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Management Quotes

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I learned that, before you reach an objective, you must be ready with a new one, and you must start to communicate it to the organization. But it is not the goal itself that is important.

– Jan Carlzon

How does a project get to be a year late? … One day at a time.

– Frederick Brooks, Jr.

Half the harm that is done in this world is due to people who want to feel important.

Giving someone the freedom to take responsibility releases resources that would otherwise remain concealed.

– Jan Carlzon

For peace of mind, resign as general manager of the universe.

– Larry Eisenberg

For a manager to be perceived as a positive manager, they need a four to one positive to negative contact ratio.

– Ken Blanchard

Empowering means helping teams develop their skills and knowledge and supporting them to use their talents.

– Kenneth Blanchard

Empowerment is all about letting go so that others can get going.

– Kenneth Blanchard

Efficiency tends to deal with “Things”. Effectiveness tends to deal with “People”. We manage “Things” we lead “People”.

Don’t send your turkeys to eagle school.

Blind or “Old Time” Leadership is like the old “galley” ships. 100s are rowing, but only one (the captain) knows where they are going.

Bicycle Management: Bend your back to those above you while you trample on those below.

And start leading. Every manager/leader should be a CEO: Chief Empowerment Officer.

Amid a wash of paper, a small number of documents become the critical pivots around which every project’s management revolves. These are the manager’s chief personal tools.

– Frederick Brooks, Jr.

A river without banks is just a large puddle. Lesson: We need guidelines, principles and some structure to be most effective.

A manager is successful when s/he is no longer needed.

A good manager doesn’t try to eliminate conflict; he tries to keep if from wasting the energies of his people. If you’re the boss and your people fight you openly when they think that you are wrong – that’s healthy.

– Robert Townsend

A good manager doesn’t try to eliminate conflict; he tries to keep it from wasting the energies of his people. If you’re the boss and your people fight you openly when they think that you are wrong – that’s healthy.

– Robert Townsend

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