Senior Leadership Quotes

Leadership starts at the top.

Right now, the old guys, the old farts, if you will, are still running the show, and the women haven't gotten their place yet at all.

"Every leader makes mistakes, every leader stumbles and falls. The question with a senior level leader is, does she learn from her mistakes, regroup, and then get going again with renewed speed, conviction and confidence?"

My mother at the age of 65 decided she was going to run for mayor. She had never run for public office, and she decided she wanted to try and do some things for the community.

Kellyanne is the first female campaign manager of any major party to win a presidential general election. In her position, Kellyanne will continue her role as a close adviser to the president-elect and will work with senior leadership to effectively message and execute the administration's legislative priorities and actions.

They say it's lonely at the top. It must be even lonelier at the tippy top.

I was a senior leader within the Movement for Democratic Change. I had a farm that was under the Zimbabwean Investment Center, which gave it special protection, because I had an external partner through the export processing zone.

There is no rule or tradition in the BJP to forbid leaders to contest polls after they attain the age of 75.

When blame inevitably arises, the most senior people in the room should repeat this mantra: if a mistake happens, shame on us for making it so easy to make that mistake.

A well-run organization turns over 10% of their organizations, including senior leadership. I don't have the heart to do that.

Generally, older people in their fifties, sixties, and seventies are running most countries and are CEOs of corporations. Which isn't to say there aren't entrepreneurs, but if the young were better in every respect, there'd be no reason for the old. Our life span reflects our particular life strategy.

Presidents and cabinet officials could send a strong message of accountability if they held senior appointees responsible for their performance.

I think Mr. Clarke had a tendency to interfere too much with the activities of the CIA, and our leadership at the senior level let him interfere too much. So criticism from him I kind of wear as a badge of honor.

The first step in changing a culture, I believe, starts with the senior leadership team - and with the CEO.

Yeah, you will hear from people that my passion will sometimes result in a very effervescent or sometimes excitable senior executive.

The more senior your management position is, the more important it is to connect the organization or the project to the outside world. You know, how does this fit in with what we're doing? What is the real goal, the real mission?

That was pretty smooth, because you don't want something to go wrong when you have a whole senior level of actings. That's not a position you want to be in. It's OK to replace your team, but usually you want them to be in place until the new people are confirmed.