leadership

“The two actually really, I think, are self-reinforcing. Like, you as a leader have to exhibit a lot of strength in order to sort of have the courage to just own up to things, whether you're stressed or just being honest about things not going well. So a lot of…”

“The thing leadership is most responsible for, aside from maintaining high standards and a high quality bar, is the tempo of the company and the organization.”

“At work, I do feel like there is an element of leadership that's about confidence, right? Confidence is infectious, you know? And so I think if the leader doesn't seem confident, then it may be a fait accompli, right? That things just aren't going to happen.”

“Fundamentally you are not going to crack a hard Problem on a series of bad days. You're going to crack a whole problem when you're absolutely at your best as a leader. And therefore you are inspiring people to be at their best.”

“Provide clarity to people. Explain the rules. Explain, basically, explain your decisions. You don't have to say, this is, we decided this and this, because it will always create interpretations, temptations, explain them clearly, and explain what is uncharted …”

“So great leadership is about one thing. Deliver extraordinary outcomes. That typically involves one decision about where to play. Successfully executing where to play involves hundreds of great decisions on execution.”

“We need this in, in our own lives, often a reminder of who we are, where we're going, what the trajectory is, and an evocation of it through imaginative means. So you might want to, you know, investment that you made seven years ago, you might want to show som…”

“I think a great leader is someone who has got a sense of what they're trying to do, because everything flows from that and why they're trying to do it. So all the other things that we associate with good leadership, management, etc, flows ultimately from a kno…”

“Again, that is real leadership. Going and selling something that people don't want, and painting a vision for the future and getting them to stay, that's hard.”