Lead with Civility Quotes

“True civility is compassion applied to public life, candor without cruelty, conviction without contempt. It is the backbone that allows you to speak hard truths, set non-negotiable boundaries...and protect staff and citizens from abuse without dehumanizing those who oppose you.”
― Diane Kalen-Sukra, Lead with Civility: A Handbook for Uncivil Times

“Civility is a leadership imperative not because it is fashionable or feel-good, but because it is the only serious antidote to the destructive wave of toxicity we are facing in public life.”
― Diane Kalen-Sukra, Lead with Civility: A Handbook for Uncivil Times

“Civility is what allows leaders to speak hard truths, set firm boundaries, and hold people accountable without dehumanizing them.”
― Diane Kalen-Sukra, Lead with Civility: A Handbook for Uncivil Times

“Civility is a virtue and its opposite a vice.”
― Diane Kalen-Sukra, Lead with Civility: A Handbook for Uncivil Times

“Culture is not fate. Culture is what we cultivate.”
― Diane Kalen-Sukra, Lead with Civility: A Handbook for Uncivil Times