Quotes About Management

It is true that liberty is precious; so precious that it must be carefully rationed.

I spend a lot of time building teams at both businesses - both The Trump Organization and my own - and thinking about who to hire to supplement the team and allow us to best achieve our goals.

You don't change Donald Trump. You don't 'manage' him.

We're gonna run this state like Donald J. Trump is running America.

I understand the appeal of a businessman president. But Trump's business plan is a disaster in the making.

If I wanted a circus ringmaster, I'd hire Trump. If I wanted advice on brain surgery or hospital management, I'd turn to Carson. Fiorina would make an articulate television pundit. But for president?

People think we're only into big buildings, but iconic houses have always been the real interest. We own 11 of the world's top hotels and all the support services needed to keep them running. Trump properties have to be the best - clubs, hotels, houses.

When you're CEO, you have to have two conditions: first, shareholders need to trust you and want you to head your company. The second is that you need to feel the motivation to do the job. So, as long as both are reunited, you continue to do the job.

If you don't trust someone to look after your investments, then they shouldn't be doing the job for you.

For me, the most comforting thing is that the team management thinks I am comfortable in any position I am assigned. They trust me so much and if they give me responsibility of batting in a particular position I also respond positively to it.

Project management is not hard in the same way that theoretical physics is hard - there are tried and trusted methods that a lot of people without exceptional talents can use - yet we can't embed it in government.

I put those people in place. I trusted them. I had no idea they would do anything like this.

People want to make sure there is flexibility to reallocate assets. They are trusting us to make the asset allocation decisions.

Now the truth is, a president really can't control the economy, although his policies do have some effect on it.

The practical reality of managing cars in the family - I do 36-month leases. I think they're horrible investments. And you want to give them back after their warranty is over.

The challenge is to manage creative people so that the output is fruitful. The challenge is not to have an open environment and simply let them do whatever they want.

The trouble with energy farming is that the energy isn't always where you want to use it, and it isn't always when you want to use it.

In a perfect world we don't want to be overly dependent on any single asset or be so dependent on the cycle or where one asset is the bulk of this company.

Management is a seven-days-a-week job. The Intensity of it takes it toll on your health. Some people want to go on for ever, and I obviously don't.

Donald Trump says he wants to run America like he's running his business? God help us.

When you're managing a large number of people, you learn that incentives matter tremendously. You really want people to be rewarded for doing the right thing for the customers and the organization.

There are certain things I will automate, but when it comes to quality control, I want to keep a very close eye.

I often say to my assistants, "Never trust anybody," but what I mean is that you should never trust someone else to do a job exactly the way you would want it done.

No one person controls Microsoft. The board and the shareholders decide whether they want to have me as CEO.