Quotes About Leadership

One obvious aspect of management is identifying people who can help you get where you are trying to go. Talent-identification sounds like a straightforward business. If it were, every team would be successful.

La autoridad y el control se basan en ganarse la confianza de las personas a las que se va a dirigir.

One player's drive can have an enormous effect on a team - a winning drive is like a magical potion that can spread from one person to another.

part of a leader's job is to eliminate as many risks as possible.

I never allowed my personal feelings about a particular player to cloud my judgement about what was best for the team.

I just think a leader has to keep reminding himself to be clinical about these sorts of judgements. You don't have to love your players or your management team, but you do need to respect their abilities.

When I selected the captain I was looking for four principal virtues. The first was a desire to lead on the field. The second attribute I wanted was someone I could trust to convey my desires, and the third was a person whom the other players would respect as a leader and whose instructions they would follow. I also wanted captains capable of adapting to changing circumstances.

I never had a particular quota that I expected any player to fulfil, but they all knew I expected nothing but the best from them.

As a leader, you don't need to be loved, though it is useful, on occasion, to be feared. But, most of all, you need to be respected.

you cannot get too attached to people who work for you. The one time you must have that attachment is when they are in trouble - when they need your advice.

I never expected the players to love me, but neither did I want them to hate me, because that would have made it impossible to extract the most from them. All I wanted was for them to respect me and follow my instructions.

Another crucial ingredient of motivation is consistency. As a leader you can't run from one side of the ship to the other. People need to feel that you have unshakeable confidence in a particular approach. If you can't show this, you'll lose the team very quickly.

If you hope to motivate people, you need to know when to prey on their insecurities and when to bolster their self-confidence. People perform best when they know they have earned the trust of their leader.

Todo el que aspire a ser un gran líder ha de lucirse a la hora de vender sus ideas y aspiraciones

While I took great pleasure and satisfaction in seeing what we had done for others, I cannot say that I felt as happy. I always felt I had to be in the vanguard of tomorrow. I'd immediately start to think about ways in which we could improve, and players who were coming to the end of their best days.

If you have decided you are going to get rid of someone, nothing beats honesty.

There's some merit in getting defeated even though I'd never want it to be a habit. Team members who are hungry for victory and take great pride in their performance will be eager to avenge defeat.

A leader who arrives in a new setting, or inherits a big role, needs to curb the impulse to display his manhood.

Whenever someone new assumes a role, there will always be doubts about his capabilities until he has proved himself.

a display of temper is more effective if used sparingly. I just don't believe that you can get the most out of people if they are perpetually afraid of you.

Effective delegation depends on the ability of others to make decisions. Some people can make decisions, others cannot. It

I was the puppet master, not the control freak.

Nobody had ever explained to me that working with, and through, others is by far the most effective way to do things - assuming, of course, that they understand what you want and are keen to follow. I gradually began to understand that this is the difference between management and leadership.

It was to set very high standards. It was to help everyone else believe they could do things that they didn't think they were capable of. It was to chart a course that had not been pursued before. It was to make everyone understand that the impossible was possible. That's the difference between leadership and management.