Quotes on Management

We should place confidence in our employee. Confidence is the foundation of friendship. If we give it, we will receive it. Any person in a managerial position, from supervisor to president, who feels that his employee is basically not as good as he is and who suspects his employee is always trying to put something over on him, lacks the necessary qualities for human leadership - to say nothing of human friendship.Harry Humphreys

• leadership
• management
• people skills

If you wish to succeed in managing and controlling others - learn to manage and control yourself.William Boetcker

• leadership
• discipline
• management

Management is the art of getting three men to do three men's work.William Feather

• leadership
• management

When you find a man who knows his job and is willing to take responsibility, keep out of his way and don't bother him with unnecessary supervision. What you may think is cooperation is nothing but interference.Thomas Dreier

• management

Good leadership involves responsibility to the welfare of the group, which means that some people will get angry at your actions and decisions. It's inevitable, if you're honorable. Trying to get everyone to like you is a sign of mediocrity: you'll avoid the tough decisions, you'll avoid confronting the people who need to be confronted, and you'll avoid offering differential rewards based on differential performance because some people might get upset. Ironically, by procrastinating on the difficult choices, by trying not to get anyone mad, and by treating everyone equally "nicely" regardless of their contributions, you'll simply ensure that the only people you'll wind up angering are the most creative and productive people in the organization.Colin Powell

• leadership
• management
• decisiveness

Shift the power and the financial accountability to the folks who are bringing in the beans, not the ones who are counting or analyzing them.Colin Powell

• management

Don't measure busywork. Don't measure activity. Measure accomplishment. It doesn't matter what people do as much as it matters what they get done.Larry Winget

• management
• results
• accomplishment

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Any company that requires constant supervision is not a well-trained, well-managed, well-led company.Larry Winget

• leadership
• business
• management

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Firing is not something you do to someone: firing is something you do for someone.Larry Winget

• management

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