Michael Bloomberg Quotes

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.

Governance is a way of organizing, amplifying, and constraining power.

The person who manages the state is me.

I am better when I have control. I am not a power freak. But my point is that I need to feel that I can manage the team and have a direct, clear line through to the owners. Once that becomes hazy, for me, there is a problem.

Gotta watch out for directors.

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

I like control.

You have to enable and empower people to make decisions independent of you. As I've learned, each person on a team is an extension of your leadership; if they feel empowered by you they will magnify your power to lead.

Power has to be insecure to be responsive.

To be honest, the fact that people trust you gives you a lot of power over people. Having another person's trust is more powerful than all other management techniques put together.

Those who enjoy responsibility usually get it; those who merely like exercising authority usually lose it.

I believe in delegating power.

I can't be left unsupervised.

Being responsible, I will direct, and will be responsible for nothing that I do not direct.

The power cannot be delegated.

Structure is not about moving boxes around on a chart. Structure is about power.

The exercise of authority is odious, and they who know how to govern, leave it in abeyance as much as possible.

I like being a boss.

When you're the boss, you have no one else to turn to.

Everywhere in life people are in authority to make decisions and you have to abide by them, whether right or wrong.

Consensus is a poor substitute for leadership.

Through obedience learn to command.

Never delegate. Always empower.

He that cannot obey, cannot command.

I would not be a Moses to lead you into the Promised Land, because if I could lead you into it, someone else could lead you out of it.