Barry Banther > Quotes

“Lasting leadership comes from a personal transformation, not a personal agenda.”
― Barry Banther, A Leader's Gift: How to Earn the Right to Be Followed

“Insecure leaders trumpet their authority and use fear to motivate.”
― Barry Banther, A Leader's Gift: How to Earn the Right to Be Followed

“We can’t alter our past, but we can shape our future. We can end well.”
― Barry Banther, A Leader's Gift: How to Earn the Right to Be Followed

“Promotions don’t cure leadership flaws.”
― Barry Banther

“You can be appointed someone’s boss but not their leader. Your followers ultimately determine your leadership.”
― Barry Banther, A Leader's Gift: How to Earn the Right to Be Followed

“There are few moments that make us feel more valued as a person than when we believe someone is genuinely listening to us.”
― Barry Banther, A Leader's Gift: How to Earn the Right to Be Followed

“What is valued gets measured.”
― Barry Banther, A Leader's Gift: How to Earn the Right to Be Followed

“Successful leadership is rooted in how well you develop others.”
― Barry Banther, A Leader's Gift: How to Earn the Right to Be Followed

“The words leaders use to speak to their team, especially the words that show appreciation for their employees’ strengths, are like air and water — essential for survival on the job.”
― Barry Banther, A Leader's Gift: How to Earn the Right to Be Followed

“When you find yourself focusing on the people you lead rather than just tasks to complete, then you have transitioned into making people your priority.”
― Barry Banther, A Leader's Gift: How to Earn the Right to Be Followed

“The power of a leader’s words far exceeds the power of the leader’s budget.”
― Barry Banther, A Leader's Gift: How to Earn the Right to Be Followed

“When you give away genuine appreciation, it is mirrored back to you in improved attitudes, stronger commitment, and better performance.”
― Barry Banther, A Leader's Gift: How to Earn the Right to Be Followed

“When we finally choose to listen to someone, we will begin to slowly turn down the volume around us and make a connection with that person, which is the foundation of winning teamwork.”
― Barry Banther, A Leader's Gift: How to Earn the Right to Be Followed

“Nothing creates a sense of ownership in employees more than treating them like owners.”
― Barry Banther, A Leader's Gift: How to Earn the Right to Be Followed

“if you are not building relationships that will last with your associates, your financial success will be short-lived.”
― Barry Banther, A Leader's Gift: How to Earn the Right to Be Followed

“The slightest thing we can say in a given moment can be the very encouragement someone else needs.”
― Barry Banther, A Leader's Gift: How to Earn the Right to Be Followed

“What we think determines our decisions, our deeds, and ultimately our destiny.”
― Barry Banther, A Leader's Gift: How to Earn the Right to Be Followed

“Every leader leaves a legacy.”
― Barry Banther, A Leader's Gift: How to Earn the Right to Be Followed

“Lasting leaders nurture their ability to see their employees’ potential even before those employees do.”
― Barry Banther, A Leader's Gift: How to Earn the Right to Be Followed

“The future belongs to the leader who sees what everyone else misses in employees and then knows how to develop their raw talent.”
― Barry Banther, A Leader's Gift: How to Earn the Right to Be Followed

“It takes patience to build relationships, discover people’s strengths, help them develop, and build trust.”
― Barry Banther, A Leader's Gift: How to Earn the Right to Be Followed

“When leaders take the risk to place their confidence in us, even before we have earned it, it gives us the strength to face adversity without excuse. It gives us the courage to live beyond our self-imposed limits!”
― Barry Banther, A Leader's Gift: How to Earn the Right to Be Followed

“If you’re not building relationships that will last with your associates, your financial success will be short-lived.”
― Barry Banther, A Leader's Gift: How to Earn the Right to Be Followed

“If we want to understand what really defines leaders, I suggest we start by looking at their followers.”
― Barry Banther

“Leadership isn’t just something you do; it’s someone you become.”
― Barry Banther, A Leader's Gift: How to Earn the Right to Be Followed

“Employee engagement begins with leader engagement.”
― Barry Banther, A Leader's Gift: How to Earn the Right to Be Followed

“We can’t create time, but when we invest our time to build profitable relationships, we do multiply the effect of our time.”
― Barry Banther, A Leader's Gift: How to Earn the Right to Be Followed

“Encouragement breeds confidence, and confidence is the root of all proactive customer-centered leadership.”
― Barry Banther, A Leader's Gift: How to Earn the Right to Be Followed

“Openness encourages employee engagement, and that is fundamental to business success.”
― Barry Banther

“Leadership that begins by putting others’ interests first has the strength to forge lasting relationships.”
― Barry Banther, A Leader's Gift: How to Earn the Right to Be Followed