leadership perspective Quotes

Strength does not make one capable of rule; it makes one capable of service.

When I was made CEO of Reynolds the first time, someone asked me what it was like to be a female CEO. But I said, 'I don't know what its like to be a male CEO, so I can't really answer that question.'

A poor leader will tell you how many people work for them. A great leader will tell you how many people they work for.

Vladimir Putin is a person from a different generation.

You see a lot of managers who are working and yet are already talking about other countries and other teams. But that's not for me.

The leader sees leadership as responsibility rather than as rank and privilege.

The more time I spend with our people, the more I find out about our business.

Successful leaders don't start out asking, 'What do I want to do?' They ask, 'What needs to be done?' Then they ask, 'Of those things that would make a difference, which are right for me?'

That's such a great book [Bloods]. That's a perfect way to articulate this thing that we're talking about. Just because someone is a black general, doesn't mean this person is going to have a certain outlook on it.

I admire the, the stand of China and the stand of Mao Tse- tung, but I can't admire with respect the stand of, of Nehru in India. I just can't do it.

If the CEO doesn’t see the playing field, nobody else can. The team may need to see it too, but the CEO really needs to be able to see the entire competitive space.

If you're asking me as the President, would I understand reality, I do.

When I want to know what the French people think, I ask myself.

I've worked for some amazing leaders, and I've worked for the opposite, and that gave me the perspective of what I knew I never wanted to be, and the perspective of what had lasting, sustainable impact.

The reason why I'm in Parliament is not really to see my colleagues win power; it is to see us at last in a position where we can give it up.

If you work for a team, you have a different view, if you own a team you have a radically different view.

When I think about what I'm going through, as President, it doesn't compare to what the folks that I'm representing are going through. They're losing jobs. They're trying to figure out how to pay their medical bills. They've seen retirements suddenly dissipate because of what's happening in the stock market. And so as tough as the job might be, and the politics of Washington can sometimes be I'm always reminded of how fortunate I am to be here, and what an extraordinary responsibility I have to try to deliver on some of the promises that I made during the election.