Jane Byrne Quotes

For good or ill, I'm a person of leadership. I do my best. I don't dodge responsibility.

Don't blame the marketing department. The buck stops with the chief executive.

If a guy doesn't work hard and doesn't play well, he can't lead anything. All he is, is a talker.

I think our leadership team is a highly accountable leadership team.

I was an executive running a pretty substantial group before becoming CEO, and I had no idea what it was like. When something goes wrong, people say, 'It's all your fault.' Your reaction is, 'It's not my fault.' But what do you mean? I was the founder, I hired everybody in the company, I was managing it.

I have always told my subordinates that when they commit any mistakes, the blame must be laid on the superior officers.

If a chairman sacks the manager he initially appointed, he should go as well.

I wasn’t hired to do well in the polls. I was hired to do a good job.

I have to let the general manager do what makes the most sense, or I can't hold him accountable.

People can expect that from me as premier: If there's something to be done, something to be fixed, it'll happen.

It takes time for people to understand how to hold leaders accountable.

When you play quarterback and the offense doesn't play well, a lot of that is because of the quarterback. You're going to receive the criticism.

When it's all about the work, it's clear who in the company is pulling their weight and who isn't.

It's about taking extra responsibility and delivering it at the right time for the team.

At the end of the day, I'm responsible for the product on the field.

When everything goes well, they say good things about the manager and when something is wrong it is normal as well the manager gets pressure.

I'm not going to just take office in January, I'm going to take responsibility.

Presidents, whether things are good or bad, get the blame. I understand that.

The buck stops with me, but I can tick off dozens of very good senior executives that are responsible for hundreds or thousands of people who work for me.

I certainly know that if the war fails, the administration fails, and that I will be blamed for it, whether I deserve it or not. And I ought to be blamed, if I could do better. You think I could do better; therefore you blame me already. I think I could not do better; therefore I blame you for blaming me.

Everything is the director's fault - you can quote me on that. There are no excuses.

I can't explain the lack of integrity among some of the leaders of our health care facilities. This is something I rarely encountered during 38 years in uniform. And so I will not defend it because it is indefensible. But I can take responsibility for it and I do.

If those to whom power is delegated do well, they will be respected; if not, they will be despised.

Leadership is not a license to do less. Leadership is a responsibility to do more

When you accept a leadership role, you take on extra responsibility for your actions toward others.