Mark V. Hurd Quotes

There's just no vision. You have no ground, no vision.

Turnaround or growth, it's getting your people focused on the goal that is still the job of leadership.

I think it helps if you have a clear vision of what you want.

The secret is planning your work and working your plan. If you don't know where you are going, how will you know when you arrive? You can't stumble upon your destination.

If you don't have a vision, you can never be focused in a direction.

Before you can get what you want, you have to know what you want,and make a game plan to get it

To begin with the end in mind means to start with a clear understanding of your destination. It means to know where you're going so that you better understand where you are now and so that the steps you take are always in the right direction.

If the players understand and accept that their leader is steering their direction through thoughtful, careful measures, then they will pull together to give the best effort every time.

Without vision, even the most focused passion is a battery without a device.

Achieve success in any area of life by identifying the optimum strategies and repeating them until they become habits.

In whatever position you find yourself determine first your objective.

The bottom line is, when people are crystal clear about the most important priorities of the organization and team they work with and prioritized their work around those top priorities, not only are they many times more productive, they discover they have the time they need to have a whole life.

You need a very, exceptionally clear vision. And to me, a vision is something that you can say in one sentence. The fewer the words the better.

Management by objective works - if you know the objectives. Ninety percent of the time you don't.

Efforts and courage are not enough without purpose and direction.

The first step is clearly defining what it is you're after, because without knowing that, you'll never get it.

You've got to have a vision. You've got to have a message.

Clarity of vision is the key to achieving your objectives.

You need to cultivate your passion and crystallize your vision. If you don't know where you're going, how are you going to plan a road-map for how to get there?

You can have the best product in the world, you can have the best motivation in the world, you can have best education in the world, you can have all the money in the world - but if you don't have direction, you'll never go anywhere.

Direction is more important than speed. You can go fast in the wrong direction.

We've all got to make sure we're all pulling in the same direction. That's what's going to keep us ahead of the ball. As soon as we start getting in the opposite direction, that's when we start getting behind, and the results will start to show.

As a leader, you have to have a vision that inspires people around you.

If you know where you are going, you have this sixth sense about if everything you do along the way is lined up with that.

I keep my focus on the team and concentrate on the best possible match preparations.