Kathryn Minshew Quotes

Of all the things I've done, the most vital is coordinating those who work with me and aiming their efforts at a certain goal.

I just need to direct traffic, get everyone lined up, in and out of the huddle and make sure everything is crisp so that everyone is on the same page.

The most difficult thing is the organization of people and the expression of your intentions. It's very easy to have a picture in your head and to imagine that you've told everybody about what you need.

My definition of an executive's job is brief and to the point. It is simply this: Getting things done through other people.

In order to lead a country or a company, you've got to get everybody on the same page and you've got to be able to have a vision of where you're going. America can't have a vision of health care for everybody, green economy, regulations - can't have a bunch of piece-meal activities. It's got to have a vision.

I think that in any group activity - whether it be business, sports, or family - there has to be leadership or it won't be successful.

Organization, not machine. Get that. Organization, not machine.

Leadership is inspiring people. Management is keeping the trains running on time.

It's important to keep your long term perspective and communicate well both externally and internally.

My job as a director is to communicate, and I want to communicate to all.

If the vision is not right and if the right group of players is not together, it doesn't come together.

I was a pretty good coach and working with marketing was like coaching.

The Leader will be a person with the management skills to coordinate the activities of the Team, and to assure that the Team remains faithful to the objectives of the incoming President.

I don't need a captain's band to lead a team to victory.

Even in an organization that's doing something big and bold, there's the mundane, day-to-day execution work of keeping it going. But people need to stay connected to the boldness, to the vision, and stay plugged in to the main vein of the dream.

Great leaders help their people see how they can directly impact the company's objectives and their own personal goals.

The important thing is to get the right players on the team so Mike can be successful.

Turnaround or growth, it's getting your people focused on the goal that is still the job of leadership.

I think whenever you come in, whenever you try to evolve a company, people will get nervous. But, if you articulate a clear vision, a clear mission to help them understand their roles in it and ask them to buy into the system, everyone will band together to make it happen.

I put projects together. I put people together.

I work strategically with my management team to make all decisions.

The top players talk more now, and we have more meetings. We're just trying to get things better. But we still need somebody who could make a difference.

I'll continue to try to make changes to better improve the team.

Management is getting people together to figure out how to transform inputs into outputs. In the process of figuring out the process of how people work together, you've got to figure out who's got what responsibilities, and how do they work together.

Leadership means forming a team and working toward common objectives that are tied to time, metrics, and resources.