Quotes About Leadership

No one is born a CEO, but no one tells you that.

First of all, Vince McMahon doesn't argue - he tells you!

Once you achieve a level of success... you learn, something tells you, 'Man this ain't even for you.' You got to share with the people. You got to inspire the people.

Harry Redknapp is a fantastic manager. He knows how to talk to players. You need that belief from your own manager. He tells you just to go out there and do your thing. That is what Harry has got more than anyone else.

I think, clearly, where you have a situation in which the Solicitor General tells me, 'I cannot in good faith argue a certainly legal position,' and if the president told us to argue that position, we would have to tell him, 'No, we can't do that, Mr. President.'

When you slide into television, no one tells you exactly how manage expectations and work with your staff.

Playing a rookie at quarterback tells the other players that you're giving up the season.

The coach is the boss at the end of the day. I do whatever he tells me and don't ask questions.

The head coach tells us what to do, and we follow his orders.

My gut tells me and continues to tell me that the Conservative party is on a road back to government.

People come into public life for different reasons. None of us are ego-challenged, I think, or we probably wouldn't be doing what we're doing, so if anyone tells you that they don't like the sound of the applause and the ego gratification, I don't think they're being straight with you.

My grandpa always tells me that 45-minute lunches are key because an army marches on its stomach.

That's the mantra I use when the team tells me something is too complicated. People keep saying, 'We need more prioritization.' I say, 'Guys, what you want is less work. And that is not going to happen.'

My husband may have been in the military, but no one tells me which leader to follow.

Donald Trump tells us that he is very, very smart. I'm afraid that when it comes to foreign policy, he is very, very not smart.

You can get a good handle on a company's culture before you even get inside the building. For example, when companies say, 'We value our employees' but have reserved parking spots, a private cafeteria, and over-the-top offices for the executives, that tells you more than any PR spin.

Any conductor who tells you that if he is approached for the directorship of the Chicago Symphony that he's not interested in it, you know perfectly well he's lying.

Anybody who tells you that a two-day conference, you're going to turn into the General Patton of leadership, they're not telling you the truth. But you can learn the fundamentals; you can absolutely understand the fundamentals.

I have a big mouth, and I have a temper, so that's not good for people. That's not good for executives.

Marvelous is the power which can be exercised, almost unconsciously, over a company, or an individual, or even upon a crowd by one person gifted with good temper, good digestion, good intellects, and good looks.

We need to temper the idea that this company has to have some earthshaking event every 15 minutes.

An awful lot has been written about my temper.

If I have a really bad cook or a bad manager or bad sous-chef, I previously would have fired them or lost my temper. But now I realize that if I'm so right, then I should be able to communicate it so clearly that they get it.

I think the best directors rarely lose their temper.