Quotes About Leadership

the first thing is that a leader needs to be able to assemble and have a disciplined team. That discipline supports the whole team. It's the work ethic; it's the constant facts and analysis, constantly delving into it.

The distinguishing thing about Jamie Dimon is that he is very sensitive to the operating issues. He believes in homogenizing systems. He believes in assuring that his management team has very high-quality people who work hard and are dedicated to the company for which they work

Jamie Dimon is in a position to scoop up assets on the cheap. That's how you create value for the long term.

Three of his greatest characteristics are he's really smart, he has tremendous energy, and he'll get into the details with anybody on anything. Most people who get to the level that he is at are prone to be superficial when it comes to running the business; they don't have enough time or energy to get into the details," observed Harvard Business School professor Paul Marshall.

From his office on the 48th floor, Dimon makes the rounds every day to committee members who are in New York, stopping by for conversations lasting three or four minutes. Those outside New York are apt to get a short phone call. Although Dimon uses electronic communication, his preferred mode is personal and when possible face-to-face. He doesn't waste time, but sees these micro-meetings as the most efficient way to following up on issues across the bank's six business units.

Professors are very great men. They shape the minds of our future.

Oh, well, so 'tis, and we must do all that we can to help the poor dears." Fascinated, Katrina asked, "How? We are ladies. What can we do?" "Queen Maud was a lady! And so was Boadicea, and—and the Queen of Sheba! They managed to get things done, and—" "But were not Queen Maud and Boadicea put to death?" "Oh, dear! Were they?" Gwendolyn wrinkled her brow. "You

The new post-Saddam Iraq had no secular heros.

Inertia is the most powerful force in business. Things stay just as they are until something—brute force, reason, fear, enlightened self-interest, the survival instinct—effects movement.

and the rare individual who honestly satisfies this heart hunger will hold people in the palm of his or her hand

Lincoln apparently never even thought of correcting his son.

Principle 1 - Don't criticize, condemn or complain.

who have the most influence over others and get them to model the behavior you want to promote.

Wouldn't you rather be asked a question than be given an order?

These are lessons Bob Taylor of Taylor Guitars certainly takes to heart.

As a leader, you will gain a more complete picture of their work and become a better coach and mentor for it.

Rather than saying "you failed," say "the project failed.

Todos los hombres tienen temores, pero los valientes los olvidan y van adelante, a veces hasta la muerte, pero siempre hasta la victoria. Ese era el lema de la Guardia Real en la antigua Grecia.

How do you think it affected his view of what he could achieve and his level of devotion to the success of his team?

Considero —dijo Schwab— que el mayor bien que poseo es mi capacidad para despertar entusiasmo entre los hombres, y que la forma de desarrollar lo mejor que hay en el hombre es por medio del aprecio y el aliento.

President Lincoln was a master communicator, and humility was at the heart of all he said.

even in such technical lines as engineering, about 15 percent of one's financial success is due to one's technical knowledge and about 85 percent is due to skill in human engineering—to personality and the ability to lead people.

to make them happy to do what it is we would like them to do

En la plenitud de su actividad, John D. Rockefeller dijo que "la habilidad para tratar con la gente es un artículo que se puede comprar, como el azúcar o el café". "Y pagaré más por esa capacidad —agregó— que por cualquier otra.