
― Chuck Bolton, The Reinvented Leader: Five Critical Steps to Becoming Your Best

“As you know, not all relationships are the same. Some need more nurturing than others.  Rather than leave this to chance, a thoughtful, intentional way to build professional relationships will pay dividends.”
― Chuck Bolton, The Reinvented Leader: Five Critical Steps to Becoming Your Best

“So many employees report being disengaged at the office because their leaders fail to inspire them! Sixty-seven percent of people who leave their company say they wouldn’t work for their managers again. Seventy-five percent report the most stressful aspect of their jobs is their immediate boss. Aside from lacking inspiration, bad leaders are a health hazard!”
― Chuck Bolton, The Reinvented Leader: Five Critical Steps to Becoming Your Best

“In summary, robust relationships require generosity. Who has made a difference in your life? In whose will you make a difference?”
― Chuck Bolton, The Reinvented Leader: Five Critical Steps to Becoming Your Best

“To be mindful is to look inward and observe, without judgment”
― Chuck Bolton, The Reinvented Leader: Five Critical Steps to Becoming Your Best

“Leadership has to start with us--you and me.”
― Chuck Bolton, The Reinvented Leader: Five Critical Steps to Becoming Your Best