Quotes About Management

I basically like a bit more control. Even in my personal life, I need things to be done on time. If it's not done, I get impatient.

I have always managed my professional and personal life to the best of my abilities.

Not head coach - Assistant would be very attractive, but I don't think I have the discipline to deal with all the egos and personalities a head coach has to deal with.

For this group, because we have so many big personalities, I think the manager also has to have a big personality but in a way that sort of knows how to deal with everything.

People have said, 'Why don't you make your own company like Chan-wook Park has his own company,' but my head is full of writing and directing and I don't feel like I want to run a company. That's not really within my personality as well.

One of the commitments that I personally have now is to a diverse approach to buying businesses, and the operation of those businesses.

We held the team together for as long as possible and then sent all except the most critical personnel home.

What we're going to do is try to get TSA out of the human resources and personnel business and into the security business to connect the dots.

You need the management personnel who can help you out with various things. The captain can't be asked to get into every decision.

Ultimately, you try to fit your personnel and what you can do as well into what you run.

And I'd say one of the great lessons I've learned over the past couple of decades, from a management perspective, is that really when you come down to it, it really is all about people and all about leadership.

Product investment, quality management, and all the things that are key for a car company - great, there has been no compromise in those aspects. But I feel there's a lot we could do on communication, particularly from a Chinese perspective.

From our perspective, the most important thing is what you do with the players, how you handle them, your ability to communicate with them.

Howard Shore, who's an amazing film composer, told me once that it's 10 percent inspiration, 90 percent perspiration. So I think even within the creative process, like being a producer, you're really managing people and getting the best out of them.

Companies lose some of their best employees when people are beaten down; then they overpromote junior people because they can't persuade outsiders to sign on.

This is always one of my big pet peeves is that 65% of NBA players, three years out of the NBA, are broke. I mean, so, maybe maturing a little more on the front end and getting an education might serve you well down the road.

There's something exhilarating about being in the mountains and talking about management and the future with Peter Drucker.

I don't want to be one of those bosses... taking credit for phenomena that are out of my control.

The philosophy to 'buy and hold' is a philosophy that I use to manage funds.

I saw that e-mail was insidiously invading Phones 4u, so I banned it immediately.

I'm the test kitchen manager, which means I'm in charge of sourcing all of our ingredients and kitchen equipment. I also manage the budget, help out on photo shoots, and generally coordinate all the moving parts to keep our kitchen functional.

I'm not a businesswoman... I never looked after my negatives and you need that to prove you took the photographs.

Brain extenders are anything that get information out of our heads and into the physical world: calendars, key hooks by the front door, note pads, 'to do' lists.

Catering is extremely demanding financially and physically. It's a business.