Quotes About Management

Critics of McKinsey (and management consulting in general) say that the Firm bases its solutions on the most current management fad—the favorite tool in its intellectual toolbox.

communities of practice are a practical way to frame the task of managing knowledge. They provide a concrete organizational infrastructure for realizing the dream of a learning organization.

You see what comes of not being able to wait without purpose in the state of highest tension. You cannot even learn to do this without continually asking yourself: Shall I be able to manage it? Wait patiently, and see what comes – and how it comes!

Finance as taught in universities is generally divided into three areas: (1) financial management, (2) capital markets, and (3) investments.

I'm in charge of all this—I run this universe!

The skill set of a CEO (ability to see the big picture, to deal with a wide range of problems, to plan for contingencies, etc.)

The pastoral vocation in America is embarrassingly banal. It is banal because it is pursued under the canons of job efficiency and career management. It is banal because it is reduced to the dimensions of a job description. It is banal because it is an idol – a call from God exchanged for an offer by the devil for work that can be measured and manipulated at the convenience of the worker. Holiness is not banal. Holiness is blazing…

Even in normal times, a senior cabinet minister faces a workload that is relentless and crushing.

I have a schedule that is absolutely relentless.

When I became director of CIA, it was just clear to me intuitively, without a whole lot of science behind it, that we had expanded rapidly and inefficiently. So I arbitrarily picked a number, 10 percent, and I said over the next 12 months, we are going to reduce our reliance on contractors by 10 percent.

So laying people off is not something I do lightly, it's not something I relish.

I've been reluctant in doing press stuff - even my Instagram isn't properly managed; I manage it myself. It's kind of by design. I knew that would be what people see first.

When you're a general manager, you don't get to see every single player, so you have to rely on your scouts.

When you are a talented footballer you rely on your abilities to win games. You use your skills without thinking. But in management that doesn't work.

And it was at that point that I realized, in fact, our whole administration realized, that we could not rely on Metropolitan Edison for the kind of information we needed to make decisions.

The decisions you make affect a lot of people. You have investors, employees, and customers who all rely on you. Being a leader is a 24-hour-a-day job.

Missionaries learn to manage situations and to rely on the Lord.

We've become so successful that it's become a machine: There's a lot of people relying on you. You've got 100 people out on the road and working for you. You want to stay at the top.

So long as the global economy continues to recover, that remains Obama's No. 1 claim to successful leadership. Nothing else even comes close.

Remember this: debt is a form of bondage. It is a financial termite.

Once you've built the big machinery of political power, remember you won't always be the one to run it.

Remember, either you control your money or it will control you.

If you have to remind people you're the boss, I don't think you're going to be a very effective leader.

I like a good cliche because it reminds you that much of management practice boils down to things you need to do but often forget or fail to do often enough.