This week I had the opportunity to attend my first Intuit Leadership Conference, a gathering of the top leaders across the 8000+ person public company that provides TurboTax, QuickBooks, Quicken, Mint and now Docstoc (the company I co-founded in 2007). Getting to meet all these amazing folks, there were a lot of conversations about what it means to be a great leader. So I asked my new friends to share their philosophy of leadership in the form of the tweets below.
I was going to include the name and titles of each of the individuals, until our CEO gave me this first tweet. Decide for yourself which of these rings the most true for you, and share your leadership tweets in the comments below and I’ll share them in return.
Your title makes you a manager, your people will decide if you’re a leader - @IntuitBrad
Great leaders prepare during the good times, reassure through the bad times, and inspire teams to win at all times - @Wernikoff
Go big or go home; One for all and all for one - @sasan_goodarzi
Great leadership comes from the right mix of heart & mind…neither is good enough on its own to earn both trust and respect - @eileen1651
Good leaders drive, amazing leaders inspire - @tsitovich
Data and experimentation empowers teams by shifting the conversation from "I think" to "I know" - @chapo
Teams are reflections of their leaders; Passion for customers, attention to quality & integrity starts with you - @acce
True leadership is from the heart and if your heart points to the people you lead, great things will happen - @alonshwartz
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An all-star team beats a team of all stars every time - @rlanesey
The best leaders make you believe you can achieve anything, and coach you to make it happen - @divinecassie
Always hire people smarter than yourself or you aren’t doing your job as a leader - @BarbGS10
Great leaders know when to lead from the front and when to get the hell out of the way - @jmillsays
Leaders think complexly; but communicate simply…if they can’t remember it, it can’t be executed - @jim_mcginnis
Leadership is making the sum bigger than individual pieces; touching hearts & minds to achieve more than ever thought possible - @jensenrickw
Good leaders learn by doing, great leaders learn by listening - @cfdonahue
You know a great leader when everyone on their team acts like one - @IntuitVijay
Leadership is making the team the hero - @hughmolotsi
Inspire a bold vision, listen actively, then empower your team by getting out of their way - @ozdane
Leaders don’t bring out greatness; they recognize it & create the environment where people can do the best work of their lives - @IntuitBrad
Leadership is the fortitude to achieve your goals, and the courage to pursue the right ones - @jasonnazar
People prefer their leaders with flaws, because it makes leadership attainable for the rest of us - @IntuitBrad
