Benjamin Franklin Quotes

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.

If you have the choice, it's far better to say, "That person has the job, and they really don't need that much of my oversight." Maybe they don't need any of it.

Nobody is going to delegate a lot of power to a secretary that they can't control.

You always hear about delegation, but people make the mistake of delegating and not following up. I give authority, but I stay in touch. Otherwise it doesn't work.

The eye of the master will do more work than both his hands.

We need to have some people fired for reasons of public trust.

The only way we can do oversight is if people tell the truth.

I don't sign every check anymore, but I have my checks, my balances. I like the people I work with very much, but I check on them.

Delegate it to the manager. You have this really good staff that will take care of everything for you. You just have to delegate it and trust it.

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!

I let the coach do his job.

I rely on my directors, a lot. I love being directed.

A boss who micromanages is like a coach who wants to get in the game. Leaders guide and support and then sit back to cheer from the sidelines.

Each of us was created to rule, govern, control, master, manage, and lead our environments. You are in essence a leader, no matter who you are.

Early on I realized that I had to hire people smarter and more qualified than I was in a number of different fields, and I had to let go of a lot of decision-making. I can't tell you how hard that is. But if you've imprinted your values on the people around you, you can dare to trust them to make the right moves.

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

You go in thinking you have to do this all by yourself, and what I learned was no, when you hire great people, they do so much for you.

The ability to delegate begins with believing in the potential of people.

Those engaged in directing the actions of others are always in danger of overlooking the importance of the sequential development of those they direct.

Nothing is so intolerable as a woman with a long purse.

I have this amazing team that I trust. I completely go with their decisions on things. I don't have to go in and micromanage everything. And I think the other thing is, you start to sort of... I wouldn't say relax, because I've never relaxed. But I've tried to have more confidence in the things I like, or the things other people like. That's really the big thing in this job, to second-guess yourself all the time.

I am for maximum supervision and minimum regulation.

When I give a minister an order, I leave it to him to find the means to carry it out.

You're either coaching it or allowing it to happen.