Simon Sinek Quotes

We will not spend four years blaming others, we will take responsibility.

The director does not have anyone to blame but himself. He or she cannot hide behind anybody. If a film is a hit, everyone gets the credit, but if it flops, only the director can be blamed.

On the question of taking credit for what goes right and blame for what goes wrong - having led the Conservative party for four years, I have never heard of this notion before.

Lead, don't drive. And give credit. Don't blame. If an officer on your team suggested something and it worked well, give them credit. If it doesn't work well, you take the blame because you made the decision.

You have to let your team get all the credit for all the good stuff that happens, and you take responsibility for the bad stuff.

Great leaders don't rush to blame. They instinctively look for solutions.

Being a leader requires being confident enough in your own decisions and those of your team to own them when they fail. The very best leaders take the blame but share the credit.

You can delegate authority, but you cannot delegate responsibility.

Victory finds a hundred fathers, but defeat is an orphan.

Leadership involves not so much marching gloriously at the head of a parade as paying quietly for the parade permit and the cleanup afterward. Leading the world means acting not as its Commander-In-Chief but as its concierge.

It is important to have leadership groups, but at the end of the day I need to be taking the call because I'm responsible for the team and I should know exactly what I'm doing and I believe in that.

I want to use but not misuse my position as President of the General Assembly.

Any government will work if authority and responsibility are equal and coordinate. This does not insure “good” government, it simply insures that it will work. But such governments are rare — most people want to run things, but want no part of the blame. This used to be called the “backseat driver” syndrome.

A strong leader accepts blame and gives the credit. A weak leader gives blame and accepts the credit.

When blame inevitably arises, the most senior people in the room should repeat this mantra: if a mistake happens, shame on us for making it so easy to make that mistake.

If you don't want responsibility, don't sit in the big chair. To be successful, you must accept full responsibility

Leadership is taking responsibility while others are making excuses.

In the end leaders are leaders. They get the credit and they get the blame.

I don't expect our leaders to be free of mistakes, I expect our leaders to own up to them.

When you accept a leadership role, you take on extra responsibility for your actions toward others.

There's an old saying that victory has a hundred fathers and defeat is an orphan.... I'm the responsible officer of the Government.

Leadership starts with understanding responsibility, not ability. Leadership is a Stewardship, not a show.

Leaders, whether in the family, in business, in government, or in education, must not allow themselves to mistake intentions for accomplishments .

Leadership is stewardship, it's temporary and you're accountable!

the point of educating instead of blaming seems to me very important. For nothing stultifies one more than being blamed. Moreover, if the question is, who is to blame?, perhaps each will want to place the blame on someone else, or on the other hand, someone may try to shield his fellow-worker. In either case the attempt is to hide the error and if this is done the error cannot be corrected.