Wilma Mankiller Quotes

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.

I am someone who facilitates the President’s ability to make tough decisions.

Running a country is much more difficult than running a campaign.

Good organization does not necessarily mean it will produce good policy. But bad organization will almost never produce good policy.

Being a president is being a CEO, essentially.

General Petraeus is not a miracle worker. He can not be successful unless the president creates greater confidence within his own team about the decisions which the president has himself made.

A C.E.O.'s job is leadership, problem solving, and team building. I've done that my whole career.

The difference between management and administration (which is what bureaucrats used to do exclusively) is the difference between choice and rigidity.

Clearly in my mind, I have two distinct positions - owner and manager. So I am open to reviewing my performance as a manager as any other person in Sun Pharma.

The president of the United States actually has to be able to walk and chew gum at the same time.

A CEO needs to build their own team.

There's smarter people than me. But you cannot have any one guy running 18 billion-dollar businesses. It just doesn't make sense to me. I've met some extraordinary leaders in my time. They struggle with running one billion-dollar business.

Clearly, every company needs a leader. That's an important part of being the CEO of the company.

A wise governor told me a long time ago, political capital you don't get more of by keeping it. You get it by using it.

Managing a country is like managing a company in many ways. It maybe involves more complicated issues, but it's the same skills.

Board meetings should not be for the benefit of the board. They should be for the benefit of the CEO and the senior team.

In my opinion, the most important thing in governance is management control.

There is no school that teaches you how to run a state. You make mistakes, but you learn on the job.

One mediocre general is better than two good ones.

A President in a ... crisis makes, say, 10 bets a day. Maybe I made the wrong choice three times.

When you're President you have to make a lot of tough decisions. You have to keep lining them up and making them.

Beyond going around doing things as Secretary of State, you have to recognize that you had managerial responsibilities.

In our government we drive decisions either by leadership of by crises. If the leadership is not there, we rely on crises.

As the CEO, I have to take care of the short term, mid term and the long term.

Leadership and management are not synonymous.