Dee Hock Quotes

Practice Golden-Rule 1 of Management in everything you do. Manage others the way you would like to be managed.

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

We must lead, but we must listen.

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.

Respect is the most essential thing about captaincy. Respect between the captain and players is important. It is give and take.

We are only in charge when we are willing to let others take charge.

I've always just tried to treat people with respect, build relationships with players and coaches... build a trust.

I think trust is primarily built through relationships, and it's important because it's the foundational currency that a leader has with his team or his followers.

I believe in servant leadership, and the servant always asks, 'Where am I needed most?'

What I know about me is that, in order to lead, you also have to know how to follow.

Communication between band-mates is imperative. Communication is the key to any healthy relationship. If I need to be checked, I expect to hear it put in plain words what my faults are, and give my band-mates the ultimate consideration by shutting up and listening, then acting on the advice given. Same goes for anyone else in any band.

The great irony of management is that the higher up you go, the less actual control you have. When you are but a humble coder, you make the computer do exactly what you want; when you're a manager, you only hope that people understand what you want, and then trust/pray that they do it both correctly and in a timely manner.

A true leader has to have a genuine open-door policy so that his people are not afraid to approach him for any reason.

So I still seized the power, but I felt that if I officially made myself the boss, in black and white, it would be too intimidating for the other producers and the other men who worked on the show. In other words, I had the power, but I gave them the title.

A leader should not be obstinate, but must think of the people.

We cannot learn from one another until we stop shouting at one another

We have to be leaders and sacrifice our own egos and be humble and go in and figure out what their values are, and then speak to those values.

You don't lead by hitting people over the head - that's assault, not leadership.

Positive culture comes from being mindful, and respecting your coworkers, and being empathetic.

Never boss people around. It's more important to click with people than to click the shutter.

My philosophy of leadership is to surround myself with good people who have ability, judgment and knowledge, but above all, a passion for service.

Leadership must be likeable, affable, cordial, and above all emotional. The fashion of authoritarian leadership is gone. Football is about life. You can't be angry all day.

Leadership is influence.

I am a collaborator with everyone who agrees that I need to be in control. I happily collaborate with my loyalists.

I don't wilt easily, and a director can't either. He's the captain of the ship and he's got to be in total control. He also has to have respect for the people he's working for. From being an actor and being on a set my whole life, I'm very comfortable there. And I'm not afraid.