Greek Proverb Quotes

If heads don’t roll, nobody makes any changes

I think, in any workplace environment, the atmosphere trickles down from the top.

In the military, as in any organization, giving the order might be the easiest part. Execution is the real game.

I think family-run ministries are fabulous, but they have to be placed in proper governance.

Everything rises and falls on leadership.

I was the network president. I thought I knew everything.

Management is getting people together to figure out how to transform inputs into outputs. In the process of figuring out the process of how people work together, you've got to figure out who's got what responsibilities, and how do they work together.

The first rule of management is delegation. Don't try and do everything yourself because you can't.

No matter how many or how few people you have reporting to you, you must remember that as you climb higher in the ranks, your words will be taken as commands even if you're just thinking out loud.

I was an executive running a pretty substantial group before becoming CEO, and I had no idea what it was like. When something goes wrong, people say, 'It's all your fault.' Your reaction is, 'It's not my fault.' But what do you mean? I was the founder, I hired everybody in the company, I was managing it.

Managers in all too many American companies do not achieve the desired results because nobody makes them do it.

You can delegate authority, but you cannot delegate responsibility.

Civilizations do not collapse because the citizenry are corrupt or lazy or anti-intellectual. These people do not have the power and influence to either lead or destroy. Civilizations collapse when those who have power fail to do their jobs.

He who has never learned to obey cannot be a good commander.

And David consulted with the captains of thousands and hundreds, and with every leader.

Delegation of authority is a fact of modern life.

The statesman must weigh the rewards of success against the penalties of failure. And he is permitted only one guess.

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

It’s very difficult to come to grips with how we screwed this up, but we screwed this up.

The White House Chief of Staff must always remember that he is staff and not chief.

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

You can call anyyne here or call me. We have no formal chain of command.

Some people need a command-and-control environment.

One thing that we've invested a lot of in, that we all live by, is the power of the commissioner.

I just didn't want a boss. The minute you're a CEO, you have a pile of bosses, and you're working 7/24, and you're on everyone's radar all the time.