Burton Richter Quotes

Leaders don't create followers, they create more leaders.

I would say a good leader brings results. A great leader writes a new story, it's different. Obviously a new story has to incorporate a lot of results. But a story is a chapter in the life of a company that people want to write and want to remember.

As we look ahead into the next century, leaders will be those who empower others.

A leader is best when people barely know he exists, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: we did it ourselves.

True leadership isn't about having an idea. It's about having an idea and recruiting other people to execute on this vision.

The great leaders are like the best conductors - they reach beyond the notes to reach the magic in the players.

I think of myself as a producer who tries to bring the best out of everyone, whether that be an artist, songwriter or a publicist.

I see the job of directing as being one of creating the right atmosphere, creating an environment where people can realize their full potential.

Leadership does not mean domination

One of the things I realised as I learned to manage a rehearsal room is that the best idea always has to win, and it doesn't matter where the idea comes from.

Leadership is more than just managing economic reforms. Leadership means giving broad direction, take up challenges which other people cannot do.

A good leader, in my view, should have a clear vision of the future they want and the society they need to build. They must also have a connection with the people who work for them and be able to mobilise their best energies to create teams where people can be most creative and happy.

I don't subscribe to, 'Here are the top ten tips to successful leadership,' or, 'How to learn leadership in ten minutes.' A leader is someone who gives positive energy to others which then results in a better change than would have happened. I think everyone is a leader.

It's nice to be in the position where you're the guy with the vision, but you're able to work with people who can bring your vision to life - and then some.

To me, leadership is helping people do their best. If you define leadership that way, I don't think it's overrated.

Real leadership is leaders recognizing that they serve the people that they lead.

If there is such a thing as good leadership, it is to give a good example. I have to do so for all the Ikea employees.

Good leaders make people feel that they're at the very heart of things, not at the periphery.

I think we did a pretty good role, linking, being a sounding board really and a driving force, especially from the bottom up. I think that part of this is bottom up as well as top down.

The people who are doing the work are the moving force behind the Macintosh. My job is to create a space for them, to clear out the rest of the organization and keep it at bay.

I learned that when you're lucky enough to be surrounded by such talented people that you really become more of an orchestrator of this talent - you're just trying to harmonise everyone's contributions.

There's no way a director can communicate with every single person on the set and yet they need to motivate and instill an ambition to want to do their best work.

Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other.

I don't want to over generalize, but I believe that women are typically drawn to leadership styles that focus on consensus building, effective listening and working in teams. That's certainly been my leadership style, and I think it's been very successful.

Leadership is not about a title or a designation. It's about impact, influence and inspiration. Impact involves getting results, influence is about spreading the passion you have for your work, and you have to inspire team-mates and customers.