Quotes About Leadership

When I decided to leave the military, I realized that the skills I acquired there were transferable to the commercial world both in leadership and the information technology field. I made the decision to move to Oracle because of its strong leadership role.

Oral Roberts was a man of God and a great friend in ministry. I loved him as a brother.

Modi is a great orator.

Haute couture is like an orchestra, for which only Balenciaga is the conductor. The rest of us are just musicians, following the directions he gives us.

Let me say that I've never thought to conduct because the conductor has to think to the music before the orchestra. And the orchestra comes later. For me, it's terrible.

The better the orchestra, often the harder it is to conduct, not the other way around.

When I want 30 musicians in the orchestra, I get 30.

I always imagined that to bring an orchestra to play together is not enough for a conductor.

A conductor can't be too arrogant with an orchestra and try to impose himself too much.

There was an opinion expressed in the newspapers that, after 20 years, maybe the Israel Philharmonic should consider asking me to leave. I thought they might have a point, so I asked my orchestra. They told me overwhelmingly that they wanted me to stay.

The orchestra confides in me about their music director or their conductor, and I've never seen a conductor that's been liked by everyone.

There's nothing worse than working with an orchestra who looks down on working with a conductor who doesn't want to conduct for you. You need to be with an orchestra that can follow you and respect you.

In order to be the man, you have to beat the man.

To be a hero or a heroine, one must give an order to oneself.

In order to be the best, you have to be around the best.

The new leader is a facilitator, not an order giver.

It is often necessary to know how to obey a woman in order sometimes to have the right to command her.

In order to be a great, you gotta be among the greats.

What I know about me is that, in order to lead, you also have to know how to follow.

Business people have always liked my administration because we gave the best law and order.

He ordered killings as easily as he ordered linguine.

I never liked being ordered around - which, of course, was an overreaction. I eventually found out that I didn't mind being ordered around at all when it was by someone who knew what he was doing.

When ordering lunch, the big executives are just as indecisive as the rest of us.

A disciplined person is one who follows the will of the one who gives the orders.