Viv Albertine Quotes

When building a strong team, you need a strong leader.

When I look at a leader, I look at someone who is able to get exceptional performance out of others.

The Leader will be a person with the management skills to coordinate the activities of the Team, and to assure that the Team remains faithful to the objectives of the incoming President.

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.

Any good director, and I've worked with a few that I would call very good, they know how to disarm any anxieties very quickly.

I need to build my team around my weaknesses.

The hardest part about directing is getting everyone on the same page.

Some people say it's scarier to direct the people you work with; not me, I'm a team guy.

I don't think I am that hands-on. I'm much more of a believer in finding a great team of people and trusting them to follow their instincts. They work better when they feel they have freedom and they are trusted.

The most important thing I've done at work has been to surround myself with amazing people who I trust and empower fully to do stuff better than I could.

Leaders must establish common purpose and build trust within an organization.

Sometimes the hardest thing to do is to trust your team. It's a lesson I've had to relearn quite a few times.

Good leaders make people's strengths effective and their weaknesses irrelevant.

Daniel Farke is so good, a man-manager - he is calm but he can shout if he thinks I'm not working.

You can be the best manager in the world, but if the players don't trust you, it will never work.

I can lead my team.

It's an interesting juxtaposition, being student body president and leading others and learning how to effectively help people on the team in a way that's not as direct.

Sometimes you need to encourage them sometimes even to comfort them, let them know I trust them. Sometimes you need to tell the truth, being more aggressive. That's management. I need to put the players in the best possible conditions.

I've learned so much whether it was, I played a lot of team sports, so being part of a team, learning how to be a leader on different teams, and how to deal with the ebb and flow of different games.

Part of being a leader means knowing who you can go after and who you should pat on the butt.

I have to put my team in a good situation.

Nobody on Earth does a project by himself. So you have to make sure your team is intact.

I think it's a requirement that the general manager and the coach are communicating with each other on a regular basis, and it's unacceptable if they're not.

As a goalkeeper you need to be good at organising the people in front of you and motivating them. You need to see what's going on and react to the threats. Just like a good manager in business.

When I see my staff take a step back because I've lost my cool about something food-related, I say never apologise for your standards. If someone doesn't meet them, then you should explain that and that you want it changed. I want my staff to be like that, too.