Management Quotes · Page 152

There is a story in the book Night Shift, called 'The Mangler,' about a laundry machine that takes on a sort of…

— Stephen King

In Holland, you can step into the manager's office and ask him for clarity if you don't know why you're not playing…

— Ryan Babel

I truly believe that America's best days are still ahead of her. And for this, I am thankful to God. I am…

— Mike Huckabee

“Corporate governance is to make sure that management is doing its job properly.”

— Pearl Zhu

With my responsibilities comes having to manage my time more efficiently.

— Derek Fisher

To paraphrase the late management thinker and writer, Peter Drucker, thinking is hard work, which is why so few people (including actually…

— Jeffrey Pfeffer

Marketing management is now tribal leadership.

— Seth Godin

“One best success comes after their greatest disappointments.”

— Henry Ward Beecher

Fewer managers scream and shout than you might think.

— Paul Mullin

I chose to be in this job and things don't always go your way. But I'll keep going. As a manager you…

— Graeme Souness

Zico is a great manager and he knows the game perfectly.

— Robert Pires

[The spirit of party] serves always to distract the public councils and enfeeble the public administration. It agitates the community with ill-founded…

— George Washington

It was always a wish for me to work in the Premier League. To work as a manager for Manchester United, the…

— Louis van Gaal

Without questions, there is no learning.

— W. Edwards Deming

A meeting moves at the speed of the slowest mind in the room.

— Dale Dauten

“No great manager or leader ever fell from heaven. It's learned, not inherited.”

— Tom Northup

When a corporation goes into the marketplace to buy back its own stock, it means management thinks the stock is undervalued. This…

— Nancy Dunnan

Middle management is a disease.

— Massimo Vignelli

At a football club, there's a holy trinity - the players, the manager and the supporters. Directors don't come into it. They…

— Bill Shankly

“All organizations are perfectly designed to get the results they are now getting. If we want different results, we must change the…

— Tom Northup

I don't think there is any serious evidence that we need to be paying people more than 100 times the average wage…

— Thomas Piketty

“. . . in the management of pain I can forget everything”

— Goldberry Long

Here's what management is about: Pick good people and set the right priorities.

— Lee Iacocca

In life and business, there are two cardinal sins, the first is to act precipitously without thought, and the second is to…

— Carl Icahn

While I was in Montrose, the publishing checks went into the band's coffers. This was our management's decision; we were just financing…

— Sammy Hagar

I was working as a cocktail waitress in a heavy metal bar. Then, my manager said I should try some acting, which…

— Britta Phillips

Things have to be made to happen in a way you want them to happen. Without management, without the intervention of organized…

— Robert Heller

I have to manage my emotions.

— Caeleb Dressel

What we're going for, in those humorous moments, is the absurdity of it all. The craziness of the night manager offering them…

— Remi Aubuchon

Time cannot be recycled. When a moment has gone, it is really gone. Wise time management is really wise management of ourselves.

— Spencer W. Kimball

I run my company according to feminine principles, principles of caring, making intuitive decisions, not getting hung up on hierarchy or all…

— Anita Roddick

Let me tell you what is interesting about the administration. We had Central American miners that were placed in Ohio, and we…

— John Kasich

Managing through ambiguity can be difficult for even the most experienced leaders. Defining a clear set of goals for your team demonstrates…

— Sandra E. Peterson

To prop up the stock price, managers have to turn down the screws on everybody. That forces them to cancel all the…

— Clayton Christensen

“One remarkable part of the SnapTax story is what the team leaders said when I asked them to account for their unlikely…

— Eric Ries

“The employment equation used to be built on a foundation of two-way loyalty. The world has changed. Today, successful employment relationships can…

— Gyan Nagpal

I could never be a manager. All I have is natural ability.

— Mickey Mantle

I don't think I've still got things to show Carlo Ancelotti. He has seen me play a lot, even before he was…

— Michael Essien

Managers, regardless of salary, should not be allowed to earn or use comp time. They are expected to work as many hours…

— Jodi Rell

Do not resist the evil-doer and take no part in doing so, either in the violent deeds of the administration, in the…

— Leo Tolstoy