Quotes About Management

Leading means running fast enough to keep ahead of your people

It was good to have subordinates who didn't need their t's crossed and the i's dotted . p.173

They like the making of mischief, mayhem, anarchy. They have traditionally lacked management skills.

Getting angry can sometimes be like leaping into a wonderfully responsive sports car, gunning the motor, taking off at high speed and then discovering the brakes are out of order.

There are only two kinds of coaches - those who have been fired, and those who will be fired.

I don't think I have ever been out of control.

As I've said, in 2007, we're free to go and we'll just have to do what's best for the business.

It's a piece of property that, if you're going to have a development out here, you need to have a golf course because you need to take care of the effluent water being created by the development.

You can manage 50 people through the strength of your personality and lack of sleep. You can touch them all in a week and make sure they're all pointed in the right direction.

You can't build a strong corporation with a lot of committees and a board that has to be consulted every turn. You have to be able to make decisions on your own.

I run my operation like a family business. I sign every check, every receipt, I'm not tough, but I'm strong.

Fundamentally, what everyone needs is mental strength and confidence, to manage the mind, just as we manage the outside world.

An effective executive builds on strengths - their own strengths, the strengths of superiors, colleagues, subordinates, and on the strength of the situation.

Personal and organizational effectiveness is proportionate to the strength of leadership.

We have to create that strength, and sometimes we have to reduce bureaucracy. It just gets in our way.

When you expand a business as fast as McDonald's did, part of the strength you have is the process and the efficiency.

There are six components of wellness: proper weight and diet, proper exercise, breaking the smoking habit, control of alcohol, stress management and periodic exams.

Most of the stress people experience comes from inappropriately managed commitments they make or accept.

Stress is like fire: When controlled and used for a purpose, it serves us well. Left unbridled, it can consume us.

How do I cope with stress? I clean and organize.

Stress exacerbates any problem, whether it's diabetes, heart trouble, MS, or whatever.

It's hard in daily life. It's even harder in management because it's the stress of the moment.

Directors and writers have a lot of stress as well, because they have people they answer to.

People handle stress in different ways.