Quotes by Robert S. Kaplan

Robert S. Kaplan

As a leader, it is often better to ask the right questions and listen than to have all the answers.

Leader

Authenticity is critical to leadership. That means trying to be yourself – this involves some self-disclosure, admitting what you don’t know and being willing to ask questions.

Being Yourself

Mean

Trying

Business and leadership is about the future. What worked five years ago is unlikely to work tomorrow.

Tomorrow

Business education must constantly be changing and being updated to improve the quality of the student experience. On line courses will be a key part of supplementing course offerings and providing opportunities for life-long learning. Like any industry, business schools must continue to think and re-think how they add value to students and create thought leadership.

Opportunity

School

Thinking

Change efforts happen when a firm is out of alignment with achieving its vision. If the organization has broad buy-in on a clear vision, the need for change becomes much clearer. It also helps to over-communicate what you’re doing and why you’re doing it. Lastly, the leadership needs to spend as much time on “how” changes are being made and “what” changes are being made. Human beings are involved and there are winners and losers.

Effort

Helping

Vision

Consistent alignment of capabilities and internal processes with the customer value proposition is the core of any strategy execution.

Excellence

Execution

Strategy

Education has been critical. First at Kansas and then at Harvard Business School. It helped me build the confidence that I could go out and do things in the world. It taught me to put myself in the shoes of a decision maker and figure out what I would do if I were in his/her shoes. This is why I am a big believer in education as a foundation for reaching your unique potential.

Decision

School

Unique

I like films about people who figured out what they believed and had the guts to act on it in a way that added value to others. So, there are lots of movies that have characters who did that. I’ll pick an odd one – Stranger Than Fiction because I really liked the movie – particularly the offbeat cookie maker. You’ll have to see the movie to see what I mean. The movie also reinforces that you can be the author of your own script.

Character

Mean

People

I loved my career at Goldman Sachs. I believed in business principle number 1: if the client succeeds, our own success will follow. This principle formed the basis for my career and my leadership style.

Style

Succeed

If you’re the smartest person in the room, it can sometimes be hard to learn to delegate – the person to whom you’re delegating will do the task worse than you would – and it will annoy you!

Annoying

Sometimes

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Affection

Age

Annoying

Being Yourself

Character

Decision

Effort

Excellence

Execution

Focus

Giving

Helping

Judging

Leader

Long

Mean

Mistake

Morning

Mutual

Opportunity

Overcoming

Ownership

People

Powerful

Priorities

Problem

Realizing

Running

School

Sometimes

Sports

Strategy

Strong

Struggle

Style

Succeed

Team

Thinking

Today

Tomorrow

Trying

Understanding

Unique

Vision

Visionaries

World

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Quotes by Robert S. Kaplan

Robert S. Kaplan

As a leader, it is often better to ask the right questions and listen than to have all the answers.

Authenticity is critical to leadership. That means trying to be yourself – this involves some self-disclosure, admitting what you don’t know and being willing to ask questions.

Business and leadership is about the future. What worked five years ago is unlikely to work tomorrow.

Consistent alignment of capabilities and internal processes with the customer value proposition is the core of any strategy execution.

I loved my career at Goldman Sachs. I believed in business principle number 1: if the client succeeds, our own success will follow. This principle formed the basis for my career and my leadership style.

If you’re the smartest person in the room, it can sometimes be hard to learn to delegate – the person to whom you’re delegating will do the task worse than you would – and it will annoy you!

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