Quotes About Management

I'm difficult for management. That's why I have the reputation because nobody challenges management.

Nigeria, with the oil sector, had the reputation of being corrupt and not managing its own public finances well. So what did we try to do? We introduced a fiscal rule that de-linked our budget from the oil price.

Budgets can make or break reputations and governments.

You can't do it all. You get many requests all the time, but I still have to focus on football, still have to live my life a little bit. But there are definitely times during the week when you want to take time out.

Financial crises require governments.

The great thing about fiscal policy is that it has a direct impact and doesn't require you to bind the hands of future policymakers.

By necessity, budgets require hard choices.

I've become more and more aware of the promise and struggle to teach the global mind nowadays because I use every chance I get to ask faculty and administrators of management education programs why we don't offer at least one course - not even required, just an elective - on the world's religions.

The bronze powder business, however, no longer required my personal attention, and was well managed by those I had chosen as the guardians of a secret, which was long and honourably kept.

Most of the time nothing much is required of directors, which is a pity.

Not having to constantly remind everyone what's required is an important part of being successful.

To handle the economy and services in a country like Iraq requires delegation of authority and the choice of competent people.

And ours is a business that requires discipline and focus.

The formulation of sound national policy requires finding the right overarching concepts.

Each 'Bar Rescue' is shot in real time. So the complete rescue is 5 days from my arrival to my departure. I do not see or meet anyone in advance.

The list of plane reservations I keep on my phone - it's very, very, very long.

Musicians burn through more cash than the Federal Reserve.

If we can find a way to keep floodwater in reserve and to use it when it's needed, it will be a double boon.

When I was at Madrid, I knew even by the December of that season that I would be sacked, and if they hadn't dismissed me, I would have resigned.

When I was younger I was a nightmare. I let people down. I resigned from Sheffield United because things were promised to me that weren't forthcoming. I let people down when I was younger, certainly in management.

Resilience can only form if we face, and learn how to be better equipped to manage, our problems.

Decades of eco-terrorism have effectively shut down our national forests from responsible management.

My career started off under George Graham, a general. Even though we had big name players, he would walk into a dressing room and people would shut up. I worked with Gerard Houllier too.

Sometimes managers are a little shy to criticize another manager or another operation.