Quotes by Lee Ellis, Leading With Honor: Leadership Lessons from the Hanoi Hilton

Explore a curated collection of 17 quotes by Lee Ellis, Leading With Honor: Leadership Lessons from the Hanoi Hilton. Discover timeless wisdom, insightful thoughts, and memorable words that have inspired readers around the world. Browse through the gallery below and click on any quote to read more.

Good leaders know who they are—their strengths, weaknesses, passions, talents, and values. And, developing leaders alway — Lee Ellis, Leading With Honor: Leadership Lessons from the Hanoi Hilton
Fearful leaders side-step issues instead of dealing with them, cover up mistakes instead of owning up to mistakes; they — Lee Ellis, Leading With Honor: Leadership Lessons from the Hanoi Hilton
To guard our character with unwavering commitment, our best protection comes from being humbly aware of our vulnerabilit — Lee Ellis, Leading With Honor: Leadership Lessons from the Hanoi Hilton
Courage is leaning into the doubts and fears to do what you know is right even when it doesn’t feel natural or safe. — Lee Ellis, Leading With Honor: Leadership Lessons from the Hanoi Hilton
An honorable leader must demonstrate a willingness to reveal his or her ‘inner self’ to their team. It builds trust and — Lee Ellis, Leading With Honor: Leadership Lessons from the Hanoi Hilton
Leaders can choose to grow and change, but generally the most powerful predictor of future performance is past behavior. — Lee Ellis, Leading With Honor: Leadership Lessons from the Hanoi Hilton
Affirming others isn’t ‘flattering’ them—it’s when you genuinely and consistently acknowledge their efforts and accompli — Lee Ellis, Leading With Honor: Leadership Lessons from the Hanoi Hilton
Leaders devoid of crucible experiences are likely to be overly confident about their ideas, and surprisingly more suscep — Lee Ellis, Leading With Honor: Leadership Lessons from the Hanoi Hilton
Voters—here’s the real challenge: we don’t need empty promises made by politicians whose only goal in life is to get ele — Lee Ellis, Leading With Honor: Leadership Lessons from the Hanoi Hilton
Over-communicating is the glue that holds a high-performing team together and keeps them focused in the same direction. — Lee Ellis, Leading With Honor: Leadership Lessons from the Hanoi Hilton
Good teams are committed to the team mission and to each other personally. Good leaders inspire and build this commitmen — Lee Ellis, Leading With Honor: Leadership Lessons from the Hanoi Hilton
Persistence is important in every endeavor. Whether it’s finishing your homework, completing school, working late to fin — Lee Ellis, Leading With Honor: Leadership Lessons from the Hanoi Hilton
Professional accountability is a good thing. Without it, excellence is merely a pipe dream and even average performance — Lee Ellis, Leading With Honor: Leadership Lessons from the Hanoi Hilton
We all want to ‘count for something’–to make a difference. And, accountability helps us get where want to go in terms of — Lee Ellis, Leading With Honor: Leadership Lessons from the Hanoi Hilton
As is often the case with children, the rule of ‘monkey see, monkey do’ plays out in the workplace. It’s hard to be good — Lee Ellis, Leading With Honor: Leadership Lessons from the Hanoi Hilton
…some leaders don’t want to celebrate with their team because they are afraid—yes, afraid that if they celebrate, people — Lee Ellis, Leading With Honor: Leadership Lessons from the Hanoi Hilton
Leaders must be good listeners. It’s rule number one, and it’s the most powerful thing they can do to build trusted rela — Lee Ellis, Leading With Honor: Leadership Lessons from the Hanoi Hilton