Connie Mack Quotes

Leadership and management are not synonymous.

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.

People leave their manager; they don't leave companies.

Look first at management. That's the key to a company.

The most important ingredient for the success of any company is the quality of its people, starting with its leadership team.

You need a long-term coach to be able to win.

I don't want a mercenary management team.

I grew up in the IBM school of management.

Organization charts and fancy titles count for next to nothing.

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

There are no managers like there used to be managers.

People say the most important thing is building a world-class team.

The way you manage your company and the way you manage your people has to be totally different.

The question was, in a sense, at Princeton Review, how much value was I adding as a public company CEO. I was adding less than other people might've... I think you want to move on when you've given your best work and then feel that you're not going to add as much value moving forward.

I've been told I'm a good midcareer manager.

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.

No one is born a CEO, but no one tells you that.

My style is to keep folks in place who are good managers and want to win.

A critical question to ask when bringing in a new CEO to take the reins of a company you started is: Do you want someone who will maintain company culture or reinvent it?

To go from Yale to the National League is simply to go from one form of management to another.

I never thought I was a very good manager.

Great companies in the way they work, start with great leaders.

Clearly, every company needs a leader. That's an important part of being the CEO of the company.

I recognize we will pay more attention when we have different leadership.

I've trained my people in mentoring entrepreneurs and made myself obsolete.