Quotes About Leadership

You don't need someone destroying you when your own people are the worst messengers possible. And this is what black people in America have not come to grips with.

My wife, Jill, and I have an incredibly close working relationship, and an incredibly happy married one. We met through work. I was the world's worst advertising copywriter. She had the misfortune to be my account director, so from the very start she was my boss, and she still is.

I felt Clinton represented the worst of the 1960s.

This is the worst administration since Caligula.

The worst thing you can do in a leadership position is be something you're not.

The worst thing a government can do now in Spain is to do nothing.

You know, my goal, once I leave the music business, is like, 'Man, Lupe didn't lead us astray.' It comes directly from Islam: leading people astray is the worst thing you could do. Especially in perpetuity; like, your music continues to go on and live without you. That risk is too great for me; I'm gonna keep it positive.

The worst thing Spurs ever did was get rid of Keith Burkinshaw. They have never replaced him.

I think it's the sign of a leader to step up and say, you know, when something's not working to have the guts to reverse it. And the worst thing you can do is to let that mistake linger.

If the crisis lasts moments, rapid action is critical. But if it's simply the beginning of a broader issue, especially one where the root cause isn't known yet, the worst thing a leader can do is act immediately.

I think that's the worst thing that can happen, when you start thinking too much. I don't like that so I just talk to my players because then you do not have time to think.

Public hangings are teaching moments. Every company has to do it. A teaching moment is worth a thousand CEO speeches. CEOs can talk and blab each day about culture, but the employees all know who the jerks are. They could name the jerks for you. It's just cultural. People just don't want to do it.

It is a fine game to play - the game of politics - and it is well worth waiting for a good hand before really plunging.

Was there ever a nation on God's fair earth civilized from the bottom upward? Never; it is, ever was, and ever will be from the top downward that culture filters. The Talented Tenth rises and pulls all that are worth the saving up to their vantage ground.

Sense shines with a double luster when it is set in humility. An able yet humble man is a jewel worth a kingdom.

Meetings are the linchpin of everything. If someone says you have an hour to investigate a company, I wouldn't look at the balance sheet. I'd watch their executive team in a meeting for an hour. If they are clear and focused and have the board on the edge of their seats, I'd say this is a good company worth investing in.

One great worker equals three not-so-great workers, so it's worth paying terrific people not just for today but to find people that we think have upward mobility to become tomorrow's leaders.

From my very first day as an entrepreneur, I've felt the only mission worth pursuing in business is to make people's lives better.

Any supervisor worth his salt would rather deal with people who attempt too much than with those who try too little.

I have started many companies now worth more than $100 million. So I know a little about business.

Choosing one's leaders is an affirmation that the person making the choice has inherent worth.

One word from Chairman Mao is worth ten thousand from others. His every statement is truth. We must carry out those we that understand as well as those we don't.

People respected my experience, they hire me, they pay me what I am worth to coach their team.

Many female politicians get intimidated by the aggressive behaviour of men. I don't. Not because I am a courageous person or anything, but because I see international standards, and I see that they are worth fighting for.