Juan Mata Quotes

The Secret Service today is awash in managers, not leaders.

I don't like to make comparisons between former managers because they all bring a unique style.

I think every manager is different in their own way.

Every manager has his own ideas and different ways of doing things.

I think in any organization you want your manager to have a strong opinion. You don't want them to just say, 'Yes, sir' to things they don't believe in.

I don't read many business books. I read good fiction. Business is about people, so my favorite business books are anything by Dickens.

And I'd say one of the great lessons I've learned over the past couple of decades, from a management perspective, is that really when you come down to it, it really is all about people and all about leadership.

Many fine coaches never become great managers.

Of course every manager has a different mentality, different philosophy.

Managing people is no different wherever you are.

Most management systems have to do with establishing trust and getting people to cooperate. They're not really about expertise or science.

Too many managers manage by what the postgame press conference is going to be.

A C.E.O.'s job is leadership, problem solving, and team building. I've done that my whole career.

Rotary provides training at all levels so that those who have been selected for leadership positions have the opportunity to learn and apply leadership principles to their jobs.

I think when you have strong leadership at the coaching level and you empower the coach and the coaching staff, you have a lot more stability.

Even as an 18-year-old, I had to grow comfortable with my leadership style, which is that I was really impatient with under-motivated people - extremely impatient, to the point where I was counterproductive as a manager of underproductive people. And that hasn't really changed. If people need to be motivated, I'm no good.

A CEO needs to build their own team.

Sometimes managers are a little shy to criticize another manager or another operation.

Too many talk about a company's leadership, referring to the senior most executives in the organization. They are just that: senior executives. Leadership doesn't automatically happen when you reach a certain pay grade. Hopefully you find it there, but there are no guarantees.

I've got an opinion on everything, so I should go into management.

I think the best directors rarely lose their temper.

I used to think my job as a CEO meant managing metrics and meeting goals, but I've realised now that's it's about managing my board and employees.

I have built my organization upon fear.

Decisiveness is the one word that makes a good manager.

I think management is about just that - managing people via man-to-man skills.