Quotes about "Leadership & Influence"

Just because people are in authority, if it doesn't seem right, don't do it. If it violates your own principles, don't do it. ”

And I'd say one of the great lessons I've learned over the past couple of decades, from a management perspective, is that really when you come down to it, it really is all about people and all about leadership. ”

I continue to have a special pride and passion for AOL, and I strongly believe that AOL - once the leading Internet company in the world - can return to its past greatness. ”

If you're doing something new you've got to have a vision. You've got to have a perspective. You've got to have some north star you're aiming for, and you just believe somehow you'll get there, which kind of gets to the passion point. ”

How did I end up in films with people like Keira Knightley... all these beautiful leading ladies and me - it's kind of shocking. ”

We, the people of the United States, we are a great Nation with a great vision. ”

All the roles I play, I don't see any of my roles in films that they're typically leading men. ”

All these directors, and I would include the Coen brothers and Quentin, have a very unique vision of what they want. They listen to ideas and make people feel like everyone is making the film. ”

I'd say that the director I had most involvement with was Alex Rockwell in 'In the Soup'. It was one of my earliest leading roles, and he gave me a lot of responsibility as an actor. ”

Visionary CEOs don't need someone else to demo the company's key products for them. They deeply understand products, and they have their own coherent and consistent vision of where the industry/business models and customers are today, and where they need to take the company. ”