The challenge of leadership is to create change and facilitate growth.
Leaders who are effective are leaders who are disciplined in their daily lives.
Rule a kingdom as though you were cooking a small fish – don’t overdo it.
Effective leadership is putting first things first. Effective management is discipline, carrying it out.
You will launch many projects, but have time to finish only a few. So think, plan, develop, launch and tap good people to be responsible. Give them authority and hold them accountable. Trying to do too much yourself creates a bottleneck.
I feel like the thing we can do is celebrate people doing great work and create more cultural momentum and awareness that this is an important thing in the world. So when the next economic crisis hits and people are talking about where to cut from the budget, science isn’t the thing.
You do your job, you keep your job. Do it well, you get a better job.
I judge people based on their capability, honesty, and merit.
Respect people with less power then you. I don’t care if you’re the most powerful cat in the room, I will judge you on how you treat the least powerful. So there.
Your performance depends on your people. Select the best, train them and back them. When errors occur, give sharper guidance. If errors persist or if the fit feels wrong, help them move on. The country cannot afford amateur hour in the White House.
A great leader’s courage to fulfill his vision comes from passion, not position.
As a leader, the first person I need to lead is me. The first person that I should try to change is me.
Don’t blame the boss. He has enough problems.
If you wouldn’t follow yourself, why should anyone else?
You don’t reward failure by promoting those responsible for it, because all you get is more failure.
When the leader lacks confidence, the followers lack commitment.
And give give more credit to others and don’t assume they’re mean until you know they’re actually mean.
I like to praise and reward in a loud voice and to scold in a whisper.
It’s easy to demonise people, you’re usually wrong about it, people are nicer than you think.
The function of leadership is to produce more leaders, not more followers.
The art of leadership is a serious matter. One must not lag behind a movement, because to do so is to become isolated from the masses. But one must not rush ahead, for to rush ahead is to lose contact with the masses. He who wished to lead a movement must conduct a fight on two fronts–against those who lag behind and those who rush ahead.
