Quotes About Management

Far too much corporate stupidity is disguised as cost-saving efficiencies.

A mindset that understands order, is a mindset that can understand leadership.

You can build a business, or you can run it, but there's only two ways it can be run, you can run it straight, or you can run it into the ground.

Leaders walk by faith, managers walk alone.

A sovereign of high character and intelligence must be able to know the right man, should place the responsibility on him, and expect results.

The best buy by way of management is brains-at any price.

The same intelligence is required to marshal an army in battle and to order a good dinner. The first must be as formidable as possible, the second as pleasant as possible, to the participants.

IQ and technical skills are important, but emotional intelligence is the sine qua non of leadership.

There is just no way any management with any intelligence and foresight cannot recognize the value of a corporate image. It is the best, single marketable investment that a company can make.

Basically, if you have above-average intelligence, you have common sense and you can speak in front of a camera and to a crowd, you can govern the state.

As the mind must govern the hands, so in every society the man of intelligence must direct the man of labor.

Military guys are rarely as smart as they think they are, and they've never gotten over the fact that civilians run the military.

It's not easy taking my problems one at a time when they refuse to get in line.

Feed the alligators and you get bigger alligators.

You will find that [the] State [Department] is the kind of organisation which, though it does big things badly, does small things badly too.

I am not supposed to be an expert in every field. I am supposed to be an expert in picking experts.

Knowledge management will never work until corporations realize it's not about how you capture knowledge but how you create and leverage it.

Disarming and conquering your fear begins with recognizing its presence, accepting it, and taking action to manage it. And fear grips not just those who have lost their jobs, but all those who are part of their circle of influence—spouses, children, parents, and friends.

Emotional Channeling Technique #2: Focus Management

A CEO To increase global presence, product mix, and market share to improve and maintain shareholder earnings and value Mergers and acquisitions Reengineering and change management International corporate leadership experience Visionary strategist; identify and pursue new growth opportunities Board member and shareholder relations management Developer of world-class teams to achieve world-class results MBA from Oxford in international business Skilled in raising capital for growth and expansion

An employer's decision-making process is less rational than you might think.

Counselees need to structure hard tasks by scheduling them.

Three key levers are setting the business strategy and vision, choosing the players on the executive team, and designing the organization.

Jay R. Galbraith