Monday Quotes on Management
Good management is the art of making problems so interesting and their solutions so constructive that everyone wants to get to work and deal with them.- P aul Hawken
“If you pick the right people and give them the opportunity to spread their wings—and put compensation as a carrier behind it—you almost don’t have to manage them. – Jack Welch
The conventional definition of management is getting work done through people, but real management is developing people through work. – Agha Hasan Abedi
So much of what we call management consists in making it difficult for people to work. – Peter Drucker
Surround yourself with the best people you can find, delegate authority, and don’t interfere as long as the policy you’ve decided upon is being carried out. – Ronald Reagan
Always recognize that human individuals are ends, and do not use them as means to your end. – Immanuel Kant
Management by objectives works if you first think through your objectives. Ninety percent of the time you haven’t. – Peter Drucker
Don’t equate activity with efficiency. You are paying your key people to see the big picture. Don’t let them get bogged down in a lot of meaningless meetings and paper shuffling. Announce a Friday afternoon off once in a while. Cancel a Monday morning meeting or two. Tell the cast of characters you’d like them to spend the amount of time normally spent preparing for attending the meeting at their desks, simply thinking about an original idea. – Harvey Mackay
Because a thing seems difficult for you, do not think it impossible for anyone to accomplish. – Marcus Aurelius
Management is efficiency in climbing the ladder of success; leadership determines whether the ladder is leaning against the right wall. – Stephen R. Covey
Hire people who are better than you are, then leave them to get on with it . . . ; Look for people who will aim for the remarkable, who will not settle for the routine. – David Ogilvy
Practice Golden-Rule 1 of Management in everything you do. Manage others the way you would like to be managed. Brian Tracy
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