Quotes About Management

Leaders have to deal simultaneously with people issues and business issues, and they need to be able to do both effectively. That's an art. As you work to develop people, maintain a relational approach, valuing them and adding value to them. At the same time, do what you must to achieve a good bottom line.

A Jeff Danziger cartoon shows a company president announcing to his staff, "Gentlemen, this year the trick is honesty." From one side of the conference table, a vice president gasps, "Brilliant." Across the table, another VP mutters, "But so risky.

60 percent of all management problems are the result of faulty communications.

Years ago, I used to tell new leaders I hired that every person in our organization walked around with two buckets. One bucket contained water, and the other gasoline. As leaders, they would continually come across small fires, and they could pour water or gasoline on a fire. It was their choice.

Yo debo gobernar el reloj, no ser gobernada por él". —Golda Meir

John Callen: "La habilidad más buscada, desde director general hasta el menor puesto, es la habilidad de comunicarse con la gente. La persona que pueda hacerlo en los negocios siempre será solicitada".

Management is the process of assuring that the program and objectives of the organization are implemented. Leadership, on the other hand, has to do with casting vision and motivating people.

En muchas organizaciones, al ir escalando posiciones, se dará cuenta que la cantidad de responsabilidad que conlleva aumenta más rápido que la cantidad de autoridad que usted recibe.

If you don't have influence, you will never be able to lead others.

people don't function like machines. They have feelings. They think. They have problems, hopes, and dreams. Though people can be managed, they would much rather be led. And when they are led, they perform at a much higher level.

Being put in charge is not the same as being a leader.

El liderazgo es influencia, nada más y nada menos.

Los verdaderos líderes conocen la diferencia entre posición e influencia. Esa es la diferencia entre ser un jefe y ser un líder

La Ley de la Influencia La verdadera medida del liderazgo es la influencia, nada más y nada menos

REMEMBER THAT THE BEST LEADER SHOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR HIRING OTHER LEADERS.

Leadership is influence.

Algunas veces, hasta el mejor administrador se asemeja al muchacho que pasea un perro grande y espera a ver dónde quiere ir para llevarlo allá».

successful people make right decisions early and manage those decisions daily.

Because owners are the source of a company's authority, it follows that the need for a governing board arises only when the owners are too numerous to direct and control the company themselves. Therefore, the notion of board authority as a distinct kind of authority occurs only when there is a gap between the ownership of assets and the management of those assets.

The board's position is, therefore, to act as the link between owners and management, directing and controlling the company on the owners' behalf. Put another way, the reason owners grant such authority is to enable the board to act as the ownership in microcosm.

Mrs. Richards: Girl, there's no paper in my room. Why don't you check these things? That's what you're being paid for, isn't it? Polly: We don't put it in the rooms. Mrs. Richards: What? Polly: Well, we keep it in the lounge. Mrs. Richards: [aghast] In the lounge? Polly: I'll get you some. Do you want plain ones or ones with our address on it? Mrs. Richards: Address on it? Polly: How many sheets? Well, how many are you going to use? Mrs. Richards: Manager!

Men that have much business must have much pardon

When the boss is a way, work becomes a holiday.

We rule the design of the house. We own the kitchen.