Amy Zegart Quotes

Through obedience learn to command.

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

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

So I still seized the power, but I felt that if I officially made myself the boss, in black and white, it would be too intimidating for the other producers and the other men who worked on the show. In other words, I had the power, but I gave them the title.

Hierarchy works well in a stable environment.

I micromanage the selection of the cabinet.

Even when you’re in charge, you’re not sure who’s in charge.

Leadership and power vacuums will be filled.

Some people need a command-and-control environment.

I don't like having managers.

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.

Everywhere in life, everywhere in the world, there has to be bosses.

How many kings are governed by their ministers, how many ministers by their secretaries? Who, in such cases, is really the chief?

Power is the flower of organization.

Power always works from the corner office.

Somewhere between the janitor and the CEO, reasons stop mattering.

Lists are a form of power.

Politics and power is a realm of relative influence.

Leadership is influence.

I'm very excited to see where the characters and their relationships go. But in the end, it really boils down to the people who have more power than me, who control the money.

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

Roger Goodell is doing his job. He's front office. Whatever he says goes, and I'll leave it at that.

I like control.

I like to be in control of things.

Power gravitates to the man who knows how.