Simon Sinek Organization Quotations

It's always the organizations that are resource constrained that come up with the good ideas to win.

All the great organizations in the world, all have a sense of why that organization does what it does.

Average companies give their people something to work on. The most innovative organizations give their people something to work toward.

Trust emerges when we have a sense that another person or organization is driven by things other than their own self-gain.

We can not lead an organization, we can run an organization. We can only lead people.

Any great and inspiring leader or organization that ever existed set out to do something completely unrealistic.

When a leader makes the choice to put the safety and lives of the people inside the organization first, to sacrifice their comforts and sacrifice the tangible results, so that the people remain and feel safe and feel like they belong, remarkable things happen.

We are drawn to leaders and organizations that are good at communicating what they believe. Their ability to make us feel like we belong, to make us feel special, safe and not alone is part of what gives them the ability to inspire us.

Leaders, whatever the size of their organizations, are those willing to put the interests of other people before their own.

All organizations start with WHY, but only the great ones keep their WHY clear year after year.

Great leaders and great organizations are good at seeing what most of us can’t see. They are good at giving us things we would never think of asking for.

Truly human leadership protects an organization from the internal rivalries that can shatter a culture. When we have to protect ourselves from each other, the whole organization suffers. But when trust and cooperation thrive internally, we pull together and the organization grows stronger as a result.

Those who lead inspire us Whether they are individuals or organizations, we follow those who lead not because we have to but because we want to.

Organizations should say and do the things they ACTUALLY believe.

Every single organization - or career, for that matter - exists on three levels: WHAT you do, HOW you do it and WHY you do it.

Leadership is a choice. It's not a rank, it's a choice. I know many people who are at the top of their organization who have authority. We have to do what they say because they have authority over us. But they're not leaders. We wouldn't follow them. They may be at the top of the company but they're not leaders.

The leader's job is to lead and protect. Not have all the answers, not know everything to do, not to micromanage and tell people what to do or how to do it. A leader's job is to lead and protect. That's their job, and it's the people within the organization - their job is to get the work done.