Quotes About Leadership

But the problem is the one-eyed following the blind:

Tengo la esperanza de que algún día la ciencia y quienes toman las decisiones redescubran lo que los antiguos siempre supieron, concretamente que la moneda de mayor valor es el respeto.

Nunca pergunte às pessoas o que elas querem, ou para onde querem ir, ou para onde pensam que deveriam ir, ou, pior ainda, o que elas pensam que desejarão amanhã. A força do empreendedor do ramo da computação Steve Jobs estava, precisamente, em desconfiar das pesquisas de mercado e dos grupos de foco — aqueles com o objetivo de perguntar às pessoas o que elas querem — e seguir sua própria imaginação.

way too many cooks in the same tiny kitchen, most of whom never have to taste the food.

Being an executive does not require very developed frontal lobes, but rather a combination of charisma, a capacity to sustain boredom, and the ability to shallowly perform on harrying schedules. Add to these tasks the "duty" of attending opera performances. The

there was no way to convince the management otherwise.

politicians whose interests are not lined up with those of the people they represent.

Stalin could not have existed in a municipality.

Political parties are hierarchical, they are designed in a way to substitute someone's own decision making with a well-defined protocol.

Los emprendedores son unos héroes en nuestra sociedad. Fracasan por el resto de nosotros

They are left alone to do as they please, provided of course that their results satisfy the executives.

The question is: what would you like to be, a dog or a wolf?

Administrators everywhere on the planet, in all businesses and pursuits, and at all times in history, have been the plague.

Which brings us to what is known as the agency problem.

companies foolishly believed that all they needed was to win the majority. No, you idiots.

he is far from headquarters and has no idea of his minute-to-minute standing in the firm except through signals.

the further from headquarters an employee is located, the more autonomous his unit, the more you want him to be a slave so he does nothing strange on his own.

Praise in public and correct in private:

A mind that distrusts itself cannot inspire the best in the minds of others. Neither can leaders inspire the best in others if their primary need, arising from their insecurities, is to prove themselves right and others wrong.

Once again we note that poor self-esteem can show up as lack of generosity toward the contributions of others or a tendency to fear their ability—and, in the case of a leader or manager, an inability to elicit their best from people.

The influential classes, and those who take upon themselves to be leaders of the people, are fully liable to all the passionate error that has ever characterized the maddest mob.

The besom of reform hath swept him out of office, and a worthier successor wears his dignity and pockets his emoluments.

On Andrew Jackson: His native strength compelled every man to be his tool that came within his reach; and the more cunning the individual might be, it served only to make him a sharper tool.

Without Massasoit's help, the Pilgrims would never have survived the first year, and they remained steadfast supporters of the sachem to the very end. For his part, Massasoit realized almost from the start that his own fortunes were linked to those of the English.