Quotes About Leadership

There is no way of making a business successful that can vie with the policy of promoting those who render exceptional service.

People aren't the same. Business is, in my opinion, all about the team that fields the best players. It's not about an idea. An idea goes away. Somebody catches up with it. It's not about a widget.

If Roman Abramovich helped me out in training we would be bottom of the league and if I had to work in his world of big business, we would be bankrupt!

I'm not a career politician. I spent 30 years in business. I can tell you that people in California have had it with career politicians: they are done.

I am not sure the others are as committed as Rob Hall and Scott Fischer. I think there is more business now, and I know it will be impossible to stop this Everest business.

One thing is certain in business: you will make mistakes. When you are pushing the boundaries, mistakes are inevitable-how you react is important.

I have always been a business person.

Managers think of themselves as captains of a ship on a stormy sea. Risk for them is danger, but they are fighting it, very controlled.

I prefer the word "engagement." Instead of empowerment, it's enabling women to engage in business.

It's a privilege and not a right to own a business.

I believe Mrs. Thatcher's emphasis on enterprise was right.

If you take care of your workers they'll take care of your business.

Emotions have no place in business, unless you do business with them.

The future of this business is far beyond the vision of any of us.

The tragedy is that Dell didn't win it - we lost it.

My greatest reward is that I have been able to build this wonderful organization.

Every adviser told me to study the company, learn the business for the first 90 days and don't make any decisions. I couldn't resist seeing broken things and immediately taking action.

If someone was to tally the number of human hours wasted in business by people trying to accomplish objectives without being given the authority to do so, we would all be appalled.

The successful business executive can handle challenges and solve problems at a remarkable clip.

Briefcases, like CEOs, should never look new and unused.

I'm not saying all seniors should be running a city or running a business, but I am saying seniors are good for a lot more than simply running a bath, baking cookies or babysitting grandchildren.

Innovation, I believe, is the only way that America will regain the initiative in a global dynamic economy.

You can't run a business or anything else on a theory.

By my count, more business leaders have failed and derailed because of arrogance than any other character flaw.