Quotes About Management

A sense of humor is part of the art of leadership, of getting along with people, of getting things done.

You manage things, you lead people. We went overboard on management and forgot about leadership. It might help if we ran the MBAs out of Washington.

The boss depends on authority; the leader on goodwill.

The major challenge of most executives is not understanding the practice of leadership - it is practicing their understanding of leadership.

Leadership appears to be the art of getting others to want to do something you are convinced should be done

Leadership is the art of accomplishing more than the science of management says is possible.

A good manager is best when people barely know that he exists. Not so good when people obey and acclaim him. Worse when they despise him.

It is the responsibility of leadership and management to give opportunities and put demands on people which enable them to grow as human beings in their work environment.

If becoming a high performing organization is the destination, leadership is the engine.

Most US corporations today are over-managed and under-led. They need to develop their capacity to exercise leadership.

Leaders are people who do the right thing; managers are people who do things right.

Unless structure follows strategy, inefficiency results.

Weak leadership can wreck the soundest strategy

Inventories can be managed, but people must be led.

Leaders do not avoid, repress, or deny conflict, but rather see it as an opportunity

Leadership is defined by results not attributes.

The manager asks how and when; the leader asks what and why.

The best leaders don't know just one style of leadership—they're skilled at several, and have the flexibility to switch between styles as the circumstances dictate.

Directing attention toward where it needs to go is a primal task of leadership.

One man and a dozen fools would govern better than one man alone.

Weak leadership can wreck the soundest strategy; forceful execution of even a poor plan can often bring victory.

Your first and foremost job as a leader is to take charge of your own energy and then help to orchestrate the energy of those around you.

Good leaders must know how to reward those who succeed and know when to retrain, move, or fire ineffective staff.

Ronald Reagan?wasn't without leadership ability, but he lacked most of the management skills that a President needs. But let me give him his due: he would have made a hell of a king.