Quotes About Leadership

I became a Republican because I trust people more than I trust government.

Having children, helping people, making art, inventing anything, leading the way, tackling the world's problems, overcoming your own. I don't know. Not much of what I value in our lives is easy.

My mother was in the Army Reserve for six years. She taught me the importance of following rules, finishing what I start, never giving up, leadership skills, teamwork, staying positive, motivated and how to pack the military way when I'm traveling!

It seems you are the kind of squaw those Indians would like to have, but make sure they don't! One who keeps her men in line!

David Ogilvy: "If each of us hires people who are smaller than we are, we shall become a company of dwarfs. But, if each of us hires people who are bigger than we are, we shall become a company of giants.

was for a fleeting instant the pachyderm Pied Piper.

Our Constitution does not secure the peaceful transition of power, but rather presupposes it.

Indeed, Clausewitz was wary of the general who tried to be too smart. He preferred those who kept their imaginations in check and a firm grip on the harsh realities of battle.

Strategy is revolution. Everything else is tactics.

The ability to persuade not only one's people but also allies and enemies was a vital attribute of the successful strategist. In this way, strategy required a combination of words and deeds, and the ability to manipulate them both.

Napoleon embodied a new way of fighting wars: a combination of individual genius and mass organization, and objectives far more ambitious than those of his predecessors.

strategy formation walks on two feet, one deliberate, the other emergent.

The Art of War did not provide a single route to victory and recognized that while battles were best avoided they sometimes had to be fought.

fortaleza y el ingenio (bi? y m?tis), representadas respectivamente por Aquiles y Ulises (u Odiseo);

Maquiavelo—, representados en la fuerza y la astucia.

Cuando se podía establecer una conexión inmediata entre el jefe del Estado y el sargento más novato de la línea del frente, las decisiones meditadas de toda la cadena de mando podían evaporarse por unas cuantas frases imprudentes y torpes.

Although 'Machiavellian' has become synonymous with strategies based on deceit and manipulation, Machiavelli's approach was actually far more balanced. He understood that the more the prince was perceived to rely on devious methods, the less likely it would be that they succeeded. The wise strategist would seek to develop a foundation for the exercise of power that went beyond false impressions and harsh punishments, and onto real accomplishments and general respect.

Los planes son inútiles», decía el presidente Eisenhower, apoyado en su experiencia militar, «pero la planificación lo es todo».

La estrategia sin táctica es el camino más lento hacia la victoria. La táctica sin estrategia es el ruido antes de la derrota. Sun Tzu

el bucle OODA». OODA siginifica: observación, orientación, decisión y acción.

Clausewitz aceptaba que los objetivos militares deberían ser fijados por los políticos.

the art of creating power

qué general había enviado jamás por delante a una banda de música con órdenes de notificar al enemigo que cierto día iba a comenzar el ataque».

Un sinnúmero de pequeñas decisiones tomadas en toda la organización podrían conducirla hacia un lugar imprevisto, para sorpresa y posible consternación de la dirección ejecutiva.