Quotes About Management

A good boss asks what part she could have played in the problem. And then she asks herself what she can do better next time.

Never do yourself, what you can con professionals into doing for you.

At some stage of development an officer had to stop following orders and start generating them.

inside every senior tech officer was a junior tech officer who'd been on a short leash for a long time.

his time being divided into days with too many things to do, and days with far too many things to do

Los capitanes vienen y van, pero las administraciones viven eternamente

I planned my life by the hour as closely as one plans a year, and no further than an hour.

Miles stood with his legs slightly apart, threw back his head, and stared up with equal force. The man seemed totally oblivious to Miles's collar tabs. Exasperated, Miles snapped, "Are all the keepers on vacation, or is anybody actually running this bloody zoo?

Someday, Miles, his boss ImpSec Chief Simon Illyan had once said to him, I hope you live to have a dozen subordinates just like you. Miles hadn't realized till now that had been a formal curse on Illyan's part.

reasoning now. I plan to get them to sit down

The Warden owns the shade.-Chapter 1.5

Professional Organization Of Playground Supervisors

A little kingdom I possess, where thoughts and feelings dwell; And very hard the task I find of governing it well.

Ah, Jo, mothers may differ in their management, but the hope is the same in all – the desire to see their children happy." 'She began to see that character is a better possession than money, rank, intellect, or beauty…

Have regular hours for work and play, make each day both useful and pleasant, and prove that you understand the worth of time by employing it well.

It's very singular how hard it is to manage your mind,' said Demi, clasping his hands round his knees, and looking up at the sky as if for information upon his favorite topic.

Mothers have need of sharp eyes and discreet tongues when they have girls to manage.

Por Dios no lo gasto, el dinero se va solo sin que haga nada, desaparece sin que yo sepa como.

Already a mature businessman, he relied on Andrews only as a technician and assumed control of all other aspects of the business.

Rockefeller believed that nonprofit institutions should be even more circumspect with money than business organizations:

Not surprisingly, he had trouble delegating authority and low regard for the intelligence of other people.

Had there been management consultants in those days, they couldn't have devised a better or wiser compromise.

Whereas most other tycoons hired subordinates to oversee personal expenditures, Rockefeller supervised every detail

Washington had a more relaxed style with girls and used to say ruefully that he could govern men but not boys.