Kevin McCarthy Quotes

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

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

I always say, whether it's Liverpool or England, it's not just me who is a leader.

Make sure that team members know they are working with you, not for you.

A manager is not a person who can do the work better than his men; he is a person who can get his men to do the work better than he can.

To get things done, you have to get people together.

You can lead a team in a lot of different ways. It can be talking to somebody who is down or, during the course of a game, looking to penetrate and then dropping the ball off to someone else for an easy bucket.

A good leader should focus on making sure everyone is being given the tools to do their job, not just expecting - poof! - that they're going to produce great work.

You don't make a movie by yourself; you certainly don't make a TV show by yourself. You invest people in their work. You make people feel comfortable in their jobs; you keep people talking.

Good leadership consists of showing average people how to do the work of superior people.

Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it.

I don't believe in just ordering people to do things. You have to sort of grab an oar and row with them.

When you're leading, don't talk.

Leaders don't create followers, they create more leaders.

A leader's job is not to do the work for others, it's to help others figure out how to do it themselves, to get things done, and to succeed beyond what they thought possible.

I can let the team do the talking for me.

I don't think I am that hands-on. I'm much more of a believer in finding a great team of people and trusting them to follow their instincts. They work better when they feel they have freedom and they are trusted.

To be successful in coaching you have to treat your team like a family. The leader needs backing from everyone.

Leadership and partnership go together.

Leaders don’t boss. Not if they’re any good. They persuade. America needs a whole lot more persuading and a lot less bossing.

The most important thing I've done at work has been to surround myself with amazing people who I trust and empower fully to do stuff better than I could.

As a leader, you want your team to play as you are.

Leadership is an individual sport, one that has to be fine-tuned to each of the people that reports to you. Leaders also need to provide the direction, energy, encouragement and inspiration for each person who reports directly to the leader as well as for the overall organization.

When you build a team, and you have 24 or 25 players, all can be decisive; can be important.

I think the best thing a team can have is different leaders.