Richard K. Morgan Quotes

The team should have implicit confidence in the captain's decisions.

The commander ought to lead every important movement.

The good general makes good soldiers.

If the captain stands still and looks clueless, then it spreads to the whole team.

Business is a battlefield. You need to be able to go to battle with your team members. Like the military. Know them, trust them, and know who you're working with.

In my experience, followers always ask leaders 3 questions: 1) Do you care 4 me? 2) Can you help me? 3) Can I trust you?

The team that trusts-their leader and each other-is more likely to be successful.

Without a terrific leader, you're not going to have a Great Group. But it is also true that you're not going to have a great leader without a Great Group.

You can't lead your troops if your troops do not trust you.

When your teammate looks you in the eye and holds you accountable, that's the greatest kind of leadership there is

If you don't believe your general, you're not going to go into battle knowing you're going to die.

A leader must identify himself with the group, must back up the group, even at the risk of displeasing superiors. He must believe that the group wants from him a sense of approval. If this feeling prevails, production, discipline, morale will be high, and in return, you can demand the cooperation to promote the goals of the community.

People will do as they are told by someone who outranks them, but they will only follow someone they believe in.

People buy into the leader before they buy into the vision. Many people who approach the area of vision in leadership have it backwards. They believe that if the cause is good enough, people will automatically buy in and follow. But that's not how leadership works. People don't follow worthy causes; they follow worthy leaders with a cause they can believe in. They buy into the leader first.

The position does not make you a leader. The title, the promotion, the fancy corner office do not make you a leader. No, it is relationships with people that are the foundation, the very heart of leadership. Have you ever worked for someone you didn't like? It's difficult, isn't it? On the other hand, the leader you will follow anywhere and everywhere is one you know cares about you, and values you. This person has your best interests at heart. It is the leader who comes alongside to help you improve and grow.

A common mistake among those who work in sport is spending a disproportional amount of time on "x's and o's" as compared to time spent learning about people.

One bad general is worth two good ones.

One percent of ballplayers are leaders of men. The other 99 percent are followers of women.

Wait," said Butler. "Just wait, Holly. Artemis has a plan." He squinted through the green dome. "What is your plan, Artemis?" All Artemis could do was smile and shrug.

When we tell people to do their jobs, we get workers. When we trust people to get the job done, we get leaders.

Leaders have followers, managers have employees. Managers make widgets, leaders make change.

Leaders are leaders only as long as they have the respect and loyalty of their followers.

Most leaders would agree that they’d be better off having an average strategy with superb execution than a superb strategy with poor execution. Those who execute always have the upper hand.

Trust is the glue that holds an org together & the lubricant that moves it forward.

If U.S. Grant had been leading a team of baseball players, they'd have second guessed him all the way to the doorknob of the Appomattox Courthouse.