Quotes About Management

My mother is my manager and so knows exactly what I do and so on.

Motherhood has relaxed me in many ways. You learn to deal with crisis. I've become a juggler, I suppose. It's all a big circus, and nobody who knows me believes I can manage, but sometimes I do.

My mother is an office manager, my father a professor of economics and financial planner.

My mother works in a bank, and my dad is the head of my management team and also works in finance.

The extent to which YOU take responsibility over something is the extent to which YOU take control over it.

Do first things first, and second things not at all.

Most leaders would agree that they'd be better off having an average strategy with superb execution than a superb strategy with poor execution. Those who execute always have the upper hand.

One of the few things that can't be recycled is wasted time.

We herd sheep, we drive cattle, we lead people. Lead me, follow me, or get out of my way.

The most effective way to manage change is to create it.

When you have too many top priorities, you effectively have no top priorities.

Surround yourself with great people; delegate authority; get out of the way

Don't waste your time trying to turn ducks into eagles. Hire people who already have the motivation and drive to be eagles and then just let them soar.

Give as few orders as possible," his father had told him once long ago. "Once you've given orders on a subject, you must always give orders on that subject.

If you own a butcher shop, don't hire vegetarians. To hire the right people, you have to let the wrong people go.

The ability to concentrate and to use your time well is everything if you want to succeed in business--or almost anywhere else for that matter.

Everything begins with a decision. Then, we have to manage that decision for the rest of your life.

Measurement is like laundry. It piles up the longer you wait to do it.

Always remember, Son, the best boss is the one who bosses the least. Whether it's cattle, or horses, or men; the least government is the best government.

We all have 1,440 minutes each day to accomplish everything on our schedule. We are accountable for prioritizing the decisions we make with our time.

If you do it right 51 percent of the time you will end up a hero.

Every one minute you spend in planning will save you at least three minutes in execution.

Industry suffers from the managerial dogma that for the sake of stability and continuity, the company should be independent of the competence of individual employees.

The Pertinent Question is NOT how to do things right - but how to find the right things to do, and to concentrate resources and efforts on them.