John Kasich Quotes

You can't get it all done yourself. The best leaders are not afraid of picking people who are better than they are and who may one day replace them.

The best leaders are humble enough to realize their victories depend upon their people.

Not even a great leader can get very far without great people to lead.

If your program has a great leader, you'll get great things. If you don't have a great leader and people aren't on the same page, you have a lot of different people doing a lot of different things. That's where trouble starts.

There are many elements to a campaign. Leadership is number one. Everything else is number two.

No institution can possibly survive if it needs geniuses or supermen to manage it. It must be organized in such a way as to be able to get along under a leadership composed of average human beings.

I work strategically with my management team to make all decisions.

Innovation has nothing to do with how many R & D dollars you have. When Apple came up with the Mac, IBM was spending at least 100 times more on R & D. It's not about money. It's about the people you have, how you're led, and how much you get it.

You shut the door, you tell the boss exactly what you think. But when the door opens, the job of the vice president is to stand right next to the president and implement the policy that he's decided. And I'm prepared to do that.

Good captains know the strengths and weaknesses of their teams and make decisions accordingly.

Leaders make things happen. Leaders will take a situation and try and figure out what is it that we're trying to do, what is the problem, what kind of priorities and resources do we need, what kind of people do I need to bring to bear on this problem, what kind of plans do we need to succeed.

Leaders show respect for people by giving them time.

All good leaders listen to their people and empower them to go away and turn any innovative ideas they have into a reality.

To be effective, leaders must have the qualities and attitudes essential to work in a group setting.

I think being able to have follow-through, I think a lot of people who are in charge, that is the one quality that you can't forsake. You can get opinions, but you can't have too many cooks in the kitchen when you're envisioning something.

I don't know where we should take this company, but I do know that if I start with the right people, ask them the right questions, and engage them in vigorous debate, we will find a way to make this company great.

Without a terrific leader, you're not going to have a Great Group. But it is also true that you're not going to have a great leader without a Great Group.

Any kind of vision needs people.

Any Idiot can point out a problem .... A leader is willing to do something about it! Leaders solve problems!

Leadership means bringing people together in pursuit of a common cause, developing a plan to achieve it, and staying with it until the goal is achieved.

Have a vision. Communicate it clearly. Pick the right people and put them in the right jobs.

A lot of it is "how do you work with people". How do you get people to work with you and do wonderful things.

A good leader is always looking for people smarter and more experienced than they are. If you are the smartest one in the room, then you are stupid.

You can judge a leader by the size of the problem he tackles - people nearly always pick a problem their own size, and ignore or leave to others the bigger or smaller ones.

I think the mark of a good director is that they surround themselves with good people.