Patty Griffin Quotes

I find nothing so painful as having to lead men.

I had never been in charge of anything. I'd always worked for someone. I worked for a furniture warehouse. I did masonry. I always had a boss yelling at me. So I'd never been in charge of an organization.

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.

Any commander who fails to exceed his authority is not of much use to his subordinates.

He who has never learned to obey cannot be a good commander.

Leadership consists of nothing but taking responsibility for everything that goes wrong and giving your subordinates credit for everything that goes well.

It's a lot easier to let someone else be Caesar.

I like being a boss.

Even in the band I was in when I was a kid, I'd be telling everyone what to do. I'd be leaning over the drums, telling them to tune their guitars, micromanaging.

I'm a leader.

I know how to lead.

The directing thing, to do it well, I think you have to have a hell of a lot more discipline than I do, or be a lot more willing to really take charge of whole large group of people than I feel comfortable doing - because a director really has to run everything, and be very confident in their ability to do so.

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

When you are captain, you are never speaking for yourself.

When placed in command, take charge.

Gotta watch out for directors.

Being a leader doesn't mean you are the guy who runs things.

Well, my transition into being a captain was easy.

First of all; Frank was the BOSS. We didn't question any of his motives or decisions at the time.

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.

There are times when even the best manager is like the little boy with the big dog, waiting to see where the dog wants to go so he can take him there.

I think it is important for people who are given leadership roles to assume that role immediately.

I always liked the idea of leadership and being a captain.

I've never wanted to be the boss.

He isn't a real boss until he has trained subordinates to shoulder most of his responsibilities.