Lee Iacocca Quotes

I'm not in charge of making moves, you know. I'm in charge of coaching.

Trying to be a leader, you've got to be really sure of what you're doing and you've got to guide people the right way.

Leadership does not depend on being right.

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

Always, in every human action, there are leaders.

The owner always has the final say. You have to decide who is going to be the best fit for the organization.

If I'm a leader, I have a mission.

Leadership is an ever-evolving position.

The most basic question is not what is best, but who shall decide what is best.

In a very real way, ownership is the essence of leadership. When you are 'ridiculously in charge,' then you own whatever happens in a company, school, et cetera.

Leadership doesn't amount to much unless you have followers.

If you want to lead, you have to heed.

I lead my party. He [John Major] follows his.

Leadership means that the person in charge gets second guessed by every little twit with a mouth.

Leadership does matter.

Leaders must lead.

I've always tried to be a leader.

One thing I am is a leader and if I'm not allowed to lead, then I have to follow. So then I want to be the best follower that I can.

I'm a leader.

One of my skills is knowing, 'This is where I'm needed, and this is how I'm needed and where I'm going to be in control and where I'm going to cede control and why.'

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.

I'm not the boss of my house. I don't know how I lost it, I don't know when I lost it, I don't really think I ever had it. But I've seen the boss's job...and I don't want it!

I'm very much a leader in a lot of the work that I do or that I've done in my career.

If you're a manager you can't get frustrated and be emotional. You have to continue to steer the ship, you can't let go of the wheel because who knows where it will go then.

Somebody has to take responsibility for being a leader.