Donna Karan Quotes

I probably do better when I'm in charge. But it's good to be able to be a part of something and be a supporter and help make a project work.

Being in charge isn't always about telling people what to do. Sometimes, it's about knowing when to step out of the way of people who know what they're doing. - Tam al'Thor

Van Gaal is receptive to other people's ideas.

Leadership is not just about giving energy ... it's unleashing other people's energy.

You go in thinking you have to do this all by yourself, and what I learned was no, when you hire great people, they do so much for you.

The oldest pitcher acquires confidence in his ballclub - he doesn't try to do it all himself.

I think one of my strengths is that I can always take advice, and I can delegate. I know a lot of people feel the need to do everything themselves, but I am not one of them.

Leadership and partnership go together.

I'm great at working with people and collaborating. And if my biggest gift of all is that I'm really good at pulling things from people and helping them become better at what they're doing, I'm here, as I believe all of us are, to be of service.

What I pride myself on mostly is making the game easier for my teammates.

I'm doing whatever my team needs me to be. Whether it's play hard, screen-and-rolling, ducking in, whatever the team needs me to do to be successful, that's all that I care about.

I love to put the ball in other people's hands.

My main goal is to help the team as much as possible anyway I can. If they need me to shoot the three, I'll shoot the three. If they need me to run the floor and block shots, I'll do that also.

I want to be a guy who helps the team a lot of different ways.

Whatever the team takes, whatever it needs, I try to fill that role.

Real power comes by empowering others.

The beauty of empowering others is that your own power is not diminished in the process.

It's all about finding and hiring people smarter than you. Getting them to join your business. And giving them good work. Then getting out of their way. And trusting them. You have to get out of the way so YOU can focus on the bigger vision. That's important. And here's the main thing....you must make them see their work as a MISSION.

You can't get it all done yourself. The best leaders are not afraid of picking people who are better than they are and who may one day replace them.

The leader's job is to lead and protect. Not have all the answers, not know everything to do, not to micromanage and tell people what to do or how to do it. A leader's job is to lead and protect. That's their job, and it's the people within the organization - their job is to get the work done.

I'm much more collaborative than I probably was when I was first starting, much more willing to say, "I don't know the answer to that." I have really talented people and let them do their jobs and not try to control everything as much as I did when I was starting. I was a bit more insecure.

It is not the genius at the top giving directions that makes people great. It is great people that make the guy at the top look like a genius.

If you're the leader, you've got to give up your omniscient and omnipotent fantasies - that you know and must do everything. Learn how to abandon your ego to the talents of others.

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

Leadership does not depend on being right.