Paul Lambert 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.

My definition of an executive's job is brief and to the point. It is simply this: Getting things done through other people.

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.

A good leader doesn't get stuck behind a desk.

I have always said that management is not something I fancied, but it's suddenly, naturally started to enter my head.

As a manager, you need to have your own vision and what you want to do with the team.

Well, every manager has to take his personality into the job that he does, but irrespective of that personality you have to be aggressive when you need to be.

Leadership is the capacity to translate vision into reality.

Leadership and management are not synonymous.

Where visionaries can be good at persuasion, CEOs are good at wielding authority. Visionaries transcend organizations, resources, and current realities, while CEOs master them.

Being a manager is about getting into the minds of the people you represent.

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

Well, the first quality of being a good leader is you have to be able to follow. See, a good leader can't just be the leader all the time, I have to be able to follow.

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

Leadership is a way of thinking, a way of acting and, most importantly, a way of communicating.

The key to being a good manager is keeping the people who hate me away from those who are still undecided.

Management is efficiency in climbing the ladder of success; leadership determines whether the ladder is leaning against the right wall.

Basically, managing is about influencing action. Managing is about helping organizations and units to get things done, which means action. Sometimes, managers manage actions directly. They fight fires. They manage projects. They negotiate contracts.

True leadership isn't about having an idea. It's about having an idea and recruiting other people to execute on this vision.

Executive ability is deciding quickly and getting somebody else to do the work.

Leadership is the key to 99 percent of all successful efforts.

To be an effective leader, you have to have a manipulative streak - you have to figure out the people working for you and give each tasks that will take advantage of his strength.

If I have one skill as a manager, I can make things extremely clear.

Reading a book about management isn't going to make you a good manager any more than a book about guitar will make you a good guitarist, but it can get you thinking about the most important concepts.

I am learning how to delegate and how to empower people.