Ander Herrera Quotes

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.

And I'd say one of the great lessons I've learned over the past couple of decades, from a management perspective, is that really when you come down to it, it really is all about people and all about leadership.

The bottom line is the best way to lead is to play well.

Teamwork makes the dream work, but a vision becomes a nightmare when the leader has a big dream and a bad team.

The secret to success is good leadership, and good leadership is all about making the lives of your team members or workers better.

Ultimately, leadership is not about glorious crowning acts. It's about keeping your team focused on a goal and motivated to do their best to achieve it, especially when the stakes are high and the consequences really matter. It is about laying the groundwork for others' success, and then standing back and letting them shine.

Leadership consists of picking good men and helping them do their best.

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.'

Part of being a successful leader is listening and looking for opportunities to bring people together.

In any leadership, whenever you're facing a tough challenge, find ways to bring people together and get them to serve together.

The one word that makes a good manager - decisiveness.

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

Leadership is influence.

Being a manager is about getting into the minds of the people you represent.

I played on teams with 24 guys pulling the rope one way and one guy pulling the other. I've seen how destructive it can be. I tell them, 'If 13 of you are insanely successful and one fails, we all lose.'

I know of no single formula for success. But over the years I have observed that some attributes of leadership are universal and are often about finding ways of encouraging people to combine their efforts, their talents, their insights, their enthusiasm and their inspiration to work together.

Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other.

I got even with all the bad management I had by being a good manager.

Leadership is one of the things I really strive to excel in in my life.

True leadership isn't about having an idea. It's about having an idea and recruiting other people to execute on this vision.

True leadership lies in guiding others to success. In ensuring that everyone is performing at their best, doing the work they are pledged to do and doing it well.

To be an effective leader, you have to have a manipulative streak - you have to figure out the people working for you and give each tasks that will take advantage of his strength.

Some people say it's scarier to direct the people you work with; not me, I'm a team guy.

It's good to have a leader, otherwise we argue too much.

Leadership matters most, and optimism and unity comes from the leader.