Georgette Mosbacher Quotes

Well, the first quality of being a good leader is you have to be able to follow. See, a good leader can't just be the leader all the time, I have to be able to follow.

You know how I'm smart? I got people around me who know more than I do.

When I started it [non for profit], I thought, I'm not smart enough to do this. I had no experience in management, no experience in administration, no experience in nonprofit; but then this phrase came into my head: I only have to be smart enough to find people who are smarter than me; I only have to be smart enough to recognize who knows more than me.

I would not be able to change a sparking plug and I would not be able to fly a spaceship or build a rocket or whatever. But what I am good at doing is finding brilliant people and surrounding myself with brilliant people.

She often had to remind herself that she couldn't do everything alone. She wasn't always the best person for the job. Sometimes she got tunnel vision and forgot about what other people needed.

I think one of my strengths is that I can always take advice, and I can delegate. I know a lot of people feel the need to do everything themselves, but I am not one of them.

What I know about me is that, in order to lead, you also have to know how to follow.

I was never the smartest guy in the room. From the first person I hired, I was never the smartest guy in the room. And that's a big deal. And if you're going to be a leader - if you're a leader and you're the smartest guy in the world - in the room, you've got real problems.

I love to be the lead, but you can't always be the lead.

I came to believe that a leader isn't good because they're right; they're good because they're willing to learn and to trust.

The beauty of having your ego checked as many times as my ego was checked in Newark made me recognize how much I needed other people who were very different than me in order to get big things done.

I know myself pretty well, and I know what I'm good at, but I also recognize when others may be better and so support and empower that.

As I've gotten older, I've become much more effective at seeking and accepting help and bringing other people into the discussion. You start to understand that you can't control or fix everything on your own.

I always say, as a leader, you've got to know when to get out of the way.

I'm a coachable person. I don't like to lead myself. I've been taught by great people, and I was able to listen to them.

I don't try to come in and act like I know it all, and that's why I put the extra work in of watching film, getting an understanding of what you want from personnel, each player.

A leader sees greatness in other people. He nor she can be much of a leader if all she sees is herself.

Always hedge your bets. That's how I do it. I lay all my bets on what I can contribute, and suffer no illusions that I'm generating stuff by myself.

Am I a great manager? Huh. I was blessed to have a front office that found great talent, and then I was smart enough to stay the hell out of their way.

Being in charge isn't always about telling people what to do. Sometimes, it's about knowing when to step out of the way of people who know what they're doing. - Tam al'Thor

A good leader needs to know how to follow.

Leadership means bringing people together in pursuit of a common cause, developing a plan to achieve it, and staying with it until the goal is achieved.

I think I'm a great organizer. Not that I'm organized, but I'm a great organizer of other people.

You can't get it all done yourself. The best leaders are not afraid of picking people who are better than they are and who may one day replace them.

A good leader is always looking for people smarter and more experienced than they are. If you are the smartest one in the room, then you are stupid.