Adel Al-Jubeir Quotes

I believe in delegating power.

I'm a leader.

I am better when I have control. I am not a power freak. But my point is that I need to feel that I can manage the team and have a direct, clear line through to the owners. Once that becomes hazy, for me, there is a problem.

I feel responsible for everybody, and I couldn't imagine a scenario where I wouldn't be directing what was happening, at the end.

I learned a tremendous amount about what was important to me as a head coach in that I was not in charge. I didn't have final say about what was going on, and I was always having to represent other people's views, and it was very difficult to be real, to be authentic, to be true because there were a number of people who had say about what was going on.

To rule is easy, to govern difficult.

It's so much easier to throw rocks than it is to govern.

When placed in command, take charge.

To govern is to choose. To appear to be unable to choose is to appear to be unable to govern.

Being a leader doesn't mean you are the guy who runs things.

If you call yourself a leader, then you have to be decisive. If you're decisive, then you have the chance to be a leader. These are two sides to the same coin.

You have to enable and empower people to make decisions independent of you. As I've learned, each person on a team is an extension of your leadership; if they feel empowered by you they will magnify your power to lead.

The great irony of management is that the higher up you go, the less actual control you have. When you are but a humble coder, you make the computer do exactly what you want; when you're a manager, you only hope that people understand what you want, and then trust/pray that they do it both correctly and in a timely manner.

Governance is a way of organizing, amplifying, and constraining power.

I think it is important for people who are given leadership roles to assume that role immediately.

To be a leader of men one must turn one's back on men.

Those who enjoy responsibility usually get it; those who merely like exercising authority usually lose it.

In a very real way, ownership is the essence of leadership. When you are 'ridiculously in charge,' then you own whatever happens in a company, school, et cetera.

Being responsible, I will direct, and will be responsible for nothing that I do not direct.

Certainly I shall not be one of those who, having gained power, do not wish to use it.

The person who manages the state is me.

Whether it's a blessing or a curse, it's a fact that we have power. Everyone—friend and enemy—looks to see how we use it, how we treat it, how we keep it.

We are defined by how we use our power.

Leadership means that the person in charge gets second guessed by every little twit with a mouth.

I miss being the focal point of the team - the guy everyone looks to for decisions. And guidance.