Quotes About Management

[Good managers] know that people have 'good' sides and 'bad' sides and that the secret of good management is in magnifying the former and toning down the latter.

A good banker isn't careless with pennies; a good leader isn't sloppy about details.

The triumph of anything is a matter of organization.

Even if the chef has a good business head, his focus should be behind kitchen doors. A business partner should take care of everything in front of the kitchen doors.

Any good business person applies financial discipline to everything they do.

There never is a good time for tough decisions. There will always be an election or something else. You have to pick courage and do it. Governance is about taking tough, even unpopular, decisions.

A people can prosper under a very bad government and suffer under a very good one, if in the first case the local administration is effective and in the second it is inefficient.

We're (also) looking for a good people person who is able to motivate others and get strong performances out of people.

Good managements produce a good average market price, and bad managements produce bad market prices.

good people managers are likely to listen more than they speak. Perhaps that's why we were given two ears and only one mouth.

Acquiring and keeping good people is a leader's most important task.

I like to think that I've been a good manager. That fact has been very instrumental in making Linux a successful product.

There are no secrets on an successful software project. Both good and bad news must be able to move up and down the ptoject hierarchy without restriction.

Organizations are successful because of good implementation,not good business plans.

Carl Icahn told me to stay away from airlines. In good times, the unions take away the profits, and in bad times, the cost of oil kills you.

Somehow I have managed to delay looking old. In reality I have good genes.

In managers, I look for people who can get things done through other people. The most important thing for a good manager is that the people on his team feel like he or she has integrity.

The National Debt is a very Good Thing and it would be dangerous to pay it off for fear of Political Economy.

Like a good parent can't also be his child's best friend, a leader with authority requires some separation from subordinates.

My experience is the White House is not a very good place to coordinate intelligence, much less to integrate it.

It is not good to have a rule of many.

I.B.M. was my college education, effectively. They were very good at teaching you management.

Texas has done a very good job of securing their borders with the help of the federal government. California has done a good job.

I've never formally trained for pain management, but I have a good understanding of how to conquer it. I just analyze the pain, feel it in the moment, and then mentally become numb to it.