Andy Dalton Quotes

Victims recite problems. Leaders develop solutions. That might seem like common sense, but common sense is rarely common practice.

Great leaders don't rush to blame. They instinctively look for solutions.

If one doesn't know his mistakes, he won't want to correct them.

You have to think a little smarter, be proactive, not reactive.

You're born with some things inside you that will allow you to lead, but I think you have to take the bull by the horns. You have to want that leadership position, and then there are things you can do to develop that.

T-Lue is as bright as they come. He's incredible at making adjustments, holding guys accountable, relating.

You can't lay back and wait for somebody else to do it. And I think if the president's made a mistake here, it's this laid-back kind of approach where he's waiting for someone else to solve the problem.

the point of educating instead of blaming seems to me very important. For nothing stultifies one more than being blamed. Moreover, if the question is, who is to blame?, perhaps each will want to place the blame on someone else, or on the other hand, someone may try to shield his fellow-worker. In either case the attempt is to hide the error and if this is done the error cannot be corrected.

Don't wait untill problems pile up and cause a lot of trouble before trying to solve them. Leaders must march ahead the movement, not lag behind it.

Negativity takes no imagination. It's far easier to criticize someone's decisions after they make them than to propose better ones beforehand.

Leadership matters and solving things before a crisis is important.

A good executive, when things aren't going well, gets down and finds out what's going wrong and tries to fix it.

Part of being a leader means knowing who you can go after and who you should pat on the butt.

I have to put my team in a good situation.

I have a business-running personality.

I'm very confident with who I am and how I lead, and I'm a problem solver and like to keep myself on my toes.

When someone makes a mistake, it's right to underline this type of situation and find the best solution to avoid the same mistake in the future.

I have really enjoyed the responsibility of leading the team and making the decisions out there.

In building a management team, I look for integrity, loyalty, vision, and a willingness to think outside of the box, and challenge the status quo. I also look for people who have a good sense of humor and who value and empower their team.

Students who learn to collaborate and negotiate - on Capitol Hill, in the board room, in everyday life - will outperform peers who have higher test scores.

Great entrepreneurial DNA is comprised of leadership, technological vision, frugality, and the desire to succeed.

If you can't hire someone smarter than you, do it yourself.

It's hard for me to come up with a plan and hold my players accountable until I self-evaluate and hold myself accountable.

When I look at a leader, I look at someone who is able to get exceptional performance out of others.

The world is run by those who show up not those who wait to be asked.