Mitt Romney Quotes

There are many elements to a campaign. Leadership is number one. Everything else is number two.

Management manages by making decisions and by seeing that those decisions are implemented.

There are two different types of leader. A person can either be like a thermometer or a thermostat. A thermometer will tell you what the temperature is. A thermostat will not only tell you what the temperature is, but it'll move you to the temperature you need to get to.

Management is efficiency in climbing the ladder of success; leadership determines whether the ladder is leaning against the right wall.

A key to achieving success is to assemble a strong and stable management team.

For success of any mission, it is necessary to have creative leadership. Creative leadership is vital for government, non-governmental organisations as well as for industries.

A leader is the one who can outline the broad vision and the direction, and say here's where we are going to go, here's why we need to go there, and here's how we are going to get there. A manager is the one who actually gets up under the hood and tunes the carburetor.

Leadership means forming a team and working toward common objectives that are tied to time, metrics, and resources.

A manager is a guide. He takes a group of people and says, 'With you I can make us a success; I can show you the way.'

Like most entrepreneurs, getting motivated to work has never been a problem for me; focus comes through delegating tasks to the best people you can find.

Leaders tend to focus on 'what to do,' but the real issue is more often 'how to do it.'

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

Managing through ambiguity can be difficult for even the most experienced leaders. Defining a clear set of goals for your team demonstrates that there is an end in sight. However, it's crucial during this time to move through the transition in phases.

Management always has a big influence on your success, no matter how good or how bad the business is itself.

Good leaders make sense of change in the world... then imparts that insight to the team.

As a manager, you need to have your own vision and what you want to do with the team.

Leaders make decisions that create the future they desire.

The Leader will be a person with the management skills to coordinate the activities of the Team, and to assure that the Team remains faithful to the objectives of the incoming President.

Leadership is the capacity to translate vision into reality.

The first myth of management is that it exists. The second myth of management is that success equals skill.

A manager is responsible for the application and performance of knowledge.

There is no real magic to being a good leader. But at the end of every week, you have to spend your time around the things that are really important: setting priorities, measuring outcomes, and rewarding them.

Your ability to shape your future depends on how well you communicate where you want to be when you get there. When ideas are communicated effectively, people follow and change.

Leadership is working with goals and vision; management is working with objectives.

As the BBC approaches the final phase of decisions about its future, it will be important for those involved to be established in post and ready to take responsibility for implementation of the outcome.