Hugh Bonneville Quotes

Time management is a big part of the director's job.

I've managed stations.

The role of leadership is to transform the complex situation into small pieces and prioritize them.

I put projects together. I put people together.

Management of many is the same as management of few. It is a matter of organization.

When you get into an airplane, you expect a pilot who knows how to fly. Running a Government is also an expertise.

As chief of staff, I was responsible for running a multibillion-dollar organization with over 34,000 employees, and working on everything from health care to transportation.

Leadership is inspiring people. Management is keeping the trains running on time.

When you are the host, you have to take the party into your hands like a conductor.

I think I can run a team pretty well.

Even a two-car parade gets fouled up if you don't decide ahead of time who's going to lead.

I had learned many years ago in private business never to take responsibility without adequate authority; and the new Secretary of Defense, as budgets were sharply cut, quickly found that out.

My definition of an executive's job is brief and to the point. It is simply this: Getting things done through other people.

I think that in any group activity - whether it be business, sports, or family - there has to be leadership or it won't be successful.

Parties do not maintain themselves. They are maintained by effort.

The problem with communicating without a coordinator is that everyone has to read everyone else's mind.

In government it is order that matters.

Structure is not about moving boxes around on a chart. Structure is about power.

Managing so many legislators is not that difficult. I have had a lot of relevant experience that prepared me for it. I used to run a group of 5 day care centers

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

Enterprises that depend on many rarely succeed.

When I served as Prime Minister last time, I failed to prioritize my agenda. I was eager to complete everything at once and ended my administration in failure.

Management is different from leadership..

I suppose I was always attracted to the producing function - trying to put things together and make things happen.

I've organized everything for my family since I was little. I know how to delegate and budget. I solve people's problems.