Cressida Dick Quotes

I work through teams. It's the only way I know how to work.

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.

I've got a really great team around me. They're the ones that are in the restaurants on a day to day basis. Anyone that's good can't be stifled in any way. I don't baby people.

As a leader, you want your team to play as you are.

I'm not a great boss because I don't like to tell other people what to do.

I don't want to put off negative vibes to my teammates. That's kind of my leadership mentality.

I am a manager who tries to be respectful and also very demanding.

Sometimes players are very fed up with my communication, but that's what I do, and they know how I think. But they know I am very transparent.

I was a pretty good coach and working with marketing was like coaching.

I don't need a captain's band to lead a team to victory.

Leadership must be likeable, affable, cordial, and above all emotional. The fashion of authoritarian leadership is gone. Football is about life. You can't be angry all day.

The smartest thing a director can do is surround himself with really good people.

A good director has to be a captain - he has to work with a lot of people every day.

I don't view myself as a team manager, but a team captain. I'm part of the team, but everybody else as well.

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.

Really the team often will take on the personality of its coach.

Of all the things I've done, the most vital is coordinating those who work with me and aiming their efforts at a certain goal.

Great leaders help their people see how they can directly impact the company's objectives and their own personal goals.

As a leader, these attributes - confidence, perseverance, work ethic and good sense - are all things I look for in people. I also try to lead by example and create an environment where good questions and good ideas can come from anyone.

I've always found that the speed of the boss is the speed of the team.

The speed of the boss is the speed of the team.

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.

I need to build my team around my weaknesses.

I'd like to think that every captain around the world has a vision of how they want their teams to play and most of them are allowed to take their teams forward in their own way.

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