Marissa Mayer Quotes

A leader is the one who can outline the broad vision and the direction, and say here's where we are going to go, here's why we need to go there, and here's how we are going to get there. A manager is the one who actually gets up under the hood and tunes the carburetor.

Like most entrepreneurs, getting motivated to work has never been a problem for me; focus comes through delegating tasks to the best people you can find.

I used to spend my time more on process than strategy. Now, I prioritize my time around strategy, people, and process.

Leaders make things happen. Leaders will take a situation and try and figure out what is it that we're trying to do, what is the problem, what kind of priorities and resources do we need, what kind of people do I need to bring to bear on this problem, what kind of plans do we need to succeed.

There are many elements to a campaign. Leadership is number one. Everything else is number two.

And ours is a business that requires discipline and focus.

Leadership is working with goals and vision; management is working with objectives.

I'm actually developing a project so that I can have a lead.

Basically, a manager's job is to make other people more productive. What's one really good way to do that? Do the work that is getting in their way. Which means find out what kind of important work your developers dislike the most, and do it for them.

Surround yourself with the best people you can find, delegate authority, and don't interfere as long as the policy you've decided upon is being carried out.

Management must manage!

Good business leaders create a vision, articulate the vision, passionately own the vision, and relentlessly drive it to completion.

I feel like I've done a pretty good job of scaling because I got some great mentors along the way that helped me realize I just have to build a phenomenal team around me that makes my job a lot easier.

Good management has helped me find much of the success I've got.

Leaders tend to focus on 'what to do,' but the real issue is more often 'how to do it.'

I have to put people in the right spot so that if they execute, we win.

I've run a very successful business, and I think I can also run a very successful team.

It's extremely instructive to realize that you cannot do everything. You need to delegate, to find experts, to consult with them. A big part of the job of directing is knowing when to take something on and when you shouldn't.

We believe this combination of excellence in operations and strong execution of our strategy is critical to achieve our vision. We will continue to focus on both in future as well.

Leadership is the capacity to translate vision into reality.

The hard part of running a business is that there are a hundred things that you could be doing, and only five of those actually matter, and only one of them matters more than all of the rest of them combined. So figuring out there is a critical path thing to focus on and ignoring everything else is really important.

I'm all for ambition and stretch goals. I set them for myself. But leadership isn't the same as cheerleading. Believing in something is a necessary but absolutely insufficient condition for making it come true.

Management manages by making decisions and by seeing that those decisions are implemented.

A manager is responsible for the application and performance of knowledge.

A business like an automobile, has to be driven, in order to get results.