Leadership Quotes

"If I'm not leading by example, then I'm not doing the right thing. And I want to always do the right thing."

- Pat Summitt

"To be a good manager of people requires both fairness and bluntness."

- James Cook

"It is better to lead from behind and to put others in front, especially when you celebrate victory when nice things occur. You take the front line when there is danger. Then people will appreciate your leadership."

- Nelson Mandela

"Find the smartest people you can and surround yourself with them."

- Marissa Mayer

"One bad day from one member of my staff doesn’t mean they are not really good at their jobs the rest of the time. I play a long game in terms of management."

- Helen McCabe

"As a manager, your job is not to teach people talent. Your job is to help them earn the accolade "talented" by matching their talent to the role. To do this well, like all great managers, you have to pay close attention to the subtle but significant differences between roles."

- Marcus Buckingham

"A manager can't act like a role model. They need to be a role model."

- Ben Horowitz

"I think that the best training a top manager can be engaged in is management by example."

- Carlos Ghosn

"The challenge of leadership is to be strong, but not rude; be kind, but not weak; be bold, but not bully; be thoughtful, but not lazy; be humble, but not timid; be proud, but not arrogant; have humor but without folly."

- Jim Rohn

"If I have one skill as a manager, I can make things extremely clear."

- Ben Horowitz

"A leader is the one who can outline the broad vision and the direction and say, here's where we are going to go, here's why we need to go there, and here's how we are going to get there. A manager is the one who actually gets up under the hood and tunes the carburetor."

- Mike Huckabee

"Sometimes the manager actually is the glue that holds everything together, and when you take that manager out, sometimes that's when things start to go really wrong."

- Mark Hughes

"I think, for every player, it is important he knows the manager believes in him, and it is important he has the confidence of the manager. That helps you to find the best form."

- Edin Dz

"You can learn a lot about good management by working under someone who is a bad manager."

- Charles Murray

"A company is stronger if it is bound by love rather than by fear."

- Herb Kelleher

"That is what a good manager does - you study and think and discuss, and you come up with a model of playing."

- Carlo Ancelotti

"Hire people who are smarter than you, and don't be afraid to work with them as partners. Make it clear that you plan to learn from them, not just the other way around. The right, smart, motivated people respond very well to that approach, particularly coming from a younger manager like I am."

- Lynn Jurich

"Don't persuade, defend or interrupt. Be curious, be conversational, be real. And listen."

- Elizabeth Lesser

"It's easy to solve a problem that everyone sees, but it's hard to solve a problem that almost no one sees."

- Tony Fadell

"The first rule of management is delegation. Don’t try and do everything yourself because you can’t."

- Anthea Turner

"Leadership is about taking responsibility, not making excuses."

- Mitt Romney

"To be able to lead others, a man must be willing to go forward alone."

- Harry Truman

"Sometimes it’s good to step back and let others take the wheel. It’s smart to admit your mistakes and let other people win in the idea game. You won’t always be leading the team or have the best idea, and that’s a good thing. Making a mistake isn’t the end of the world!"

- Alari Aho

"In most cases being a good boss means hiring talented people and then getting out of their way."

- Tina Fey

"One cannot measure a manager’s knowledge and performance in a vacuum. It involves their participation in business activities while bringing all of themselves to the process of development, including their spiritual, personal, and skill & ability development."

- Raymond Wheeler

"A key to achieving success is to assemble a strong and stable management team."

- Vivek Wadhwa

"Corporate culture matters. How management chooses to treat its people impacts everything - for better or for worse."

- Simon Sinek

"I describe management as arts, crafts and science. It is a practice that draws on arts, craft and science and there is a lot of craft - meaning experience - there is a certain amount of craft meaning insight, creativity and vision, and there is the use of science, technique or analysis."

- Henry Mintzberg

"Leadership is working with goals and vision; management is working with objectives."

- Russel Honore

"Leadership is inspiring people. Management is keeping the trains running on time."

- Andy Dunn