Quotes About Leadership

That was something I probably had to go through, a learning curve in terms of trying to develop into the captain I want to be.

The movies were custard compared to politics.

CEOs must embrace the role of serving as the public face of the company to their customer community and the marketplace at large.

There's one thing a CEO should always keep at the front of their mind, and that's customer needs.

You really have to understand this isn't a business where you sit in the back room and do calculations - you have to be very concerned about employees and customers, because that's really what's going to bring you success.

If you were just to look at Lockheed Martin, you'd see a lot of women in senior roles in our company and, not only that, our customers, so I don't consider it an old boys' club.

You have to decide who you are going to serve - stockholders or your customers.

It is important that we win back the trust of employees first, then customers.

I make all my advertising decisions based on what is best for my customers and my employees.

Companies that are closest to the customers are the ones who are going to lead the industry.

Politics - when it's not cynical, it can be a creation.

When I was a little girl, my dad always said to me that I was going to be this great businesswoman, that I was going to be the CEO of IBM. So that's what I came into the world thinking, that I was going to go into the business world and make my mark there.

How can another man call another man boss? That's like calling another man 'Daddy.'

The Republican Party once could lay claim to the mantle of being the fiscally responsible, or 'Daddy,' Party.

I'm a daddy and I'm a businessman also.

No two managers are the same and I believe how players are man-managed on a daily basis has a huge influence on their performance on the field.

I'm the head of my home. And I have to get my daily bread by chasing Christ.

If the short-term decisions you make damage the long term, you should resist those. But there are many short-term decisions that you need to make to be a successful manager.

Sometimes you have to hold your nose and vote for the person who is going to do the least damage or who is maybe going to pull you back from the brink.

The Right has been damaged beyond belief by its embrace of Mr. Trump.

You got to worry about getting good damn coaches.

I loved Dan Snyder, I love his attitude and his approach.

I don't think of myself as a leader. I am, but I don't think of myself that way. I'm not trying to belittle what I do, but I think of myself as a dancer first. I'll always be a dancer.

Political systems are run by self-selecting politicians. We don't draft people; it's not jury duty.