If you have people who are high-performing working for you, it's so easy to do your job. Otherwise, you can't even agree on the time of the meeting or who will bring the coffee. — Douglas Conant Copy Share Image
As a CEO, you get sucked into dealing with all the tasks of being a CEO. There's a big meeting, a big discussion, and you get into all the big issues, which is your job. But what CEOs often lose… — Douglas Conant Copy Share Image
You must bring great resolve to your work. It's not all a bed of roses. — Douglas Conant Copy Share Image
I would assert that highly effective leaders are made more than they're born. Every leader I know who's been highly effective has worked hard… — Douglas Conant Copy Share Image
You have to be a well-rounded leader. You can't fly by the seat of your pants anymore. You have to be incredibly tough-minded about… — Douglas Conant Copy Share Image
I strongly believe that you can't win in the marketplace unless you win first in the workplace. If you don't have a winning culture… — Douglas Conant Copy Share Image
All of us introverts aspire to be more outgoing, but it's not in our nature. When I was nearly 50, I discovered that the… — Douglas Conant Copy Share Image
People lead complicated lives and aren't hanging on your every word or the company mission statement. You have to become a broken record of… — Douglas Conant Copy Share Image
You have the opportunity to make a tremendous impact on the lives of the people with whom you work and live. Make the most… — Douglas Conant Copy Share Image
If you're a wounded company, the other companies that have been around for a hundred years will smell it, and they will take advantage… — Douglas Conant Copy Share Image
Most people that derail as leaders in the corporate world, it's not because they couldn't do the math and calculate return on investment properly.… — Douglas Conant Copy Share Image
Too many leaders are so caught up in the momentum of work that they lose sight of the opportunity to connect with people. I… — Douglas Conant Copy Share Image
Courage means feeling all those hard human emotions - all that uncertainty and anxiety - and getting the job done anyway. — Douglas Conant Copy Share Image
Most people think of leaders as being these outgoing, very visible, and charismatic people, which I find to be a very narrow perception. The… — Douglas Conant Copy Share Image
