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Management Quotes

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The structural characteristics of learning organizations are permeability, flexibility, and network intimacy.

– Nick McGill and John Slocum

The old style manager puts the megaphone to his or her mouth, the new style manager puts the megaphone to his or her ear.

The main challenge for information-age corporations is the re-training of manager, not the re-training of workers.

– John Naisbitt

The key to being a good manager is keeping the people who hate me away from those who are still undecided.

– Casey Stengel

The first 90% of a project takes 90% of the time. The last 10% of a project takes 90% of the time.

The Bitterness of Poor QUALITY Lingers Long After the Sweetness of Meeting SCHEDULES is Forgotten.

The best executive is the one who has the sense enough to pick good men to do what he wants done, and self-restraint enough to keep from meddling with them while they do it.

– Theodore Roosevelt

The assets of most businesses walk out of the door at the end of each day. The challenge to management is to create an environment which will motivate them to want to return the next day.

The actions of a responsible executive are contagious.

– Joe D. Batton

Strategy in a learning organization is predicated upon a recognition and acceptance that learning is the only source of competitive advantage.

– Nick McGill and John Slocum

Some managers approach employee dissatisfaction with the attitude: “Firings will continue until morale improves.”

So much of what we call management consists in making it difficult for people to work.

– Peter F. Drucker

Since managers are no longer the guardians of the knowledge base, we do not need the command-control type executive.

– Shoshana Zuboff

Re-engineering is in trouble. The revolution we have started has gone, at best, only halfway – you can’t forget that you’ve got people there as well.

– James Champy

People perform better for managers who are not interested in production alone, but who express interest in their employee’s welfare, keep in touch with them, and are approachable.

People only respond negatively to controls when they are inappropriate for the situation.

– William Byham

Organizations that remain vital show their new employees that they are needed. At the same time, they never forget the value of their long-service employees. And they always give both a second chance.

Once an organization loses its spirit of pioneering and rests on its early work, its progress stops.

– Thomas J. Watson

Noah, when he heard the weather forecast, said “Build an ark!” That’s Leadership. When he got on the ark, he said “Don’t let the elephants see what the rabbits are doing!” That’s Management!

Managers should ask themselves the question: “How many people do I report to?” If the answer is not equal to the total number of people in their department, they don’t understand the new environment.

Managers are people who do things right; leaders are people who do the right thing.

– Warren Bennis

Management’s task is not to control or be a corporate cheerleader or crisis handler; it is to encourage experimentation, create a climate for open communication, promote constructive dialogue and give employees license to expose failures and promote dissent.

– Nick McGill and John Slocum

Management’s goal should be to do everything in their power to help others be as successful as possible. Management succeeds only when the rest of the organization succeeds.

Management is like writing in the snow. You’ve got to keep repeating the message over and over.

Lead with your heart (leadership.) Guide with your head (management.)

– Jim Cathcart

Keep one eye fixed on the details; the other, on the horizon.

It’s easier to change PEOPLE than to CHANGE people.

Instead of asking, What is the information that matters and how do we most efficiently manage it?, companies must start asking, What are the relationships that matter, and how can the technology most effectively support them?

– Michael Schrage

If you want to manage somebody, manage yourself. Do that well and you’ll be ready to stop managing.

If you don’t know what to do with many of the papers piled on your desk, stick a dozen colleagues’ initials on them and pass them along. When in doubt, route.

– Malcolm Forbes

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