Jennifer Yuh Nelson Quotes

In any leadership position, you're always going to be disappointing somebody.

I think directors should be confident in their leadership capabilities. I think directors should be confident in what they want to do.

As a manager, I have to keep calm.

I like to think I'll be quite instinctive as a leader.

Well, every manager has to take his personality into the job that he does, but irrespective of that personality you have to be aggressive when you need to be.

I think it's hard, when you're someone who likes to please people, as I am, to be a boss. I had to learn how to rein myself in and not terrify people.

Leadership is hard to train on.

If I look myself as a manager, I have lot more to learn.

A CEO needs to build their own team.

I've got an opinion on everything, so I should go into management.

As a whole, the managers today are different in temperament. Most have very good communication skills and are more understanding of the umpire's job. That doesn't mean they are better managers. It just means that I perceive today's managers a bit differently.

I think leadership is most effective when it's your own personality. But I feel like it's a natural progression as a quarterback, as well.

You have to be a well-rounded leader. You can't fly by the seat of your pants anymore. You have to be incredibly tough-minded about standards of performance, but you also have to be incredibly tenderhearted with the people you're working with.

Let me define a leader. He must have vision and passion and not be afraid of any problem. Instead, he should know how to defeat it. Most importantly, he must work with integrity.

If I have a really bad cook or a bad manager or bad sous-chef, I previously would have fired them or lost my temper. But now I realize that if I'm so right, then I should be able to communicate it so clearly that they get it.

I must make decisions every five minutes and give the impression of being sure of myself! Sincerely, this is the cause of my verbal violence.

As a captain I think tactically I've been quite good.

Over the years I've learned that, to be a good manager, you need to have passion, and you need to have a strong character. Without those things, the job is very, very difficult.

Leadership is all about emotional intelligence. Management is taught, while leadership is experienced.

My job as a manager is to get the best out of your players. Sometimes you get it wrong, and you won't get the response that you want, but we all face that every single day.

Galliani is a great leader but can't understand players.

I walked in and inherited a management group that I didn't know very well. They didn't know me, and we had a very short window to put together a credible recovery plan.

Leadership is the capacity to translate vision into reality.

We're all flawed, but basically, effective managers are people whose flaws are not fatal under the circumstances. Maybe the best managers are simply ordinary, healthy people who aren't too screwed up.

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