Melanie Laurent Quotes

The manager asks how and when; the leader asks what and why.

I think a good director is a good listener.

I think one of the keys to leadership is recognizing that everybody has gifts and talents. A good leader will learn how to harness those gifts toward the same goal.

Good leadership consists of showing average people how to do the work of superior people.

Leadership requires a blend of strategy, persuasion, inspiration and motivation. It is based on respect more than fear.

Good leaders make people's strengths effective and their weaknesses irrelevant.

My job as a director is to communicate, and I want to communicate to all.

Good direction is often based on the ability to communicate.

What makes a leader great is not the fact that she (or he) has all the answers, but the ability to inspire and empower us to find the answers.

As a goalkeeper you need to be good at organising the people in front of you and motivating them. You need to see what's going on and react to the threats. Just like a good manager in business.

The smartest thing a director can do is surround himself with really good people.

I'm learning more and more to share creativity with the crew and actors. A film crew is more powerful if you listen to them, but it does make my job more tough because I have to listen.

Every film you work on is different, and that's part of what it's like for anybody who works on a film, is to learn how to work with others. Learn from top to bottom. Actors have to learn how to work with the director and the director has to learn how to work with actors, and that's not just those two departments.

You can lead a team in a lot of different ways. It can be talking to somebody who is down or, during the course of a game, looking to penetrate and then dropping the ball off to someone else for an easy bucket.

Well, the first quality of being a good leader is you have to be able to follow. See, a good leader can't just be the leader all the time, I have to be able to follow.

That's why I never became a director. I never had patience with people.

The secret to success is good leadership, and good leadership is all about making the lives of your team members or workers better.

As a leader, these attributes - confidence, perseverance, work ethic and good sense - are all things I look for in people. I also try to lead by example and create an environment where good questions and good ideas can come from anyone.

I never thought being the producer was being the dictator. It means being the director and being the coach. It's a way of keeping everybody focused on the goal, and also having final say. Everybody can be in the same car, but somebody has to drive.

Leadership is not about a title or a designation. It's about impact, influence and inspiration. Impact involves getting results, influence is about spreading the passion you have for your work, and you have to inspire team-mates and customers.

The most important thing for a director is being able to communicate.

I think management is about just that - managing people via man-to-man skills.

Leadership consists of picking good men and helping them do their best.

A great director or leader knows his people, creates a great team, and then makes a great movie that can influence millions more than the readers of his column.

Leadership is simply the ability of an individual to coalesce the efforts of other individuals toward achieving common goals. It boils down to looking after your people and ensuring that, from top to bottom, everyone feels part of the team.