Quotes About Leadership

If anybody ran a business like that they would be out of business quickly, and Barack Obama's leadership is driving this business, the United States of America, toward a fiscal cliff.

There are certain skills that business people have that are - that are, in fact, helpful in - when it comes to being in political leadership.

Congratulation s to Rahm Emanuel on being elected mayor of Chicago. His first order of business after taking office will be to actually move to Chicago.

I never took classic business classes in college, so I don't have the background that any of the people running large companies have.

When I look out from my own business career, I tried to learn from some of the best people, regardless of the industry.

Leaders dig into their business to learn painful realities rather than peaceful illusion.

I'm not in the business of satisfying everybody. I'm in the business of trying to satisfy the people who elected me governor.

It's important to remember that innovators in business don't always get a platform.

It's a given that if you start your own business, you're going to be (1) in control of your destiny, and (2) real busy.

Companies do not do new things because they understand it but because they feel it.

What you manage in business is people

In the business world, everyone is always working at legitimate cross purposes, governed by self interest.

Now I know that Wal-Mart's policies do not reflect the best way of doing business and the values that I think are important in America.

'No business before breakfast, Glum!' says the King. 'Breakfast first, business next.'

Managing a business, small or large, today requires an extremely disciplined, thoughtful approach with regard to the pressure that people are under.

Real change agents comprise less than 10% of all business people.

After the tsunami in Japan, we were open for business. In fact, I flew there 10 days after the tsunami to show our support for the Japanese people.

It's the economy, stupid.

No executive devotes effort to proving himself wrong.

We have a lot of people who are Republicans, a lot of people who are Democrats, and it's not just because of business reasons.

When I moved into management, it was all about managing people and keeping them motivated - I didn't use sales metrics to drive my business. Now, everything comes from the numbers.

Any business you're involved with, and racing is no different, is about people. It's all about people.

Data is great, but strategy is better

The function and responsibility of the President is to set before the American people the unfinished business, the things we must do if we are going to succeed as a nation.