Quotes About Decision-making

It is the job of leaders to eliminate uncertainty.

The manager does things right; the leader does the right thing.

When I give a minister an order, I leave it to him to find the means to carry it out.

By instinct we-leaders-want to run hard all the time; by intellect we know this is not possible. Reconciling those two positions in the context of leadership is an ongoing challenge.

If you wish a general to be beaten, send him a ream full of instructions; if you wish him to succeed, give him a destination, and bid him conquer.

The great task of statesmanship is to apply past lessons to new situations, to draw correct analogies to understand and act upon present forces, to recognise the need for change.

The ablest administrators do not merely draw logical conclusions from the array of facts of the past which their expert assistants bring to them, they have a vision of the future.

It often happens that less depends upon the valor of an army than the skill of the leader.

No easy problems ever come to the President of the United States. If they are easy to solve, someone else has solved them.

Leaders are problem solvers by talent and temperament, and by choice.

It is absolutely necessary... for me to have persons that can think for me, as well as execute orders.

If you don't choose to do it in leadership time up front, you do it in crisis management time down the road.

Intuition is a powerful business tool. Use it.

Listening to the inner voice - trusting the inner voice - is one of the most important lessons of leadership.

Free and open expression coupled with visionary leadership generally encourages good decision-making.

Consensus is a poor substitute for leadership.

Leadership is about uncertainty. Deal with it

If you want to be a leader, it doesn't mean that you have to have an opinion on everything. But if you do have an opinion and it is clear and you feel strongly about it, then you should say it.

Leadership involves the heavy burden of responsibility, and the fear of getting it wrong can paralyze a leader.

Leadership is more important than people's political career at times.

Leadership is about keeping toilets flushing," the Admiral once said. "Unless you're on the battlefront. Then it's about staying alive. Neither are pleasant.

In my view it is better for the Labour Party, the leadership and the new prime minister that he be given the maximum flexibility.

[George W. Bush] has balls. And he's a leader. Unfortunately his balls and leadership are in the service of shitty ideas. We need his balls on someone who thinks right.

We live in age of prudence. The leaders of the people now generally follow.