Robert Carlock Quotes

The most important thing I've done at work has been to surround myself with amazing people who I trust and empower fully to do stuff better than I could.

The most important thing is that you treat everybody incredibly well and lead with a bit of humility. I've found that when I go into a company to lead, it's important to have a plan and to make that plan a simple one that everybody can understand.

In managers, I look for people who can get things done through other people. The most important thing for a good manager is that the people on his team feel like he or she has integrity.

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.

Of all the things I've done, the most vital is coordinating those who work with me and aiming their efforts at a certain goal.

The most important thing for a director is being able to communicate.

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

I think trust is the most important thing. If the actors and the director and the crew trust each other and you set up perimeters and boundaries, you give everyone space to do great work.

I'm not a great boss because I don't like to tell other people what to do.

I can lead my team.

Just because you're the coach, you don't automatically have the authority. You have to work the people. You have to gain the trust of the people.

For every manager, it is important to explain your ideas. It's very important the club understand those ideas and are ready to work together.

As a manager, you manage a team and there are good periods where there are good feelings in the group.

I love managing characters. Characters make teams and I believe I can deal with all sorts. The most important thing is being able to pass my knowledge on to others and allowing them to flourish as individuals and as part of a team with a specific strategy.

A manager is not a person who can do the work better than his men; he is a person who can get his men to do the work better than he can.

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

To get things done, you have to get people together.

If you don't understand that you work for your mislabeled 'subordinates', then you know nothing of leadership. You know only tyranny.

The smartest thing a director can do is surround himself with really good people.

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.

To supervise people, you must either surpass them in their accomplishments or despise them.

There's no way a director can communicate with every single person on the set and yet they need to motivate and instill an ambition to want to do their best work.