Denise Morrison Quotes

My mum always told me 95 per cent of success was partnering well.

Effectiveness comes from those qualitative things that give you the ability to network, communicate, and lead people toward an outcome they can't see.

The relationships we have with people are extremely important to success on and off the job.

Leaders understand the ultimate power of relationships.

I don't put together cars, I put together people.

I don't even know what a traditional producer is or does. I feel like the job is like being a coach, building good work habits and building trust. You want to get to a point where you can say anything and talk about anything. There needs to be a real connection.

I've been really lucky with the people that I've gotten to work with. I learn a lot from them, just by watching them.

You must develop personal contacts if you want to be successful.

I learned so much stuff at Hoffenheim and made a lot of friends. I also made good connections with the managers. They taught me a lot that I can take on in my career.

One thing I've learned is I really want to work with people.

The secret of my success is a two word answer: Know people.

The key to successful leadership today is influence, not authority.

If you don't go talk to your boss, if you don't go talk to your mentors, if you don't go talk to people who can influence where you want to be, then they don't know. And they're not mind readers.

Working with great people makes you great; you learn a lot and it also gives you the experience and confidence to move on with your own career.

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.

I just want to listen and build relationships with as many of my colleagues as possible.

The greatest ability in business is to get along with others and to influence their actions.

You have to, in your own life, get people to want to work with you and want to help you. The organizational chart, in my opinion, means very little. I need my bosses' goodwill, but I need the goodwill of my subordinates even more.

I don't plan in terms of career ambitions. The only career ambition I have is to work with people who are going to bring you up and elevate your performance. They'll let you know things that you didn't know already and bring you places that you might not have gotten to otherwise.

In business it's about people. It's about relationships.

I suppose leadership at one time meant muscles; but today it means getting along with people.

It doesn't matter if you're the smartest person in the room: If you're not someone who people want to be around, you won't get far. Likewise for helping those in line behind you. I take seriously my role as a mentor to young female filmmakers - I make sure my time is tithed.

You should be accumulating really great relationships throughout your career.

The amount of meetings I've been in - people would be shocked. But that's how you gain experience, how you can gain knowledge, being in meetings and participating. You learn and grow.

Human relationships are at the core of political success.