Quotes about Leadership Dynamics

I don't feel that the conductor has real power. The orchestra has the power, and every member of it knows instantaneously if you're just beating time.

All democracies are based on the proposition that power is very dangerous and that it is extremely important not to let any one person or small group have too much power for too long a time

These things have to happen once every ten years or so. It gets rid of the bad blood. And then if we let them push us around on the little things they wanta take over everything. You gotta stop them at the beginning. Like they shoulda stopped Hitler at Munich, they should never let him get away with that, they were just asking for big trouble when they let him get away with that." Michael

Wherever church government is mingled with ambition, we find leaders who value members primarily for how they contribute to the church's vision.

In the meantime, the question could not even be discussed in the Cabinet, by agreement of the Prime Minister with the King.

I am the Vice President of Logistics; he's the CEO of Emotional Support.

Sometimes a decision has to be made by a single individual, who has the authority to enforce it. That's why you need a captain. You can't run a ship by a committee—at least not all the time.

A city which belongs to just one man is no true city

Creon: My voice is the one voice giving orders in this city! Haimon: It is no city if it takes orders from one voice. Creon: The State is the King! Haimon: Yes, if the State is a desert.

No house is big enough for the rule of two women.

A king is a thing men have made for their own sakes, for quietness sake. Just as in a family one man is appointed to buy the meat.

Buzz Aldrin, the lunar module pilot, was another sort of man altogether. A lot of the guys didn't care much for Buzz personally. He got on people's nerves and seemed to have an inordinate fascination with his own ideas and abilities. Frank Borman had made it clear to pretty much everyone that he didn't want Buzz on any of his crews. No doubt Buzz was a smart guy, with a doctorate in space rendezvous from MIT, but he thought he was smarter than he really was.

Most people […] prefer to be coaxed or wheedled, or even driven. That way they never make a mistake: if there is one, it's always due to something or somebody else

I'm so glad to have a feisty female around here to help me keep these boys under control. I been needing a girl on my team.

Only Nicky [Nicholas Romanov II], the Czar, was [Kaiser Wilhelm]'s friend, neither clever nor strong like himself, but at least malleable.

To understand the popes we must look at the princes.

But when it came to jamming and writing songs like we used to, we realized Brandon was a huge spirit in the band. Who knew? It was just something we had to learn.

It's not easy to work with me, I recognize that. It's not easy if those people aren't as perfectionistic as I am.

LeBron is the best player in our league, but some people have a hard time playing with him.

You can't make a manager have a coach he doesn't want. I can't make the head of the accounting department work with someone he doesn't want.

As a head coach, you're on two lists. You're the guy that might get fired, or you're the guy who might go somewhere.

I do not run my band like The Eagles, for sure. I've never had to be heavy handed.

You need the House, you need the Senate and you need the administration. And absent one of them, you're not going to get a heck of a lot done.

In most companies, the formal hierarchy is a matter of public record - it's easy to discover who's in charge of what. By contrast, natural leaders don't appear on any organization chart.