Management Quotes

1370 Management quotes by 884 unique authors

It's better to ask the right questions than accept the status quo — Phil Harding
Few people do business well who do nothing else — Lord Chesterfield
A generation ago, the image was that you had to trample everyone else down to succeed; but I don't believe that makes good business sense — Richard Branson
Businesses that grow by development and improvement do not die. But when a business ceases to be creative, when it believes it has reached perfection… — Henry Ford
It's the behaviour of your company and its people that form your reputation, and your reputation is your brand — Dave Allen
We spend most of our lives working. So why do so few people have a good time doing it? — Richard Branson
Inspirational leadership connects to a highly motivated workforce which, in turn, means inspirational results — Unknown Author
A passion for continual learning, a refined, discerning ear for the moral and ethical consequences of their actions, and an understanding of the purposes of… — Warren G. Bennis
Learning to be an effective leader is no different than learning to be an effective person. And that's the hard part — Warren G. Bennis
Leadership produces change. That is its primary function — John P. Kotter
The executive art is nine-tenths inducing those who have authority to use it in taking pertinent action — Chester Barnard
What you manage in business is people — Harold Geneen
It's a great discipline to have to report to somebody, even if you're the sole owner — Tim O'Reilly
People work in the system. Management creates the system — W. Edwards Deming
The biggest enemy of management is indifference. It's when people don't give a damn — Carlos Ghosn
If you wish to find, you must search. Rarely does a good idea interrupt you — Jim Rohn
In difficult circumstances, teams either separate or come closer together, it's as simple as that — Ron Dennis
The enemy of stability can be complacency — Unknown Author
Training and development: The best development programmes change the way people see themselves — John Bright
Nothing beats standing in the middle of the action, with all the data I need at my fingertips — Betty Liu
It is much more difficult to measure non-performance than performance. Performance stands out like a ton of diamonds. Non-performance can almost always be explained away — Harold Geneen
Measure what is important, don't make important what you can measure — Robert McNamara
I think it is an immutable law in business that words are words, explanations are explanations, promises are promises, but only performance is reality — Harold Geneen
If there is no worker involvement, there is no quality system — Lloyd Dobyns
Quality, quality, quality: never waver from it, even when you don't see how you can afford to keep it up. When you compromise, you become… — Gary Hirshberg

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