Quotes About Management

Principal's no different from the rest—he orders and so he is.

We'd seen firsthand how the man handled a crisis. If Marcia decided suddenly to brandish a stapler in a half-threatening manner, he'd fumble with his Motorola and forget his name.

All over America, in fact, people were up and out of their beds today in a continuing effort to polish turds. Sure, for the sake of survival, but more immediately for the sake of some sadistic manager or shit-brained client whose small imagination and numbingly dumb ideas were bleaching the world of all relevancy and hope.

Long ago, I conquered my anger and placed it in my pocket. When I have need of it, I take it out.

I started on the use of the Internet for scientific communication. Our research group was one of the very first to make really systematic use of it as a way of managing research projects.

With power comes the abuse of power. And where there are bosses, there are crazy bosses. It's nothing new.

Anybody can manage order, a true master manages chaos.

Although filmmaking is collaborative and involves trust, ultimately it is the director who holds the whole picture together in their head.

when something happens to give you unease—well, you don't seem to know how to manage it. And you run. Or you decide it isn't worth it.

Men are much easier to manage once you understand a few basic facts about their nature." "Which are?" Kate prompted. Daphne leaned forward and whispered behind her cupped hand, "They're not as smart as we are, they're not as intuitive as we are, and they certainly don't need to know about fifty percent of what we do.

I've learned a thing or two about women over the years." "Really?" Kate asked, fascinated. He nodded and leaned in, as if imparting a grave state secret. "They're much easier to manage if one allows them to believe that they are smarter and more intuitive than men. And," he added with a superior glance at his wife, "our lives are much more peaceful if we pretend that we're only aware of about fifty percent of what they do.

His passions were never so out of control that he couldn"t manage a quick and decisive departure.

Lucy felt herself nod. She did rather like to plan things. There was such a pleasant feeling of being in charge that came along with it.

I come from a government in Indiana where we did get things done.

You need to be very critical of yourself. There are a few very good managers who can make players better individually. Most managers think about the team process - and so you have to improve things on your own.

As long as I am mayor of this city the great industries are secure.

Kerala is not a resource-rich State. This is a big challenge. Only if you have resources, you will have sound industries.

When I meet with people who are ineffective managers with failing businesses, I can't change what they do - I have to change the way they think.

The executive side of you always wants to find the best, most efficient way to do things. Of course, art is extraordinarily inefficient.

Government on its own is always inefficient.

Cost-plus is an inefficient way to do things.

I think it is inevitable that I'll be coaching or be a GM.

Co-founders shouldn't excel in the same areas - it's inefficient and will inevitably lead to conflicts down the road.

I've always found that in a team of 15 people, it's a little different than in a team of 40 or 50 people. If I name two or three people captains, inevitably you're disempowering more than you're empowering.