Top 10 leadership quotes by World Bank President Ajay Banga

We have the Internet of Everything but not the inclusion of everyone.

Innovation is not just about having a good idea. It’s about executing on that idea and creating value for customers and society.

Don’t stress if you haven’t got a detailed plan for your life. Anyone can have a good idea or plan; what makes it great is execution.

What I want to focus on is leadership. How do you take the leadership potential all of you have and cultivate it.

You need to be patient enough to listen to everybody, but yet, you must have a sense of urgency to take a decision and to execute.

Rarely are you going to have perfect information. The willingness to take a decision at that time will depend on your ability to take a thoughtful risk.

If you don’t question everything, if you’re not competitively paranoid, you will not have the sense of self-introspection that you need to be a real leader.

Do well and do good. It’s the highest form of leadership. It’s the idea that you can pursue what is in your best interest as well as what is in the interest of others.

This principle of doing well and doing good holds true for any one person or organisation, but it’s an especially powerful principle for business and the private sector today.

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