Simon Sinek Quotes

If you can inculcate in your team that every moment means everything, you can then step back to let them lead.

The great irony of management is that the higher up you go, the less actual control you have. When you are but a humble coder, you make the computer do exactly what you want; when you're a manager, you only hope that people understand what you want, and then trust/pray that they do it both correctly and in a timely manner.

I am learning how to delegate and how to empower people.

A good leader has to at some point trust those around him; otherwise, nothing constructive is going to get done.

My idea is bring in good people and then get out of their way.

You have to empower your employees to make their own choices and trust that they will make the right choices.

Put the right people in the right places, and then you trust them to do the right stuff.

Never delegate. Always empower.

The leader's job is to lead and protect. Not have all the answers, not know everything to do, not to micromanage and tell people what to do or how to do it. A leader's job is to lead and protect. That's their job, and it's the people within the organization - their job is to get the work done.

A good leader should focus on making sure everyone is being given the tools to do their job, not just expecting - poof! - that they're going to produce great work.

The best executive is one who has sense enough to pick good people to do what he wants done, and self-restraint enough to keep from meddling with them while they do it.

I learned this early on in the variety business: You've got to give folks responsibility, you've got to trust them, and then you've got to check on them.

Delegating doesn't mean passing off work you don't enjoy, but letting your employees stretch their skills and judgment.

You have to enable and empower people to make decisions independent of you. As I've learned, each person on a team is an extension of your leadership; if they feel empowered by you they will magnify your power to lead.

The way you delegate is that first you have to hire people that you really have confidence in. You won't truly let those people feel a sense of autonomy if you don't have confidence in them.

The more responsibility the Scoutmaster gives his patrol leaders, the more they will respond.

Few things can help an individual more than to place responsibility on him, and to let him know that you trust him.

If you pick the right people and give them the opportunity to spread their wings and put compensation as a carrier behind it you almost don't have to manage them.

There is only one way to respond to the issue of leadership and that is to lead.

Get a good team and do what you think is right.

When you empower people you sign up for a life of uncertainty and change.

I’ll take care of South America. Just leave it to me.

You are on the ground. You see the needs of the situation, and I shall back up whatever you do.

The most important thing I've done at work has been to surround myself with amazing people who I trust and empower fully to do stuff better than I could.

My idea of management is that what your job is as the boss is to find really good people and empower them and leave them alone.