Sam Wyly 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.

I think management is about just that - managing people via man-to-man skills.

But the art of management has not changed. The art of it is still 80 to 90 per cent man-management. It is just a matter of getting the best out of what you have got.

As a goalkeeper you need to be good at organising the people in front of you and motivating them. You need to see what's going on and react to the threats. Just like a good manager in business.

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.

The best executive is one who has sense enough to pick good people to do what he wants done, and self-restraint enough to keep from meddling with them while they do it.

There are good leaders who actively guide and bad leaders who actively misguide. Hence, leadership is about persuasion, presentation and people skills.

The key to being a good manager is keeping the people who hate me away from those who are still undecided.

I got even with all the bad management I had by being a good manager.

Good leadership consists of showing average people how to do the work of superior people.

It's through a leader's actions - what he or she does and says on a daily basis - that the essence of great leadership becomes apparent.

Reading a book about management isn't going to make you a good manager any more than a book about guitar will make you a good guitarist, but it can get you thinking about the most important concepts.

I don't think I am that hands-on. I'm much more of a believer in finding a great team of people and trusting them to follow their instincts. They work better when they feel they have freedom and they are trusted.

Leaders must establish common purpose and build trust within an organization.

A good leader has to at some point trust those around him; otherwise, nothing constructive is going to get done.

I had to learn to trust people, and I realized that success was going to be born in hiring really bright people - very self-motivated, very able to make good judgment calls day in and day out.

As a batting captain, you do have to earn bowlers' trust, especially when it comes to fields.

I take the role of leadership as the most important job I have. Yes, it's the passes and all the different things you have to do, but it's leading and it's in the huddle and it's in the weight room and the meeting rooms. It's that role I think comes first.

The Leader will be a person with the management skills to coordinate the activities of the Team, and to assure that the Team remains faithful to the objectives of the incoming President.

I think the most important thing about coaching is that you have to have a sense of confidence about what you're doing.

If there is such a thing as good leadership, it is to give a good example. I have to do so for all the Ikea employees.

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

A good director has to be a captain - he has to work with a lot of people every day.

A good leader must be fair.

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