Quotes About Management

Once managers figure out what they mean and why it matters, the issue in question starts to look a lot more measurable.

the traditional form of Hoshin Kanri, there is a grouping of four perspectives. It is no surprise that the balanced scorecard perspectives are mirror images (see Exhibit 1.8). As with the balanced scorecard, Hoshin Kanri can be improved with the introduction of employee satisfaction and environment and community. EXHIBIT 1.8 Similarities between Hoshin Kanri and Balanced Scorecard Perspectives

Husbandry is the careful management of resources - It is stewardship. And when someone undertakes to husband a woman, he must understand that it cannot be done unless he acts with authority.

Only those who are in-charge are tackled and criticized by others so criticism is something desirable and should not be resented.

Leaders should be continually monitoring performance, adjusting strategy and implementing tactics to ensure the success of their direct reports and the overall organization.

Watches are so named as a reminder — if you don't watch carefully what you do with your time, it will slip away from you.

The captain was not the tip of a pyramid, as most people thought; in fact it was just the reverse: he was the spindle on which everything else balanced.

politics are the curse of the Navy!

Customers first, employees second, and shareholders third.

Organizations cannot make a genius out of an incompetent. On the other hand, disorganization can scarcely fail to result in efficiency.

Disorganization can scarcely fail to result in efficiency.

Leadership: the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it.

The older I get the more wisdom I find in the ancient rule of taking first things first. A process which often reduces the most complex human problem to a manageable proportion.

Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it.

You do not lead by hitting people over the head -- that's assault, not leadership.

Never send a battalion to take a hill if a regiment is available.

Leadership consists of nothing but taking responsibility for everything that goes wrong and giving your subordinates credit for everything that goes well.

Life is filled with problems to be solved and tensions to be managed. Sometimes it helps to know which is which.

Trying to manage diabetes is hard because if you don't, there are consequences you'll have to deal with later in life.

I don't like credit cards. They make overspending very easy. They can make life a lot more complex and stressful.

Money and time are the heaviest burdens of life, and... the unhappiest of all mortals are those who have more of either than they know how to use.

It isn't the people you fire who make your life miserable, it's the people you don't.

The general systems of money management [today] require people to pretend to do something they can't do and like something they don't. It's a terrible way to spend your life, but it's very well paid.

I can live a totally normal life and do everything I want to do just as long as I take my medication. My body will give me signals if it gets weak or fatigued, so I know when I need to take a break.