Competent Quote by Henri Rousseau

“Competence' may get you to the top but only 'character' and 'commitment' will keep you there on a sustainable basis. So build 3 Cs.”

— Rakesh Seth

Have a deputy and develop a successor. Don't be consumed by the job or you'll risk losing your balance. Keep your mooring lines to…

— Donald Rumsfeld

The lesson is that, No. 1, this management has to be at the highest class possible. No. 2, they have to have a succession plan.

— Al-Waleed bin Talal

Put not your trust in new leaders, better systems, new organisations or regulatory reorganisation. They may well be good and necessary, but will to…

— Justin Welby

Perhaps I have managed some sort of longevity because I haven't won the lead roles.

— Selma Blair

Naturally in any organisation, if you've got people leaving or change of personnel, it's never going to be a stable environment.

— George Russell

I think you can improve on that natural ability with training and exposure to great leaders of the past and to management theories.

— Colin Powell

Long-term commitment to new learning and new philosophy is required of any management that seeks transformation. The timid and the fainthearted, and the people…

— W. Edwards Deming

“Companies that do not have a succession plan in place in which their seasoned professionals are teaching the younger, less experienced generations risk losing…

— Susan C. Young

In the end we are all sacked and it's always awful. It is as inevitable as death following life. If you are elevated there…

— Alan Clark

On receiving from the people the sacred trust twice confided on my illustrious predecessor, and which he has discharged so faithfully and so well,…

— Martin Van Buren

The worst mistake a leader can make is to mentor no one, choose no successor and leave no legacy.

— Myles Munroe