Chris Hughton Quotes

Management is nothing more than motivating other people.

Basically, a manager is a father figure to 20 or 25 blokes. It's about trying to get the best out of them and creating team spirit.

Always, at a big team, there's very hard competition.

I can lead my team.

You need to have discussions and make sure you guide players towards the collective spirit. It can't be done overnight.

It's not about money. It's about the people you have, how you're led, and how much you get it.

Most management systems have to do with establishing trust and getting people to cooperate. They're not really about expertise or science.

Teamwork makes the dream work, but a vision becomes a nightmare when the leader has a big dream and a bad team.

Of all the things I've done, the most vital is coordinating those who work with me and aiming their efforts at a certain goal.

Great leaders help their people see how they can directly impact the company's objectives and their own personal goals.

The most challenging part of being CEO is communicating to 200,000 people what you want done.

I think management is about just that - managing people via man-to-man skills.

Some people say it's scarier to direct the people you work with; not me, I'm a team guy.

And I'd say one of the great lessons I've learned over the past couple of decades, from a management perspective, is that really when you come down to it, it really is all about people and all about leadership.

I think that in any group activity - whether it be business, sports, or family - there has to be leadership or it won't be successful.

The key to good management is keeping the guys on your team who hate your guts away from the guys who haven't made up their minds.

I'm not a great boss because I don't like to tell other people what to do.

When you are the manager, you want to win.

Whether you're a founder, a leader, or an individual contributor, building a strong team is critical to your success.

I have been in many teams that have had loads of talent but did not make it through and been with teams that did not have that much talent and ended up being champions.

Good teams understand how to compete, how to practice the right way.

As you develop relationships in your team you have to learn how your teammates react to being yelled at or how to put your arm around them and show them how to do things. You have to build those relationships up and understand who that person is and how they respond and choose your way to lead them to hopefully help everyone out.

I try to implement my own ways of making teams successful.

When you try to build a team, you need a mix of talent.

It's up to a manager to understand his players.