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15 Leadership Quotes From Star Wars For Star Wars Day

A Reel Leadership Article

Star Wars Day is approaching at lightspeed. On May 4th, Star Wars fans will celebrate Star Wars Day. The holiday originated as a pun on May The Force Be With You and falls on May 4th because May the 4th and May The Force sound similar.

As such, I thought the upcoming Star Wars Day would be a great time to share these inspiring leadership quotes from Star Wars.

Star Wars leadership quotes

Throughout the Star Wars universe, there have been amazing quotes that can be applied to leadership. In today’s article, we’re going to dive into the leadership quotes from Star Wars.

Leadership Quotes From Star Wars

  1. Qui-Gon Jinn

    The ability to speak does not make you intelligent.

    The ability to speak does not make you intelligent quote Qui-Gon Jinn Star Wars
    I’ve run across leaders, and you have too, who believe speaking is a sign of their intelligence. You’ve probably also seen these same leaders fail to clearly communicate their directives.

    Be wary of judging your intelligence by your ability to speak well. There’s more to your intelligence than your words.

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8 Movies With Great Leadership Lessons

Learn leadership from the big screen

One thing I love to do is watch the latest and greatest movie in the theater. Seeing a motion picture on the big screen provides a different viewing perspective.

You’re able to sit in the theater’s leather recliner. You’re able to hear the sound in THX. And you’re able to see all the details on the gigantic movie screen.

leadership lessons from the movies

Over the past years, I’ve seen plenty of movies in the theater. Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Hacksaw Ridge, and so many more were mind-blowing.

Not only were they thrilling to watch, they also provided leadership lessons if you looked close enough. That’s another reason I love movies.

You can watch, be entertained, and walk away with new insights into leadership or life.

Today, we’re going to look at 8 movies that provide leadership lessons.  Read more...

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18 Leadership Lessons And Quotes From Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

A Reel Leadership Post

With Disney’s $4 billion acquisition of the Star Wars license in October of 2012, a lot of things have changed. One of those changes is that new movies based in the Star Wars universe are rolling out on a regular basis.

Friday, December 16th saw the release of Rogue One: A Star Wars Story to theaters across the US.


Rogue One introduced us to Jyn Erso, Cassian Andor, K-2S0, Baze Malbus, Saw Gerrera, Chirrut Îmwe, and more. Each character played a pivotal role in the attack on the Death Star.

We were introduced to a backstory that had never been told. How the Rebels infiltrated the Empire and stole the Death Star schematics.

As always, I’m here to bring you the leadership lessons found in the latest blockbuster movie. Get ready for the leadership lessons from Rogue One: A Star Wars Story  Read more...

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Leadership Lessons And Quotes From Star Wars 7: The Force Awakens

A Reel Leadership Article

A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away people once had a positive image of Star Wars. Their memories included Han Solo being frozen in carbonite, Luke Skywalker kissing his sister, and Darth Vader being defeated.

Then, not too long ago, those memories were replaced with Jar Jar Binks and podracing. There was a disturbance within the force.

Never trust a Wookie

Chewbacca became a bit violent

Today, the force was balanced once again. Star Wars: Episode VII The Force Awakens released. And it reminded us all why Star Wars keeps us coming back.

We see new heroes such as Rey and Finn rise up. We see our old friends Han Solo, Chewbacca, Princess (Now governor) Leia, and Luke Skywalker make appearances.

It was familiar. It was also refreshing.

So, that leads to the age-old question: What can Star Wars teach us about leadership?  Read more...

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Mentor Like Yoda

Yoda is a lovable but tough teacher in the Star Wars universe. He took a young farm boy and helped him become a great Jedi.

We seen Yoda guide and mold the remarkable Luke Skywalker into someone who could take on the formidable Emperor Palpatine and Darth Vader (the later he learns was really his father, GASP!).

You can be a Yoda to someone today

Image by JD Hancock

A recent blog post by Scott Cochrane inspired these. He said it’s a myth that your leadership mentor is Yoda.

Within the post, he gave great reasons on why he is not like Yoda. Especially the idea your leadership mentor will be all knowing (which they never will be).

I think I have to challenge this notion. Your leadership mentor can be like Yoda. In fact, I think YOU should be like Yoda.

If you want to be like Yoda, I think you can follow his lead by:  Read more...