Every team needs leaders, but not just one or two.
When building a strong team, you need a strong leader.
Good leaders make people's strengths effective and their weaknesses irrelevant.
I think the way to maximize not just your leadership but your ability to influence your team is whatever you can do that helps the team perform at a really high level.
I don't view myself as a team manager, but a team captain. I'm part of the team, but everybody else as well.
I can let the team do the talking for me.
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.
In managers, I look for people who can get things done through other people. The most important thing for a good manager is that the people on his team feel like he or she has integrity.
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.
A good leader has to at some point trust those around him; otherwise, nothing constructive is going to get done.
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.
Good captains know the strengths and weaknesses of their teams and make decisions accordingly.
Successful leaders surround themselves with intelligent people.
But the art of management has not changed. The art of it is still 80 to 90 per cent man-management. It is just a matter of getting the best out of what you have got.
I always say, as a leader, you've got to know when to get out of the way.
When I look at a leader, I look at someone who is able to get exceptional performance out of others.
The smartest thing a director can do is surround himself with really good people.
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.
You can lead a team in a lot of different ways. It can be talking to somebody who is down or, during the course of a game, looking to penetrate and then dropping the ball off to someone else for an easy bucket.
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.
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.
The secret to success is good leadership, and good leadership is all about making the lives of your team members or workers better.
You don't make a movie by yourself; you certainly don't make a TV show by yourself. You invest people in their work. You make people feel comfortable in their jobs; you keep people talking.
You have to enable and empower people to make decisions independent of you. As I've learned, each person on a team is an extension of your leadership; if they feel empowered by you they will magnify your power to lead.
I think one of the keys to leadership is recognizing that everybody has gifts and talents. A good leader will learn how to harness those gifts toward the same goal.
