Quotes About Management

I think it is rewarding to manage, but it is not what I am passionate about. Managing more than 200 people, maybe 150 people, isn't fun to me and is not my skill set.

But I still think it's part of the skill of being a coach or manager - to know who responds to what. And some players do respond to a rollicking. If it needs to be done, you have to do it. As a player, that wasn't necessarily me.

Today, a skilled manager makes more than the owner. And owners fight each other to get the skilled managers.

Like many men, I am highly skilled in the art of losing things but prefer to outsource the recovery process.

The art of delegation is one of the key skills any entrepreneur must master.

I think part of being a good leader is listening skills, and I think a big part of leadership is the ability to delegate.

A woman with organizing skills can run a construction company without ever picking up a hammer and nail.

Today, we should look for people with great organizational skills to run a government - not just leaders, who are good with people.

The Leader will be a person with the management skills to coordinate the activities of the Team, and to assure that the Team remains faithful to the objectives of the incoming President.

The rate of growth of the management skills of any country is inversely proportional to the number of MBAs. Germany produces no MBAs, but America used to produce MBAs by the millions, and you saw the German economy, until at least the '90s, was certainly more efficient than the American economy.

Managing a country is like managing a company in many ways. It maybe involves more complicated issues, but it's the same skills.

I would expect the family would continue to play a critical role in leading Fidelity. However, the company does not necessarily have to be run day-to-day by a family member. It will be run by the person who is determined to have the right skills and chemistry.

In things a moderation keep; Kings ought to shear, not skin, their sheep.

I've never met a budget that I couldn't coax a few extra dollars from - and I'll bet that you can do the same. For instance, you're probably buying more minutes and more cable channels than you use. Oh, and how many black skinny jeans do I count in your closet? You have enough money, just the wrong priorities.

I have been a business guy all my life, and I know that when you have a real problem, you can't cut your way out of the problem. Too often we try to skinny everything down and not fund it properly.

Mourinho is known for getting under players' skins, tickling and goading better performances out of them.

As for another profession ... I suppose I'd manage a global-macro hedge fund. I love that kind of stuff. Weird, I know, but I find it fascinating.

I'm a total control freak and love to participate in the design of every single aspect of life.

I love film and I love the film business. And I don't think there's any better way, with my personality, than being a producer which is a little bit of a control freak.

I'm the ultimate organizer! My major at Stanford was "Organizational Behavior" so I love to multi-task and stay extra busy.

One, I love the creativity. I love the ability to create a capital structure that is appropriate for a company, no matter what field it happens to be in.

I may even show up behind the camera. I love to put things together; I love to give direction. I have a great eye for pace.

I really love the experience of moving things around, in terms of being a director.

Politicians love change, but of details only.