Lee Kuan Yew Quotes

Genius not only diagnoses the situation but supplies the answers.

Innovation has nothing to do with how many R & D dollars you have. When Apple came up with the Mac, IBM was spending at least 100 times more on R & D. It's not about money. It's about the people you have, how you're led, and how much you get it.

Don't wait for someone to tell you what to do. Develop an innovative solution and work as a team to make it happen.

Dad was an outstanding leader. He'd bring in top thinkers from a wide array of fields - how to fix the Detroit schools, for example. I watched him in these meetings. He listened and probed.

When I worked with Billie Jean King and Craig Kardon, and we would be working on something, Billie would show up and say, 'What about this?' Neither one of us had seen it.

What makes a leader great is not the fact that she (or he) has all the answers, but the ability to inspire and empower us to find the answers.

I'm very much a leader in a lot of the work that I do or that I've done in my career.

Business is about people. It's about passion. It's about bold ideas, bold small ideas or bold large ideas.

Cause I was such a novice and thank God that Sarah was as seasoned as she was because she was really a great leader in that regard in the sense that she would communicate really well with the crew.

If I'm in my position at a company, I may not have the knowledge of the C.E.O., I may not know what's possible, or I may not have the creativity, but if I can identify a problem, that's a valuable thing.

When you work with a legend as I do, it's wonderful. There's so many things I've learned working with Keith. He's so patient, not only with me, but with everyone in our crew and with the audience and with the game. He has a style that is so easy and will never be copied.

I've always been a leader. Every team I've played on, I've led my way.

As a doctor, an educator, an innovator and someone who has dedicated his professional career to making things work better and to helping people - I am ready to lead.

Organizations that can diminish fear are those that are able to motivate, create, and innovate.

I can't be everywhere, but I'm always in one of my kitchens, and hopefully I'm motivating and inspiring.

Like leaders in many walks of life, my business has been to serve with, and for, others.

You can't build any kind of organization if you're not going to surround yourself with people who have experience and skill base beyond your own.

I've worked with a lot of first-time directors who kind of look to me for ideas and opinions and stuff, and I'm a team player.

Leaders don't create followers, they create more leaders.

I hire people brighter than me and then I get out of their way.

I think there's a lot to be learned from your teammates and older guys around you. And there are many ways to lead. You don't have to change your personality to be a leader.

What I learned at LucasArts was, you don't make your bets on ideas: ideas are cheap. You make your bets on people.

Education is the mother of leadership.

Leadership requires a blend of strategy, persuasion, inspiration and motivation. It is based on respect more than fear.

Leadership does not mean domination