Quotes About Leadership

Then you get to the last half of the 20th century, Americans are getting very skeptical about their leaders and their institutions, and another place that is affected is parties and conventions.

We should distinguish carefully skepticism about Big Government from contempt for all government.

I think President Obama could have handled politics and policies differently. But he has been decisive, strong, and consistent - important qualities in a president. Mitt Romney is indeed an Etch A Sketch, the antithesis of leadership.

When I work as an art director, I don't ask to see sketches from illustrators or photographers. I give them a basic idea, and then I say, 'Send it to me, it'll be fine' - I get out of the way.

I recently discovered that Karl Lagerfeld sketches every single design in the Chanel collections. This made me so happy. I know it seems obvious, that the head of a fashion house such as Chanel would do this, but it isn't always the way.

Coaching is a very different skill. You need patience, you need a lot of organisation. I don't have any.

The skill of a good creative leader is being comfortable with blowing up an idea and knowing it will get better.

Raining on parades requires no skill or effort on the part of a politician.

Even though people do not traditionally think of being empathetic as a business skill, it can create enormous value.

Mitt Romney, happens to have the exact skill set that the next president's going to require.

What Kirk wanted every evening was to go to bed with a beautiful woman. Our captain now is a man of infinitely more skill. A better man.

The Democrats' ads convince me that Governor Romney can't sing, but his record convinces me he knows how to lead, and I think you know which skill we need more.

A skill required to be president is to explain to the American people any given thing they do.

If I have one skill as a manager, I can make things extremely clear.

There are over 50 brilliant scientists working at my lab, and being sensitive to their needs is among the top skill sets that scientists like me have to learn.

Some politicians that I've seen have been brilliant with the public. They almost speak with the skill of an actor.

I've been a mogul and executive since the beginning of my career. People are just born with that skill.

I think it is rewarding to manage, but it is not what I am passionate about. Managing more than 200 people, maybe 150 people, isn't fun to me and is not my skill set.

Leadership is a lot of hard work. I hoped, when I was younger, that I would just be a natural leader or that it was something that was innate, but it is really a learned skill.

Empathy is the bridge to understand those who you may be lucky to one day lead, and it is - in my opinion - the most under-appreciated human skill in business.

I was constantly reading books about how to direct, and asking directors, 'How do you do it?' And when I finally actually started doing the work, it seemed like you have to be decisive and have an opinion. But also you have to be a good collaborator and hire the right people to shore up whatever your skill set is.

As with any skill, you have to work at leadership. Watch how the best do it, review what you've done, and look at what you might do.

If you can help an employee get to that extra level of skill, you have a great executive.

But I still think it's part of the skill of being a coach or manager - to know who responds to what. And some players do respond to a rollicking. If it needs to be done, you have to do it. As a player, that wasn't necessarily me.