Book Titles

Leaders Eat Last
Why Some Teams Pull Together and Others Don’t

By Simon Sinek

Year Published: 2014
ISBN-13: 978-1-59184-801-1
Categories: Employees, Leadership, Management

264 Quotes Found

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Leaders Eat Last:

To see money as subordinate to people and not the other way around is fundamental to creating a culture in which the people naturally pull together to advance the business.

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Leaders Eat Last:

It is not the genius at the top giving directions that makes people great. It is great people that make the guy at the top look like a genius.

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Leaders Eat Last:

There is no value in building organizations that compound that danger by adding more threats from the inside.

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Leaders Eat Last:

We need to build more organizations that prioritize the care of human beings.

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Leaders Eat Last:

As employees or members of the group, we need the courage to take care of each other when our leaders don’t. And in doing so, we become the leaders we wish we had.

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Leaders Eat Last:

As leaders, it is our sole responsibility to protect our people and, in turn, our people will protect each other and advance the organization together.

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Leaders Eat Last:

This feeling of belonging, of shared values and a deep sense of empathy, dramatically enhances trust, cooperation and problem solving.

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Leaders Eat Last:

The world around us is filled with danger. Filled with things trying to make our lives miserable. It’s nothing personal. It’s just the way it is.

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Leaders Eat Last:

The ability of a group of people to do remarkable things hinges on how well those people pull together as a team.

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Leaders Eat Last:

Politics also present a constant threat – the fear that others are trying to keep us down so that they may advance their own careers.

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