Howard Schultz Leader Quotations

The hardest thing about being a leader is demonstrating or showing vulnerability. And that has a lot to do with trust.

We can't wait for Washington. Business leaders are going to have to galvanize their own constituencies and do everything they can to demonstrate confidence in the economy, and I think that can be contagious.

Business leaders cannot be bystanders.

To be an enduring, great company, you have to build a mechanism for preventing or solving problems that will long outlast any one individual leader.

To stay vigorous, a company needs to provide a stimulating and challenging environment for all these types: the dreamer, the entrepreneur, the professional manager, and the leader. If it doesn't, it risks becoming yet another mediocre corporation.

The leaders in Washington have got to come together in a bipartisan way and do the right thing for the people who are being left behind. We cannot have an America that is only based on the wealthy.