Leaders thrive when they feel creatively empowered, when they trust the people around them, when their confidence is swelling. Leaders make mistakes when they lose that same confidence, when they're...

From doing Power Station, it was like, it's the same guys, but it doesn't sound like them. When we were in Duran, the labels and management wanted more Duran stuff so they could sell it.

The first thing I control is the cost by not shooting for many days. It is not control, but somebody has to drive the whole thing. If I shoot unnecessary things, it will raise cost.

Bad leaders believe that they have to project control at all times.

Fight hierarchy and bureaucracy as hard as you possibly can. Don't ever let it become the master; always remember it's the servant.

As far as I can tell, the baseball teams are run pretty darn well. I'm sure there's some better and worse, but I don't ever see a baseball team anymore and go, 'They're absolutely insane.'

I just want to say that aside from Atlanta United, any national team gives you a little bit more free time. I don't want to get completely into the analysis. There are different responsibilities...

Legg Mason's structure is misunderstood by the market. Legg Mason has an affiliate model. They own 100% of their affiliates, which are investment managers such as Permal, Western Asset Management, and...

'You're fired' was not a part of the deal. And when I went into the first board room, the very first one, I'm looking at these people, and I had to fire somebody, but we never thought in terms of the...

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

There is a new model of leadership in the world that rides on the premise that every single person in the organisation can be a leader. Titles are important for structure and order, but real power...

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

I think there are certain business matters which we must now conduct differently than we used to.

What trumps the 'How' of Leadership is the 'Why'

Lorne knows that the most exhausting people occasionally turn out the best stuff.

What gets measured and clearly defined does get done.

Things refuse to be mismanaged for long.

Don't Give Someone Responsibility without Requisite Authority

Management works in the system

Very few managers know how to effectively tap the biggest source of performance improvement available to them: namely, the creativity and knowledge of the people who work for them.

Management informs. Leadership applies. The effective managers inform accurately. Effective leaders apply wisely.

It is absolutely necessary... for me to have persons that can think for me, as well as execute orders.

As a collaborative leader, you support people in their work - you remove roadblocks and help them win.

Leadership at its essence is about serving. But it's not only people serving you. You're serving them. We're joined together to serve the customer. At Medtronic, we're trying to serve the patient....

Building an effective, cohesive team is extremely hard. But it's also simple.

I believe in the old saying that if you can't measure something, you can't improve it.

We manage what we monitor.

If good management practice drives the failure of successful firms faced with disruptive technological change, then the usual answers to companies' problems—planning better, working harder, becoming...

Three classes of factors affect what an organization can and cannot do: its resources, its processes, and its values.

You can change only what people know, not what they do.