83 quotes found
“In most cases being a good boss means hiring talented people and then getting out of their way.”
“My soul, sir? I haven't got one. The management doesn't allow them.”
“Never be satisfied with less than your very best effort. If you strive for the top and miss, you'll still 'beat the pack.”
“people inspire you, or they drain you-Pick them wisely”
“Early on I realized that I had to hire people smarter and ore qualified than I was in a number of different fields, and I had to let go of a lot of decision-making. I can't tell you how hard that i...”
“Some might debate whether people are born with talent, or whether it is developed. Toyotas stand is cleargive us the seeds of talent and we will plant them, tend the soil, water and nurture the see...”
“Change is hard at first,Messy in the middle and gorgeous at the end.”
“People who don't take risks generally make about two big mistakes a year. People who do take risks generally make about two big mistakes a year.”
“Remember Circuit City? Bear Stearns? Lehman Brothers? Sports Authority? Once, all were billion-dollar companies - then gone in a moment. The fatal problem might be fraud or corruption, but more oft...”
“A smartphone links patients' bodies and doctors' computers, which in turn are connected to the Internet, which in turn is connected to any smartphone anywhere. The new devices could put the managem...”
“Management is nothing more than motivating other people.”
“Management must manage!”
“Apart from boosting our long-term economic strength like other Asian economic powers, Philippine companies expanding overseas and going beyond our comfort zones, or going to some uncharted territor...”
“We're not in an information age anymore. We're in the information management age.”
“If the CIA and other U.S. intelligence agencies were private companies and were chronically unable to accomplish one of their key missions, their shareholders would have long ago revolted, fired th...”
“Being a consultant is like flying first-class. The food is terrific, the drinks are cold. But all you can do is walk up to the pilot and say, 'bank left.' If you're in management, you have the cont...”
“Time management is an oxymoron. Time is beyond our control, and the clock keeps ticking regardless of how we lead our lives. Priority management is the answer to maximizing the time we have.”
“Management by objective works - if you know the objectives. Ninety percent of the time you don't.”
“This is the key to time management - to see the value of every moment.”
“When we'd suggested doing it, the Theatre Royal management had said, 'Nobody wants to see Waiting for Godot.' As it happened, every single ticket was booked for every single performance, and this c...”
