Quotes About Management

Ideal online reputation isn't something that can be earned by accident.

The best CEOs I know are teachers, and at the core of what they teach is strategy.

I believe one of the best things about managing people is that we can influence lives in a positive way. That's basically what a manager is about. When I can do that, I am very happy.

Perhaps my number one rule is: Don't try to make a profit on a bad trade, just try to find the best place to get out.

We need a sense of the value of time - that is, of the best way to divide one's time into one's various activities.

The best way to get a project done faster is to start sooner

The best way to control cow and sheep is to give them a big grazing field.

Being in charge sometimes means making people mad. Some days you have to overrule even the best advice, because you think it is not right.

A leader knows what's best to do; a manager knows merely how best to do it.

Hire the best people, and trust what you hired them to do.

You can have the best team in baseball, and if nobody goes through the turnstiles, you've got to shut the doors down.

Some call it bootlegging. Some call it racketeering. I call it a business.

What gets measured gets managed.

If you can't describe what you are doing as a process, you don't know what you're doing.

Costs do not exist to be calculated. Costs exist to be reduced.

We don't have business problems we have people problems. When we take care of our people problems, most of our business problems are automatically resolved

If ethics are poor at the top, that behavior is copied down through the organization.

Quality has to be caused, not controlled.

Accounting is the language of business.

A bigger business is like a cruise ship: There are lots of amenities and you can go a lot further, but it's harder to turn quickly.

Artists are often excellent businessmen. They have to be. Otherwise they do not remain artists.

Managing your problems can only make you good, whereas building your opportunities is the only way to become great.

We've got a low turnover management group and executive group who've grown up in the business.

The moment you feel the need to tightly manage someone, you've made a hiring mistake. The best people don't need to be managed. Guided, taught, led-yes. But not tightly managed.