Eric Shinseki Quotes

A collection of quotes by Eric Shinseki.

Eric Shinseki is a retired United States Army general who served as the 34th Chief of Staff of the Army from 1999 to 2003. Born on November 28, 1942, in Lihue, Hawaii, Shinseki had a distinguished military career and became the first Asian American to hold the position of Army Chief of Staff. He played a significant role in transforming the Army into a more adaptable and technologically advanced force. After retiring from the military, Shinseki served as the United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs from 2009 to 2014.

You must love those you lead before you can be an effective

You must love those you lead before you can be an effective leader. You can certainly command without that sense of commitment, but you cannot lead without it.

Eric Shinseki

Love

I have spent a lifetime watching kids make mistakes because

I have spent a lifetime watching kids make mistakes because they were not trained or well led or properly motivated to do well. I never faulted the kids rather, I saw opportunity to train, to motivate, to improve leadership - not to punish the individual.

Eric Shinseki

Leadership