Chanda Kochhar Quotes

Leadership is the capacity to translate vision into reality.

A lot of what I do as a showrunner is anxiety control. People get nervous when they don't know what's going on, so a big part of my job is making sure everyone has all of the information all of the time.

We're all flawed, but basically, effective managers are people whose flaws are not fatal under the circumstances. Maybe the best managers are simply ordinary, healthy people who aren't too screwed up.

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

Most leadership strategies are doomed to failure from the outset.

I was in the hockey team in school, played football. One of the challenges for me was to make the team feel better. It helped me evolve, so batting at different positions was never a problem.

You have to be able to psychologically help your players, support-wise, be in touch with them, so I think managing people is very important.

Leadership is working with goals and vision; management is working with objectives.

I often have said that to be a college president, you need a thick skin, a good sense of humor, and nerves like sewer pipes.

Leadership is a way of thinking, a way of acting and, most importantly, a way of communicating.

I describe management as arts, crafts and science. It is a practice that draws on arts, craft and science and there is a lot of craft - meaning experience - there is a certain amount of craft meaning insight, creativity and vision, and there is the use of science, technique or analysis.

Managers are important: they are leading the company and guiding and have to provide vision and manage the daily business.

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

Management is efficiency in climbing the ladder of success; leadership determines whether the ladder is leaning against the right wall.

As a whole, the managers today are different in temperament. Most have very good communication skills and are more understanding of the umpire's job. That doesn't mean they are better managers. It just means that I perceive today's managers a bit differently.

Leadership is about vision and responsibility, not power.

Basically, managing is about influencing action. Managing is about helping organizations and units to get things done, which means action. Sometimes, managers manage actions directly. They fight fires. They manage projects. They negotiate contracts.

Good leadership is to know when to go, and you only succeed as a good leader if you've transported someone else in and the company gets stronger. Then you've succeeded as leader.

I want to deploy the leadership to meet the challenges that face us and to restore America's greatness.

Good leaders need a positive agenda, not just an agenda of dealing with crisis.

For success of any mission, it is necessary to have creative leadership. Creative leadership is vital for government, non-governmental organisations as well as for industries.

The most important role of a leader is to set a clear direction, be transparent about how to get there and to stay the course.

Let me define a leader. He must have vision and passion and not be afraid of any problem. Instead, he should know how to defeat it. Most importantly, he must work with integrity.

And I'd say one of the great lessons I've learned over the past couple of decades, from a management perspective, is that really when you come down to it, it really is all about people and all about leadership.

A director must be a policeman, a midwife, a psychoanalyst, a sycophant and a bastard.