Ted Cruz Quotes

If leadership is something that is in-your-face, then that is a different type of leadership.

You know, you can only lead them from behind.

So I let them be responsible for there particular areas. Then by the time it gets to me that means that there is a problem. I have my eyes open and I need to know something about every department but you don't want to micro manage any particular department.

The new leader is a facilitator, not an order giver.

Servant leadership is the foundation and the secret of Sam Walton's ability to achieve team synergy.

A leader is best when people barely know that he exists, not so good when people obey and acclaim him, worst when they despise him. Fail to honor people, They fail to honor you. But of a good leader, who talks little, when his work is done, his aims fulfilled, they will all say, "We did this ourselves.

Leadership does not mean being bossy, always telling others what to do. No, leadership means going ahead, not putting others in the front. Good leaders lead by example, not by decree.

Bosses push, Leaders pull. Real leadership is servant leadership.

At Microsoft I had many years of experience and history and seeing connections. With my direct reports, the job at Microsoft was to delegate and then be able to properly review, but not to micromanage. To have a way of connecting and integrating without getting in the way.

And I'm not a micromanagement guy. I prefer to spend my time doing other stuff than that.

The leader works in the open and the boss in covert. The leader leads, and the boss drives.

You can't manage by memo. You can't stand up there and just send out edicts. I think you just gotta really personalize your relationships.

In the past a leader was a boss. Today's leaders must be partners with their people... they no longer can lead solely based on positional power.

I've decided to lead in a way that takes people with me. It's the approach that I think will stand not only our party but also our state in good stead.

People ask the difference between a leader and a boss.... The leader works in the open, and the boss is covert. The leader leads, and the boss drives

You try and pick good people and avoid micromanaging them thereafter.

If the head of the state is exemplary and his officials are competent, all things will go well. If the head of the state will worry about minute details, his officials will be lazy, and all things will go bad.

Leadership does not mean domination

Command-and-control isn't the kind of corporate culture people want to be in anymore.

It's not that I'm a 'Let's hug and be joyful all the time' boss. Or that I don't, quote, 'own my own power.' I just never want to be that big, swingin', rule-by-fear person.

Good leaders make people's strengths effective and their weaknesses irrelevant.

I am always interested in looking for the strongest possible leadership.

This perception that a good captain is someone who beats his chest and roars like a lion and gives big Churchillian speeches, that's just not what leadership is about for me.

I've always felt that, in the past, there has been a teacher-pupil relationship between the management and the players. But the best teams are run in such a way that the players have a voice.

I'm not a micromanager. I don't believe in that.