Hildur Gudnadottir Quotes

When you are in a big team, there's time when you can stay out.

The least productive people are usually the ones who are most in favor of holding meetings.

Delegating doesn't mean passing off work you don't enjoy, but letting your employees stretch their skills and judgment.

I always find that the best collaborations are when you work with people that know what they're doing, and you leave them alone to do it.

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.

I was never the smartest guy in the room. From the first person I hired, I was never the smartest guy in the room. And that's a big deal. And if you're going to be a leader - if you're a leader and you're the smartest guy in the world - in the room, you've got real problems.

For running a country, team work is important, and the person at the helm has to enjoy teamwork.

A good leader has to at some point trust those around him; otherwise, nothing constructive is going to get done.

My idea of management is that what your job is as the boss is to find really good people and empower them and leave them alone.

Management is nothing more than motivating other people.

I think that there is an element where leadership is lonely, but I also believe that it doesn't have to be like that.

Meetings are usually terrible, but they shouldn't be.

A meeting moves at the pace of the slowest mind in the room.

Nothing great can come of more than three people in a room.

I think that I've learned to relax, and trust in and hire very talented people, and trust in their abilities a little more.

Most bands don't work out. A small unit democracy is very, very difficult.

The problem is that they are all stars at Madrid. You need someone to carry the water to the well.

What I've learned is that unless it's an emergency, like a fire or brain surgery, hierarchy is not necessary and may be damaging. If you have a hierarchy, you're repeating the strengths and weaknesses of one person without allowing for the accumulative strength of a group.

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.

Well, the first quality of being a good leader is you have to be able to follow. See, a good leader can't just be the leader all the time, I have to be able to follow.

There is no better way to manage than by walking around. Autocracy doesn't work. Talk to people in their offices, find out what's on their minds.

I enjoy directing more when I don't have to direct myself. I like when I can just be the director.

Teams are often pretty clear about what they can do or are willing to do.

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.