Steven Wilson Quotes

True leadership isn't about having an idea. It's about having an idea and recruiting other people to execute on this vision.

While a lab Director can get done the things that he regards as important, he has the more important job of bringing out the best ideas of the broader scientific community.

Leaders don't create followers, they create more leaders.

Leadership and partnership go together.

As the leader, you're empowering talent. Once you've given the direction, it's a joy to see it put into action, to see people on every level of the company carrying out the strategy.

Leadership is having a compelling vision, a comprehensive plan, relentless implementation, and talented people working together.

Successful leaders surround themselves with intelligent people.

I would say a good leader brings results. A great leader writes a new story, it's different. Obviously a new story has to incorporate a lot of results. But a story is a chapter in the life of a company that people want to write and want to remember.

I don't view myself as a team manager, but a team captain. I'm part of the team, but everybody else as well.

Leadership is an active role; 'lead' is a verb. But the leader who tries to do it all is headed for burnout, and in a powerful hurry.

First, make yourself a reputation for being a creative genius. Second, surround yourself with partners who are better than you are. Third, leave them to go get on with it.

Hire people who are smarter than you, and don't be afraid to work with them as partners. Make it clear that you plan to learn from them, not just the other way around. The right, smart, motivated people respond very well to that approach, particularly coming from a younger manager like I am.

No person will make a great business who wants to do it all himself or get all the credit.

The people who are doing the work are the moving force behind the Macintosh. My job is to create a space for them, to clear out the rest of the organization and keep it at bay.

Even in an organization that's doing something big and bold, there's the mundane, day-to-day execution work of keeping it going. But people need to stay connected to the boldness, to the vision, and stay plugged in to the main vein of the dream.

There's no way a director can communicate with every single person on the set and yet they need to motivate and instill an ambition to want to do their best work.

As we look ahead into the next century, leaders will be those who empower others.

I'm so motivated to collaborate with people and help them realize the kind of collective vision.

I'm a person who likes to tackle challenges. Google was a challenge when I got there. I think AOL's a challenge. The way we run the company is a very team-focused environment.

Surround yourself with the best people you can find, delegate authority, and don't interfere as long as the policy you've decided upon is being carried out.

A strong team can take any crazy vision and turn it into reality.

My idea of management is that what your job is as the boss is to find really good people and empower them and leave them alone.

In terms of leadership, you've got to allow for people to be amazing and to contribute in a way that's meaningful. You can't hold on so tight that people don't get a chance to do what they do best.

I give people on my team the opportunity to excel as well, and I think that's what continues to keep me ahead. I may not be able to show or do an interview; I give them the opportunity to run the show, and that has been working.

Leadership is more than just managing economic reforms. Leadership means giving broad direction, take up challenges which other people cannot do.