Jon Evans Quotes

Like most entrepreneurs, getting motivated to work has never been a problem for me; focus comes through delegating tasks to the best people you can find.

A good leader should focus on making sure everyone is being given the tools to do their job, not just expecting - poof! - that they're going to produce great work.

My idea of management is that what your job is as the boss is to find really good people and empower them and leave them alone.

Delegating doesn't mean passing off work you don't enjoy, but letting your employees stretch their skills and judgment.

Executive ability is deciding quickly and getting somebody else to do the work.

To be an effective leader, you have to have a manipulative streak - you have to figure out the people working for you and give each tasks that will take advantage of his strength.

You will launch many projects, but have time to finish only a few. So think, plan, develop, launch and tap good people to be responsible. Give them authority and hold them accountable. Trying to do too much yourself creates a bottleneck.

I am learning how to delegate and how to empower people.

Surround yourself with the best people you can find, delegate authority, and don't interfere as long as the policy you've decided upon is being carried out.

The manager's function is not to make people work, but to make it possible for people to work.

The best thing you can do as a leader when people are pressed is get the obstacles out of their way.

I was a pretty good coach and working with marketing was like coaching.

The one word that makes a good manager - decisiveness.

A manager is not a person who can do the work better than his men; he is a person who can get his men to do the work better than he can.

Leadership is an active role; 'lead' is a verb. But the leader who tries to do it all is headed for burnout, and in a powerful hurry.

A good objective of leadership is to help those who are doing poorly to do well and to help those who are doing well to do even better.

Being a manager is about getting into the minds of the people you represent.

There is no real magic to being a good leader. But at the end of every week, you have to spend your time around the things that are really important: setting priorities, measuring outcomes, and rewarding them.

When you want a thing done, 'Don't do it yourself' is a good motto for Scoutmasters.

Of all the things I've done, the most vital is coordinating those who work with me and aiming their efforts at a certain goal.

The best executive is one who has sense enough to pick good people to do what he wants done, and self-restraint enough to keep from meddling with them while they do it.

There's no way a director can communicate with every single person on the set and yet they need to motivate and instill an ambition to want to do their best work.

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

The key to being a good manager is keeping the people who hate me away from those who are still undecided.

I need to build my team around my weaknesses.