Warren Christopher Quotes

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.

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.

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

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

It is very hard work, but I am a big believer in not micromanaging; I hire really, really talented people and trust them to do their jobs.

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.

Hire the best people, and trust what you hired them to do.

I hire people brighter than me and then I get out of their way.

I don't think I am that hands-on. I'm much more of a believer in finding a great team of people and trusting them to follow their instincts. They work better when they feel they have freedom and they are trusted.

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.

Once you have set the goal, give your staff the space to get there. If you micromanage, you will be able to do very little.

I get the team set up good and then I'll let them do their thing. At the end of the day, if you put the time and effort into interviewing and finding the right people for a job, you've got to let them do that job.

The true genius of a great manager is his or her ability to individualize. A great manager is one who understands how to trip each person's trigger.

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

The key to being a good manager is keeping the people who hate me away from those who are still undecided.

A CEO needs to build their own team.

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.

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

Surround yourself with the best people you can find, delegate authority, and don't interfere as long as the policy you've decided upon is being carried out.

One of the jobs of a manager is to instill confidence, pump confidence into your people. And when you've got somebody who's raring to go and you can smell it and feel it, give 'em that shot.

All we do is sign great teams, and stay out of the way. The rest will take care of itself.

Surround yourself with strong people, make sure they fully understand your principles, give them room to work, reward good performance and correct bad performance—and be sure they know you can tell the difference.

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

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.

The key to being a good manager or a good entrepreneur is to pick the right people. Pick the right people, and they'll make you look good.