Gareth Southgate Quotes

I beg. I call. I badger. I cajole. Part of the secret is everyone has fun and that's really motivating.

I discovered that as a founder and now CEO, my commitment to and passion for Affectiva is super contagious. It is contagious with my team and at internal company meetings, injecting a new energy and sense of camaraderie.

When I'm talking to my teammates, being the vocal leader, going up and down, pushing everyone, they tend to follow.

When everyone touches the ball, it gives everyone energy, and that translates to the defensive end, where it all starts.

And touring is difficult when everybody's heads aren't in the same place.

Teams are often pretty clear about what they can do or are willing to do.

I think it's an extremely important factor to have your team together. It goes back to having distractions. When you all stay together for a period of time you're not training people or feeling out different personalities.

I direct with energy. I believe in energy. I think energy is an electric thing in actors. I try to inspire, encourage, and make choices with lots of energy. And truth. I'm big fan of truth and being funny. I like leading 50 people into battle every day.

I am full of fire and passion. I am not ready yet for great concentration and passion.

It's getting better and better. You know, guys are feeling more comfortable and they are not afraid to speak up and be a leader. I mean, our team, we have 25 players, we have about 25 leaders, too. So whatever someone says, people listen.

Leadership is not about a title or a designation. It's about impact, influence and inspiration. Impact involves getting results, influence is about spreading the passion you have for your work, and you have to inspire team-mates and customers.

Anytime you get nine people together, whether it's at a party or it's in the conference room of the Supreme Court, you do have to maintain some order, or it does kind of degenerate into squabbling pretty quickly.

Ultimately, leadership is not about glorious crowning acts. It's about keeping your team focused on a goal and motivated to do their best to achieve it, especially when the stakes are high and the consequences really matter. It is about laying the groundwork for others' success, and then standing back and letting them shine.

Leadership is simply the ability of an individual to coalesce the efforts of other individuals toward achieving common goals. It boils down to looking after your people and ensuring that, from top to bottom, everyone feels part of the team.

I think that in any group activity - whether it be business, sports, or family - there has to be leadership or it won't be successful.

Many of us are inspired and are eager to get things done. But once too many people are involved, life becomes complicated. We are all social beings, so we have an innate urge to incorporate everyone's thoughts.

We had a lot of different personalities. Hoak was the straw boss. He just would not quit.

I've been involved with great scripts and so-so leadership, and it's clear to me that leadership is the most compelling factor.

What I'm trying to do is teach people how to actually get individuals in organizations to do the kinds of things to make a difference. It starts with not just studying the mechanics but really understanding how people operate.

I think people always assume that every team has great intangibles, and that's not necessarily right.

You want to see energy, and you want to see guys on the same page. You want guys to work together and have that energy come out onto the field. That's a good place to start.

It's difficult to gel players.

When you build a team, and you have 24 or 25 players, all can be decisive; can be important.

It's normal for a team to have low moments.

I think the best thing a team can have is different leaders.