Quotes about Leadership Dynamics

Most teams aren't teams at all but merely collections of individual relationships with the boss. Each individual vying with the others for power, prestige and position.

It's the company itself, but most of these mutual fund companies, the guy who runs the company is just a fact totem and the guy who runs the money is the power. But we really don't know who they are.

The president is the country's scapegoat more than the country's leader; the president has as much power as we think the president has. Whoever has the most money is the puppet master.

Whichever party is in office, the Treasury is in power.

Sane, normal people don't need power trips. So the lunatics end up in charge of everything.

I would rather be governed by the first 2000 people in the Manhattan phone book than the entire faculty of Harvard.

i suspect that the first dictator of this country will be called coach.

By its nature, government was either small and personal, something on the level of a town hall meeting, or it was tyranny, with the few ruling the many for their own benefit, no matter how representational that government might be in theory.

Strange, that Earthpeople always follow one who is not wise, but merely compelling.

Officers came and went and were never a part of daily life.

Nothing is more surprising than the easiness with which the many are governed by the few.

For all their obvious differences, the pope and Mussolini were alike in many ways. Both could have no real friends, for friendship implied equality.

No one rules if no one obeys

With all the generals, however, Hitler had a powerful argument: he was going to put them back in business – he was going to restore to Germany her striking power, regardless of the restrictions of Versailles.

Even though Paul Steed had never worked with him, he was beginning to think that firing Romero had been a terrible mistake. "Romero is chaos and Carmack is order," he said. "Together they made the ultimate mix. But when you take them away from each other, what's left?

God is only the president of the day, and Webster is his orator.

Der Papst ist der einzige Konzern-Vize, der seinen Chef nie zu sehen bekommt. Nicht einmal bei der Weihnachtsfeier.

Good soldiers, bad officers; however don't forget that without them we would not have any Civilization.

I don't know that I'm gonna get along with Vladimir Putin. I hope I do. But there's a good chance I won't. And if I don't, do you honestly believe that Hillary would be tougher on Putin than me?

Like a good parent can't also be his child's best friend, a leader with authority requires some separation from subordinates.

Responding to the question "If Mr. Stalin dies, what will be the effect on international affairs?" That is a good question for you to ask, not a wise question for me to answer.

I don't know that I'm going to get along with Vladimir Putin. I hope I do. But there's a good chance I won't.

Where visionaries can be good at persuasion, CEOs are good at wielding authority. Visionaries transcend organizations, resources, and current realities, while CEOs master them.

What can a mere French minister do when associated with Lloyd George, who thinks he is Napoleon, and Woodrow Wilson, who thinks he is Jesus Christ?