How to Lead When You're Not in Charge Quotes

“Influence always outpaces authority.”
― Clay Scroggins, How to Lead When You're Not in Charge: Leveraging Influence When You Lack Authority

“Nothing so conclusively proves a man’s ability to lead others as what he does on a day-to-day basis to lead himself.”
― Clay Scroggins, How to Lead When You're Not in Charge: Leveraging Influence When You Lack Authority

“Remember, leadership is the ability to motivate people to work harder, longer, and smarter, because the vision of the end goal has been painted so clearly.”
― Clay Scroggins, How to Lead When You're Not in Charge: Leveraging Influence When You Lack Authority

“Great leaders love what they do, who they do it with, and who they do it for.”
― Clay Scroggins, How to Lead When You're Not in Charge: Leveraging Influence When You Lack Authority

“The best leaders lead like they’re not in charge even when they are.”
― Clay Scroggins, How to Lead When You're Not in Charge: Leveraging Influence When You Lack Authority

“But what you can do is focus on your own area of responsibility and make it great.”
― Clay Scroggins, How to Lead When You're Not in Charge: Leveraging Influence When You Lack Authority

“When a younger leader tells me he is frustrated at not having a voice yet or not having influence yet, the answer I give him is to continue to be faithful in leading himself well.”
― Clay Scroggins, How to Lead When You're Not in Charge: Leveraging Influence When You Lack Authority

“Waiting for others to do something negatively affected the gift of leadership within me.”
― Clay Scroggins, How to Lead When You're Not in Charge: Leveraging Influence When You Lack Authority

“The greatest benefit I bring my team is not my talents, gifts, experience, or education. It’s my energy.”
― Clay Scroggins, How to Lead When You're Not in Charge: Leveraging Influence When You Lack Authority

“Each of us has a unique opportunity to create something right where we are. It doesn’t require special authority or a fancy title or having the corner office.”
― Clay Scroggins, How to Lead When You're Not in Charge: Leveraging Influence When You Lack Authority

“But we all know that positional authority alone does not equate to effective leadership. If a leader does not inspire confidence, he or she will be unable to effect change without resorting to brute force. Influence has always been, and will always be, the currency of leadership. This book is about how to cultivate the influence needed to lead when you’re not in charge.”
― Clay Scroggins, How to Lead When You're Not in Charge: Leveraging Influence When You Lack Authority

“They have zero authority compared to Jesus. But here’s the thing: it wasn’t the authority Jesus possessed that made him a great leader. It was his influence over the minds and hearts of people, influence cultivated by speaking truth and challenging the status quo, by serving others, by healing people and meeting their needs. It was an influence cultivated by giving people hope and vision for the future.”
― Clay Scroggins, How to Lead When You're Not in Charge: Leveraging Influence When You Lack Authority

“The greatest danger of not being in charge and waiting around until you are, is that you never learn to risk or fail and how to handle that experience. You never learn from those mistakes. Learn to recognize that low-level fear in you that says, “If you try and fail, you’ll get labeled as someone who can’t.” Learning to ignore that voice is crucial. So being aware of passivity is the first step, but step two is learning to reject it and take action.”
― Clay Scroggins, How to Lead When You're Not in Charge: Leveraging Influence When You Lack Authority

“There are better ways to build your case than to speak with absolute certainty about what is currently happening. It immediately invalidates the work others are doing and questions your credibility.”
― Clay Scroggins, How to Lead When You're Not in Charge: Leveraging Influence When You Lack Authority

“You are in charge of your emotions, your thoughts, your reactions, and your decisions. It’s the law of personal responsibility, because everyone is responsible for leading something, even if that something is just you.”
― Clay Scroggins, How to Lead When You're Not in Charge: Leveraging Influence When You Lack Authority

“is to recognize that the best leaders may or may not have all the authority they need or want, but the security of their identity—especially as someone called and loved by God—gives them a freedom and fearlessness to do what is right. They are able to challenge well, to lead by making a way even when there isn’t a way.”
― Clay Scroggins, How to Lead When You're Not in Charge: Leveraging Influence When You Lack Authority

“leading without authority means you need to have a clear understanding of your identity—who you are as a leader, apart from any titles.”
― Clay Scroggins, How to Lead When You're Not in Charge: Leveraging Influence When You Lack Authority

“Jesus argues that the best leaders, the ones who align with his vision for leadership, will lead as servants who are aware of their responsibility and who answer to a higher calling.”
― Clay Scroggins, How to Lead When You're Not in Charge: Leveraging Influence When You Lack Authority

“Leaders don’t sit back and point fingers. Leaders lead with the authority of leadership . . . or without it. The authority is largely irrelevant—if you are a leader, you will lead when you are needed.”
― Clay Scroggins, How to Lead When You're Not in Charge: Leveraging Influence When You Lack Authority

“Great leaders leverage influence and relationships over title and position.”
― Clay Scroggins, How to Lead When You're Not in Charge: Leveraging Influence When You Lack Authority

“Honestly, I don’t know which is more damaging—being too critical or thinking too highly of yourself. Either way, accepting a distorted identity is failing to live in reality, which will ultimately erode your ability to lead.”
― Clay Scroggins, How to Lead When You're Not in Charge: Leveraging Influence When You Lack Authority

“Fear thrives in the absence of love.”
― Clay Scroggins, How to Lead When You're Not in Charge: Leveraging Influence When You Lack Authority

“Keep your blood pressure as low as possible when communicating feedback. If you can’t talk about it without getting emotional, you’re not ready to talk about it.”
― Clay Scroggins, How to Lead When You're Not in Charge: Leveraging Influence When You Lack Authority

“Every good leader is also a critical thinker.”
― Clay Scroggins, How to Lead When You're Not in Charge: Leveraging Influence When You Lack Authority

“Humble yourselves, therefore, under God’s mighty hand, that he may lift you up in due time” (1 Peter 5:6).”
― Clay Scroggins, How to Lead When You're Not in Charge: Leveraging Influence When You Lack Authority

“Leaders who bring a trust-fueled, hope-filled, forward-thinking attitude every day can change any team dynamic.”
― Clay Scroggins, How to Lead When You're Not in Charge: Leveraging Influence When You Lack Authority

“The satisfaction employees have in a job is directly correlated to their ability to see how what they do fits into the big picture.”
― Clay Scroggins, How to Lead When You're Not in Charge: Leveraging Influence When You Lack Authority

“Leaders who wrap themselves in the security blanket of “If I were in charge” or “When I’m in charge” as an excuse for poor performance and lack of initiative will most likely never be in charge.”
― Clay Scroggins, How to Lead When You're Not in Charge: Leveraging Influence When You Lack Authority

“Like Jell-O, it’s challenging to pin to the wall.”
― Clay Scroggins, How to Lead When You're Not in Charge: Leveraging Influence When You Lack Authority

“Who are the people around you right now, and how are they affecting you and the way you see yourself? Who is in your corner? Who shouldn’t be in your corner? Who are the loudest voices speaking into your life right now? Who should be the loudest voices for you right now? Pay attention to those voices and to their volume. Many of them are shaping your identity and, in some cases, you may not even be aware of how it’s affecting you.”
― Clay Scroggins, How to Lead When You're Not in Charge: Leveraging Influence When You Lack Authority