Quotes About Management

One of his more famous sound bites was, 'If you want something done, hire someone competent and then give them what they ask for.

Archway is where the post-war dream of the urban motorway died in the teeth of local opposition and the inability of the designers to answer basic traffic management questions.

Operation Claret proceeded with the sort of smoothness that suggested no one in authority was paying adequate attention.

While Robertson and the case officers of B1A would be responsible for the day-to-day running of the double agents, the Twenty Committee would manage overall strategy and cook up a diet of harmless truths, half-truths, and uncheckable untruths to feed to the enemy.

As Hank moved from one issue to another, pressing for solutions or more analysis, I could see why he had been an effective CEO.

did a poor job of measuring and managing the risks they were taking on.

pushing banks to limit their risks in this area. Though

the crisis management team kept in touch through conference calls and by email.

Nevertheless, despite his presence, here too regulation and supervision fell short.

I found myself becoming increasingly interested in the policy frameworks that central banks use, and in how those frameworks might be improved.

But developing a cost-effective program, without being unfair to borrowers who had faithfully paid their mortgages, would take considerable time.

but sometimes it seemed that she put the fund ahead of the interests of the broader financial system.)

Managing Wachovia consumed the weekend,

He attracted smart and dedicated people, and he emphasized a team approach

would ask me what state I was the governor of.

I exaggerate only slightly when I tell audiences that, if they are impressed with Congress's management of the federal budget, they should support audit-the-Fed legislation to give Congress the responsibility for making monetary policy as well.

Lewis persuaded his board to go through with the merger,

which would be responsible for managing the loans and would be on the hook for any losses.

Not every new chair would be comfortable with such a strong number two. The

that letting Lehman go was a choice rather than an unavoidable outcome.

Obama also urged streamlining overlapping regulatory agencies (without getting into specifics),

Tim was operating with a very lean staff.

target. As the world has learned, too little inflation is just as bad as too much inflation.

It turned out, however, to have been the right appointment.