Uzodinma Iweala Quotes

Every manager feels a responsibility to his board of directors and the public and the players.

When blame inevitably arises, the most senior people in the room should repeat this mantra: if a mistake happens, shame on us for making it so easy to make that mistake.

Good governance depends on ability to take responsibility by both administration as well as people.

There is an honourable tradition in British public life that those charged with authority at the top of an organisation should accept responsibility for what happens in that organisation. I am therefore writing to the prime minister today to tender my resignation as chairman of the BBC.

More is required of public officials than slogans and handshakes and press releases. More is required. We must hold ourselves strictly accountable. We must provide the people with a vision of the future.

I think our leadership team is a highly accountable leadership team.

When I wear the hat of management, it is important that our management behaves and conducts as management accountable to the board.

Most companies don't have a good mechanism to give the CEO real, honest feedback.

Politics is about accountability, it is about leadership, it is about courage.

In a democracy, power implies responsibility.

It's absolutely right that we scrutinise the leaders who after all are going to be in a position of great power.

Stop talking about how you care about people. Show me something. Show me a policy. Show me a policy where you take responsibility.

The buck stops with me, but I can tick off dozens of very good senior executives that are responsible for hundreds or thousands of people who work for me.

If you want your people to be responsible, be responsive to their needs.

Congressmember Weiner has shown just a pattern of reckless behavior, an inability to tell the truth, and what New Yorkers deserve is a mayor with a record of delivering for them, of vision, and a level of maturity and responsibility.

Democracy is not theater - it determines life and death!

I'm a person who promotes the concept of accountability to a great extent, and I've spoken in the Parliament and reinforced the need for accountability.

I won't wait until the end of my term to say I made mistakes at the beginning. That's too late. I will try to adopt the proper behaviour, if the French give me the chance, right from the start.

Good ideas are the backbone of good government.

I think that shows a level of maturity and understanding that I think bodes well for getting to the bottom of this. But it is really up to you and your staff, on behalf of the American people, to take on that challenge.

Ethics are a key issue, and they're a key issue on the Democratic side, and all people have to be held to high standards.

I learned this early on in the variety business: You've got to give folks responsibility, you've got to trust them, and then you've got to check on them.

Elected leaders who forget how they got there won't the next time.

When I was a CEO, the books on management that I read weren't very much help after the first few months on the job. They were all designed to give you directions on how not to screw up your company.

The trust of the people in the leaders reflects the confidence of the leaders in the people.