Attitude is everything for everyone, but effective leaders are especially tuned in to the impact it can have. Consider these facts:

Leadership has less to do with position than it does with disposition.

A leader’s attitude influences the way everyone around him thinks and feels.

Attitude is contagious. People catch on to a leader’s attitude more quickly than his actions.

As a leader, you are responsible for your attitude. It’s not what happens to you that matters but what happens in you.

Great leaders know the right attitude sets the right tone and atmosphere, which in turn elicits the desired responses from others.

Attitude is often the only difference between success and failure.

A leader’s attitude at the beginning of a task will affect its outcome more than anything else.

A leader’s attitude can turn problems into opportunities.

Attitude is a leader’s best friend—or his worst enemy.

A leader’s attitude is more honest and consistent than his words.

A leader’s attitude draws people to him.

The quickest way for a leader to correct someone’s attitude is to correct his own.