Quotes About Management

We cannot, of course, eliminate all accidents - no industry can do that.

We cannot have Derby County going the same way as Macclesfield and Bury. That would be a stain on English football. It simply cannot be allowed to happen.

For value investors, General Motors is a tempting target. The company's share of the North American auto market has steadily declined for two decades, and analysts say the company suffers from weak management and unexciting cars.

We are strong country with weak leadership.

With weak balance sheets, banks tend to continue lending unprofitable businesses and leave them existing.

A weak point of mine was maybe little resolve in governing and making decisions.

Trouble results when the speed of growth exceeds the speed of nurturing human resources. To use the analogy of growth rings in a tree, when unusually rapid growth caused the rings to grow abnormally thick, the tree trunk weakens and is easily broken.

You can't use your hot pitcher three nights in a row. You've got to let your stars freshen up and back off them.

Working in MTV's development team, my days would consist of pitches and deciding which concepts we wanted to buy. We would then develop those into a pilot. Very few ended up making it to a full series, but if they did, I would manage the project alongside the show's creators.

It is imperative that we make consumers more aware of the long-term effects of their financial decisions, particularly in managing their credit card debt, so that they can avoid financial pitfalls that may lead to bankruptcy.

In overseeing both Disney and Pixar Animation, each studio has a unique culture.

What I've learned running Pixar applies to all businesses.

A lot of people think that they are leaders just because they have been placed in charge of something - and you're not.

I realize that every time we discuss a job placement and look at a list of both male and female candidates, there's a question that comes up pretty much all the time for the woman: 'Will she know how to assert herself?' It's not meant to be malicious. It's more, 'Will she manage to take leadership of the team you want to entrust to her?'

Let all your things have their places; let each part of your business have its time.

When you have a chance to get Phil Jackson to run your team, you just do it, plain and simple.

The biggest was me running Lionhead at its peak. That was about 305 people. I'd say that was, for me as a creative, one of the most hellish times of my life. Normally running a team is like herding cats. This was like herding the entire African plains.

Roy Hodgson is a very good manager with a clear plan.

I still get the kids to the doctor and dentist and plan their play dates and buy their clothes.

To organize an Olympic Games is probably the most complex thing on the planet because it has so many moving parts.

My day planner is a constant companion as my organizer. And shows me that I am, in fact, getting things done.

I'm not a public official. I'm a businessman, I'm a builder, I'm a planner.

Historically, central planners have generally done a poor job of managing economic resources - this we've known since the time of the Pharaohs.

Failing to plan is planning to fail.