Florence Nightingale Quotes

You need good staff with their own opinions - Mick Jones has been a great No 2 as he's not a yes-man - but at the end of the day the buck stops with you and the good managers are the ones who make more good decisions than bad.

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.

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.

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.

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

I am learning how to delegate and how to empower people.

Leaders are people who do the right thing; managers are people who do things right.

I believe in delegating power.

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

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

For me, being able to engage with the details when necessary, when there's a challenge, when there's a particularly important pivot, yes, you have to do that. But in general, a leader needs to trust their commanders, needs to trust the team they've assembled, to actually execute in the right way.

I think I've learned how to be a better boss. I'm the one running the show now, and in the past, I've always kind of been looking at other people to make the decisions. I feel more confident to run not just my show, but behind the scenes, too.

I have really enjoyed the responsibility of leading the team and making the decisions out there.

Put the right people in the right places, and then you trust them to do the right stuff.

I think associate director jobs are the best in the world, because you can do what you want and not have to take responsibility for it!

If you don't take it for granted that the other man will do his job, you're not an executive.

I have picked the very, very best deputy that I could. David Parker is a fantastic guy. He's a person who I trust absolutely. He's got a wonderful sense for policy. He will be great on organisation, and I know that I could not have a better deputy.

The one word that makes a good manager - decisiveness.

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

The manager asks how and when; the leader asks what and why.

Well, the first quality of being a good leader is you have to be able to follow. See, a good leader can't just be the leader all the time, I have to be able to follow.

People and organizations don't grow much without delegation and completed staff work because they are confined to the capacities of the boss and reflect both personal strengths and weaknesses.

When you want a thing done, 'Don't do it yourself' is a good motto for Scoutmasters.

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.

The secret to success is good leadership, and good leadership is all about making the lives of your team members or workers better.