Quotes About Management

Managing the Money Pit," I turn to the practical managerial implications of the commoditization of IT. Stressing the importance of controlling cost and risk, I offer four guidelines for IT investment and management: spend less; follow, don't lead; innovate when risks are low; and focus more on vulnerabilities than opportunities.

He squinted thoughtfully, then grinned. "Actually, I thought having him around was pretty cool. People, not the wolf, were the real management issue, and for the most part, they acted in a respectful and responsible manner.

Financial services is the most overmanaged and underled industry. This is inexpressibly bad news for the advisors out on the firing line, who hate to be managed and who crave to be led. They need leadership as desperately as they do air and water. And what do they get? Another compliance dictum... from 'management.

Baseball manager Casey Stengel once quipped, "The secret of managing is to keep the guys who hate you away from the guys who are undecided.

Money shouldn't frighten people. It's a tool. A very versatile one.

On n'est point un homme d'esprit pour avoir beaucoup d'idées, comme on n'est pas un bon général pour avoir beaucoup de soldats.

The key to scheduling your time is to focus on objectives, not on activities.

You can get the clothes into the washing machine. You can get them out. You can arrange them over the radiators to dry. You can collect the dried clothes and put them in a heap ready for sorting. But you cannot, cannot, get the clothes back into their cupboards and drawers. Until that pile at the end of the bed becomes a volcano of frustration and accusation and despair; ever growing, ever depleting you.

The more debris there is the more it will show the governor's activity.

the Purpose of a company should automatically come down to balancing the demands of stakeholders or constituencies. In real life, this is already the way companies are managed. Corporate directors have to balance demands in the short run—from customers, workers, shareholders, community and so on—or they will find themselves out of business or in jail. Companies

top management's purpose needs to be serving customers, not maximizing profit, if it is to achieve long-term competitive advantage.4

One of my favorite things to tell people when I'm coaching them, is every great executive I've ever known has almost unlimited free time. The most incredible thing someone can learn is how to build that time. If a meeting can be done in five minutes there is no reason to take 15 minutes. I have learned through experience how to prioritize tasks and analyze what needs to be addressed first.

He was a sorting machine, boxing the news by category and priority, forwarding tips to various departments.

Financial discipline demands that you have a budget. Control your money. Do not let money control you. Discipline yourself to make sure that the flow of your money is gong in the right direction at all times.

by God he has the right sow by the ear.

Dr. Shingo defines process as "a flow by which an object is transformed from raw material into finished product," as opposed to operations which is "the flow of tasks performed by human workers on products," the focus needs to be on improving processes and not operations

Lowering the river of inventory is the heart of lean manufacturing.  Keep this centered in your mind and practice it.  People have a tendency to complicate things.  It is only because they really don't fully understand and appreciate the simplicity and power of reducing inventory.

This is where you should start.  Develop a total system for continuous improvement not just going after the flavor of the month: six sigma, kaizen blitz, etc.  They are all good tools but you should plan what the entire 'ship' you will build looks like before you start using the tools to build it.

Government in the U.S. today is a senior partner in every business in the country.

services and public utilities

Secretaries of Astronautics don't have to know much about science. They have to know about politics.

My soul, sir? I haven't got one. The management doesn't allow them.

For just experience tells, in every soil, That those who think must govern those who toil

Leadership is the art of accomplishing more than the science of management says is possible.