Money does motivate but only for a short time and only as long as it
serves as a measure of worth or of power or of victory. James L. Hayes
Leadership
Most companies spend all their time looking for another management
concept and very little time following up the one they have just taught
their managers. Kenneth Blanchard
My objective as Secretary of Labor is to look through the 'glass ceiling'
to see who is on the other side, and to serve as a catalyst for change . . .
. Elizabeth Dole government official, business executive
Never inject a man into the top, if it can be avoided. In a big
organization, to have to do that, I think, is a reflection on management, Of
course there are always exceptional cases. Alfred P. Sloan, Jr. auto executive
People fail forward to success. Mary Kay Ash
businesswoman
The first myth of management is that it exists. The second myth of
management is that success equals skill. Robert Heller
editor
The highest art of professional management requires the literal ability
to 'smell' a 'real fact' from all others. Harold S. Geneen businessman
Managing
The kind of people I look for to fill top management spots are the eager
beavers, the mavericks. These are the guys who try to do more than they're
expected to do -- they always reach. Lee Iacocca auto
business executive
The secret to winning Is constant, consistent management. Tom Landry
football coach
The worst disease which can afflict business executives in their work is
not, as popularly supposed, alcoholism; it's egotism. Harold S. Geneen businessman
Theatre director: a person engaged by the management to conceal the fact
that the players cannot act. James Agate critic,
author
There were times when it seemed to him that the different parts of him
were not all under the same management. Russell Hoban novielist, children's book author, artis
Those why try to paint a management picture 'by the numbers' will always
be amateurs. James L. Hayes Leadership
Unless people can express themselves well in ordinary English, they don't
know what they are talking about. Russell Ackoff
We aim to give a 'wake-up call' to businesses, to alert them to the fact
that the next 'fair-haired boy' of their organization just might be a woman.
Elizabeth Dole US government official, business executive
When a management with a reputation for brilliance tackles a business
with a reputation for bad economics, it is the reputation of the business
that remains intact. Warren Buffett business executive
When it comes to housework the one thing no book of household management
can ever tell you is how to begin. Or maybe, I mean why. Katharine Whitehorn
writer
"Little girls, I am in the business of putting old heads on young
shoulders, and all my pupils are the cr me de la cr me. Give me a girl at an
impressionable age and she is mine for life." Maggie Smith actress
"Look at me: I worked my way up from nothing to a state of extreme
poverty." Groucho Marx comedian
"She wished to find out about this hazardous business of
"passing," this breaking away from all that was familiar and
friendly to take one's chances in another environment, not entirely strange,
perhaps, but certainly not entirely friendly." Nella Larsen novelist
'Tis the business of little minds to shrink; but he whose heart is firm,
and whose conscience approves his conduct, will pursue his principles unto
death. Thomas Paine philosopher
'Tis the part of a wise man to keep himself today for tomorrow, and not
venture all his eggs in one basket. Miguel de Cervantes novelist, dramatist, poet
A "tired businessman" is one whose business is usually not a
successful one. Joseph Grundy novelist, dramatist,
poet
A celebrity is a person who works hard all his life to become well known,
then wears dark glasses to avoid being recognized. Fred Allen comedian
A computer does not substitute for judgment any more than a pencil
substitutes for literacy. But writing without a pencil is no particular
advantage. Robert McNamara politician
A desk is a dangerous place from which to watch the world. John LeCarre novelist
A failure will not appear until a unit has passed final inspection.
Arthur Bloch
A farmer, a hunter, a soldier, a reporter, even a philosopher, may be
daunted; but nothing can deter a poet, for he is actuated by pure love. Who
can predict his comings and goings? His business calls him out at all hours,
even when doctors sleep. Henry David Thoreau essayist,
poet, naturalist
A first-rate soup is more creative than a second rate painting. Abraham
Maslow psychologist, philosopher
A friendship founded on business is better than a business founded on
friendship. John D. Rockefeller, Jr. oil magnate,
philanthropist
A good listener is not only popular everywhere, but after a while he
knows something. Wilson Mizner playwright, author
A great wind is blowing, and that gives you either imagination or a
headache. Catherine the Great empress
A leader has to 'appear' consistent. That doesn't mean he has to be
consistent. James Callaghan labour ,party leader
A leader must have the courage to act against an expert's advice. James
Callaghan labour party leader
A leading New York cultural institution was to undertake a costly study
to find out which of its exhibits was the most popular. Just before the
consulting contract was signed, a committee member suggested asking the
janitor where he had to mop the most. Marilyn Machlowitz
labour party leader
A little inaccuracy sometimes saves tons of explanation. Saki
short-story writer
A man is not old until regrets take the place of dreams. John Barrymore
actor
A man to carry on a successful business must have imagination. He must
see things as in a vision, a dream of the whole thing. Charles Schwab manufacturer
A man who carries a cat by the tail learns something he can learn in no
other way. Mark Twain novelist, journalist, river pilot
A person who is too nice an observer of the business of the crowd, like
one who is too curious in observing the labor of bees, will often be stung
for his curiosity. Alexander Pope poet
A professional is a man who can do his best at a time when he doesn't
particularly feel like it. Alistair Cooke
journalist, broadcaster
A reader who quarrels with postulates, who dislikes Hamlet because he
does not believe that there are ghosts or that people speak in pentameters,
clearly has no business in literature. Northrop Frye
literary critic, educator
Management learning starts as
science then transforms into art. Begins as psychology and matures as
a philosophy - Med Yones
"I'd like to ask each and every one of you how many remarkable
people, or people of any kind, you personally have discovered or brought
in in the last year. That's a job that I think is too vital for you to
delegate... what kind of people should you discover and hire? Well,
policemen and tobacco farmers, not MBAs! Clients have got MBAs! Hire the
kind of people clients don't have and wouldn't dream of hiring. Don't go
to the clients with a lot of guys who are like theirs, only not so good --
you have to remember that clients can afford to pay far more than we can
for MBAs."- David Ogilvy
A mediocre idea that generates enthusiasm will go further than a great
idea that inspires no one. Mary Kay Ash
British management doesn't seem to understand the importance of the human
factor. Prince of Wales Charles
Concentration is the secret of strength in politics, in war, in trade, in
short in all management of human affairs. Ralph Waldo Emerson
Effective management always means asking the right question.
Effective managers live in the present -- but concentrate on the future.
James L. Hayes
Events that are predestined require but little management. They manage
themselves. They slip into place while we sleep, and suddenly we are aware
that the thing we fear to attempt, is already accomplished.
Good management consists in showing average people how to do the work of
superior people.
Good management consists of showing average people how to do the work of
superior people. John D. Rockefeller
Good management is better than good income. Portuguese Proverb
I definitely am going to take a course on time management . . . just as
soon as I can work it into my schedule. Louis Boone
If a sufficient number of
management layers are superimposed on top of each other, it can be
assured that disaster is not left to chance. Norman Augustine,
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