Quotes About Leadership

The higher up you go, the more mistakes you are allowed. Right at the top, if you make enough of them, it's considered to be your style.

Just to go out there and do well. Get as many runs as possible at the top of the order and get the team off to a good start.

Of course, I'm not often the top dog, but sometimes it's better not to be top dog, because you last longer. If a movie or play flops, you always blame the lead. They say, 'He couldn't carry it.' They always blame him. But they rarely blame the second or third banana.

The Arab spring was not as radical as the French or Iranian revolutions. It did not pull out the deeply entrenched roots of the state. Instead, it was satisfied to replace the top of the pyramid with newly elected, but inexperienced, leaders.

When you're at the top you have to know how to delegate without putting the fear of God into people.

For every rude executive who makes it to the top, there are nine successful executives with good manners.

CEOs of top companies could probably use a dose of not-asking-for-raise behavior and less self-entitlement, rather than us trying to change girls in order to fit into the common mold of what we think a CEO looks like.

Motivation, passion, and focus have to come from the top.

I just want to be on top of my game, because that benefits my team-mates as well.

Maybe in a few months I can start to daydream if we are still top of the league. That is the main one for us.

Elon Musk should be at the top of the list of people to emulate when it comes to leading large organizations that are highly maneuverable and use it as a competitive advantage.

How can you be on top of the things you do? I think when you are involved in a business, first of all you need to know the business. After that you know the business, you can - the numbers tell you what is happening. You can read with the numbers.

It's nice to be at the top, but the most difficult thing is to stay at the top.

Too often, companies focus on systems and structures that facilitate cultural change at the mid-management level, overlooking problems closer to the top.

I like being part of a film scene where the person at the top is a really good person.

I'm proud that somebody like myself has made it to the very top.

I want to get to the top. I want to be the best. But I want to do it the right way and to enjoy the whole deal.

As Governor of North Carolina for two terms, I made improving education a top priority.

When I was at the top, my mother was helping other girls. I thought it was a beautiful gesture and that I should continue it in her name.

You can't always be the top dog.

I don't think about becoming a head coach. I really don't. I'm not oblivious of people who mention it. When you are in any business, people expect to aspire to the top. I guess everyone is supposed to aspire to being the man at the top of the heap. But I never have.

I certainly don't need a job. Getting re-elected is not on my Top 10 list.

The top players talk more now, and we have more meetings. We're just trying to get things better. But we still need somebody who could make a difference.

On March 12, 2004, acting attorney general James B. Comey and the Justice Department's top leadership reached the brink of resignation over electronic surveillance orders that they believed to be illegal.