Quotes About Management

I can tell people a story that they believe in and get behind. So I'm good at the leadership part. But I've always said that I'm a terrible manager. I'm not good at giving feedback.

But once we got them on its feet then they run themselves, unless there's corrections you have to make.

I'll just tell you, I'm not a big FEMA fan.

Not exactly hit them, but I've restrained a few people.

I feel there are very few people who can control their anger.

If the planters carry politics into the fields they will find it bad business.

Fighters no longer manage themselves: they have a whole team behind them. A fighter has a manager, an agent, a Hollywood agent - they got this and that. And on top of that, they've got their whole team of coaches.

Every day is a major balancing act that I have to figure out and coordinate.

I think I'm most proud of the fact that I have figured out how to exist as both a creative person and artist, and a businesswoman and manager. Because those two things do not go together.

A lot of the time, excess on a film set is just damaging.

We shot 'Lucas' in 42 days; that's a lot of filming.

If your financiers care about the movie, they will be involved in a very constructive fashion, but it can get out of hand very quickly, and that is something to be aware of in any type of filmmaking.

Cruise director is - I always laugh and say, 'He's the ship's liver,' because almost everything you can think of filters through you at some point.

I really love being finance director.

I'm very bad when it comes to finances.

Can there not be a limit to the fact that really you need to cut your cloth in accordance with what capabilities and finances you have?

One of the most important aspects of an athlete's financial life is that he needs to be personally responsible for his own finances.

It's not about just how to maximize your finances but make sure it lasts a long time.

You shouldn't be trying to create a system where no bank fails, but you should be creating one that catches a bank and allows it to fail without impacting the financial markets.

Financially, I've lost money and made money, but I know my way around financially.

I was fortunate enough to set myself up financially and do business things.

I think I feel that way - that filmmaking is a responsibility, not only creatively but also financially in that it's a business. You can't forget that.

No matter what business you're in, business is business, and financing and money are critical. I would have made a lot fewer mistakes if I had more schooling in that area.

I find if you are in an office, the crisis finds you. If you're not in the office, the crisis finds somebody else.