Quotes About Leadership

I admire Jodie Foster. Her head is screwed on really well. It's not loose at all.

Like people, when companies work to foster a culture of collaboration, communication becomes second nature.

The battle of Austerlitz is the grandest of all I have fought.

I feel fantastically excited that we have a leader who fought for the leadership without compromising his quite challenging view that the party has to change.

I have fought corruption.

There is something about military history that fascinates me. You find that many battles have been lost by people with very good military background when they fought battles in a battleground they didn't understand. I have seen that in business, too. You have to look at a marketplace like a battle-ground.

It is interesting that Nehru fought and kept saying that if you break India into languages, there is no end to it.

I'm not afraid of elections. I've won every election I've fought in.

It is true that the Thackerays have never fought elections. But we have never backed out from responsibilities.

I found Rome a city of bricks and left it a city of marble.

If you're clear on what you believe, you have a great foundation to go make a market.

And, as a matter of fact, I am the chairman of the Amadou Diallo Foundation.

I probably will have to become more political down the road when my playing days are done, because I'm going to have to have the support of others to grow my foundation.

I have a foundational belief that business results start with culture and your people.

What was really tough for me was that Lars Magnus Ericsson founded Ericsson in 1876; we've always had a consumer product. And I'm the 16th CEO of Ericsson, and I decided that we don't have any consumer products anymore.

If you think 20 years out and ask what's the most important company on the planet, it is not any company you could write down today. The most important company 20 years from now has not even been founded yet and doesn't have a name.

I was by Ariel Sharon's side on the day it was decided to form Kadima. It was founded in aim to create a government of hope and responsibility.

I can sit across the table from somebody that worked with me and my company that I founded and say, 'Here are five things I don't like about what you're doing, and we have to fix it.'

I was very happy in Wipro; happier in Mindtree because I founded and took it public.

It's important to understand the compensation equation that a CEO and a founder has with his or her employees.

I don't want to be the guy that's sitting here, calling somebody and telling them their dream. I want to be in the seat of the founder.

Whether you're a founder, a leader, or an individual contributor, building a strong team is critical to your success.

It helps to have founded and run a company if you're going to help somebody run a company who is a founder.

As a founder, you are a very active component of your company.