Scott Weiss Quotes

Leaders must exemplify integrity and earn the trust of their teams through their everyday actions. When you do this, you set high standards for everyone at your company. And when you do so with positive energy and enthusiasm for shared goals and purpose, you can deeply connect with your team and customers.

Something as simple as transparency is really scalable because it quickly impacts the culture. And the culture is something everyone feels. If upper management is really transparent with everyone, that has this amplifying effect. Then you tend to attract players who operate that way, on the same wavelength, and coaches and fans.

If there is such a thing as good leadership, it is to give a good example. I have to do so for all the Ikea employees.

Good leaders make people feel that they're at the very heart of things, not at the periphery.

All good leaders are connectors. They relate well and make people feel confident about themselves and their leader.

The organization reflects the behavior and characteristics of the CEO, and that establishes the culture. Foster an environment of open communication, and the organization inherits a culture of open communication.

Leadership is more about clarity than it is about control.

Trust gives you the permission to give people direction, get everyone aligned, and give them the energy to go get the job done. Trust enables you to execute with excellence and produce extraordinary results. As you execute with excellence and deliver on your commitments, trust becomes easier to inspire, creating a flywheel of performance.

Real leadership is leaders recognizing that they serve the people that they lead.

Most management systems have to do with establishing trust and getting people to cooperate. They're not really about expertise or science.

That's how you get a performance - they put trust in you.

I wouldn't ask any of my employees to do anything I wouldn't do. And I work as hard, if not harder than the rest of the staff, to set an example. I also believe in giving my employees a lot of room to be creative and to express themselves.

While a lab Director can get done the things that he regards as important, he has the more important job of bringing out the best ideas of the broader scientific community.

If the employees fundamentally trust the C.E.O., then communications will be vastly more efficient than if they don't. Telling things as they are is a critical part of building this trust.

Great leaders help their people see how they can directly impact the company's objectives and their own personal goals.

As we look ahead into the next century, leaders will be those who empower others.

Set a clear, easy-to-understand vision for your company, and make it be a mission people believe in.

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.

A true leader has to have a genuine open-door policy so that his people are not afraid to approach him for any reason.

One of the things I'm adamant about as a bandleader is not micromanaging. I'm an advocate for the concept of allowing everyone to be fully vested in what they're doing, so everyone contributes whatever they're inspired to contribute.

Leaders don't create followers, they create more leaders.

A lot of people saved IBM. Yes, I was the leader of that team, but I could never have done it without a group of IBMers helping me.

Servant leadership is the foundation and the secret of Sam Walton's ability to achieve team synergy.

I see the job of directing as being one of creating the right atmosphere, creating an environment where people can realize their full potential.

Trust leads to approachability and open communications.