Elissa Slotkin Quotes

Any commander who fails to exceed his authority is not of much use to his subordinates.

Even when you’re in charge, you’re not sure who’s in charge.

As a company commander you have absolute definitions: the mission, the people.

If you've been on top of the food chain in the Armed Forces, that's who you are. You're used to dealing with your life in a particular way.

The President is going to benefit from me reporting directly to him when I arrive.

No matter how many or how few people you have reporting to you, you must remember that as you climb higher in the ranks, your words will be taken as commands even if you're just thinking out loud.

He who has never learned to obey cannot be a good commander.

The White House Chief of Staff must always remember that he is staff and not chief.

When you're the CEO, you take responsibility.

Any business or club has to have a hierarchy. Everybody needs to know and understand his role in the overall structure. Bayern Munich is no different.

Being in command means making tough decisions. Not being in command means shutting up and doing what you're told. --Artemis Fowl

I mean loyalty - you know, look, first we serve the people. I've always looked at that. You serve the people first. But having said that, you never forget who's in charge. You never forget who the CEO of a country is when you decide to serve. And so everyone works at the pleasure of the president. And that's what, you know, we have to remember is if he doesn't feel comfortable, he can do something about it.

Somebody has to take responsibility for being a leader.

When placed in command, take charge.

A sailing ship is no democracy; you don't caucus a crew as to where you'll go anymore than you inquire when they'd like to shorten sail.

There are no managers like there used to be managers.

Clearly in my mind, I have two distinct positions - owner and manager. So I am open to reviewing my performance as a manager as any other person in Sun Pharma.

Roger Goodell is doing his job. He's front office. Whatever he says goes, and I'll leave it at that.

Who has not served cannot command.

Dear, never forget one little point. It's my business. You just work here.

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.

Leadership is about vision and responsibility, not power.

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

A big part of leadership is just being comfortable with the fact that some decisions really are only yours.

If I'm a leader, I have a mission.