Beliefs: Those things we hold to be true despite evidence to the contrary. — Joseph O'Connor Copy Share Image
God seems to have a kind of laid-back management style I’m not crazy about. — David Foster Wallace Copy Share Image
In the long run managements stressing accounting appearance over economic substance usually achieve little of either. — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
When a corporation goes into the marketplace to buy back its own stock, it means management thinks the stock is undervalued. This… — Nancy Dunnan Copy Share Image
Telephone message on his manager's answering machine shortly before dying of heroin overdose: I need help bad, man. — Jimi Hendrix Copy Share Image
Managers must see themselves as experimenters who lead learning, not dictators who impose control. — Peter R. Scholtes Copy Share Image
“Elon Musk, in Trump Tower, pitched Trump on the new administration’s joining him in his race to Mars, which Trump jumped at.” — Michael Wolff Copy Share Image
Managers who master the hammer and expect all problems to behave like nails find organizational life confusing and frustrating. — Lee Bolman Copy Share Image
Adversity is another way to measure the greatness of individuals. I never had a crisis that didn't make me stronger. — Lou Holtz Copy Share Image
“Entrepreneurs aren’t looking to go backward. They are looking to go forward, toward their prize of realizing their dreams.” — Curtis L. Jenkins Copy Share Image
If policy makers and program managers participate in an interdisciplinary assessment team, make informal visits to local families and have in-depth conversations… — Ruth Simmons Copy Share Image
[With] closet indexing…you're paying a manager a fortune and he has 85% of his assets invested parallel to the indexes. If you… — Charlie Munger Copy Share Image
If a manager asks an academic consultant what to do and that consultant answers, then the consultant should be fired. No academic… — James G. March Copy Share Image
Well, they are critics of the Bush administration generally on the human rights record of the administration, and in particular, they are… — Jane Mayer Copy Share Image
In the future, every industry should be an environmental industry. In a world where energy and carbon emissions are constrained, every business… — David Miliband Copy Share Image
“a measure of “declining sales” certainly points to a problem, but “revenue churn”—specifically, how many customers canceled contracts—tells management where to intervene.” — Orit Gadiesh Copy Share Image
Someone asked me about what's it like managing 2.2 million associates, and I said, 'When they're Wal-Mart associates, it's not all that… — Mike Duke Copy Share Image
There are no absolutes in this world, and there will always be mistakes that are made within brokerage firms; there will always… — Mary Schapiro Copy Share Image
“Traditional managers will often object to hiring engineers with generalist skill sets, arguing that they are more expensive and that ‘I can… — Gene Kim Copy Share Image
Here is what the world looked like in 2000... there were no plug and play solutions for ecommerce/warehouse management and customer service… — Julie Wainwright Copy Share Image
“Let’s say that a client has asked you to speak to a management team of 50 people. It is a successful high-tech… — Alan Weiss Copy Share Image
“Core competence, as it is used by many managers, is a dangerously inward-looking notion. Competitiveness is far more about doing what customers… — Clayton M. Christensen Copy Share Image
“A fast way to get a clear understanding of yourself and others is through personality a profile assessment. Many companies and hiring… — Susan C. Young Copy Share Image
“Academically brilliant persons usually make excellent managers and bureaucrats as they can efficiently implement the vision of the government or world leaders… — Awdhesh Singh Copy Share Image
The Houston Contractors Association is proud to endorse Council Member Oliver Pennington for re-election to Houston City Council. Council Member Pennington understands… — Jeffrey Nielsen Copy Share Image
“Of course it was not only the law that interfered with our management of the paper. The politicians, too, soon took a… — Ernst von Salomon Copy Share Image
It's all mental management. Whether you can do something or not is in your head. — Kris Carr Copy Share Image
Why this reluctance to make the change? We fear the process of reeducation. — Isaac Asimov Copy Share Image
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