Managers Quotes

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Because we weren't having success finding a CEO, our investors insisted that we hire these managers a temporary CEO and CFO. That didn't go great. — Tim Brady
We bring together the best ideas - turning the meetings of our top managers into intellectual orgies. — Jack Welch
Renowned management guru Peter F.Drucker looked back at his 65-year consulting career shortly before he died. He concluded that great leaders could either be 'charismatic… — Robert I. Sutton
If new ideas are the lifeblood of any thriving organisation-and, trust me, they are-managers must learn to revere, not merely tolerate, the people who come… — Mark McCormack
A manager should stay as far away as possible from his players. I don't know if I said ten words to Frank Robinson while he… — Earl Weaver
The one principle that surrounds everything else is that of stewardship; that we are the managers of everything that God has given us — Larry Burkett
Is puppy love the reason so many Americans are blind to the incompetence and waste of Republicans - who at a minimum are supposed to… — Margaret Carlson
Managersâ€™ typical response to my argument about free time is, â€˜Thatâ€™s all well and good, but there areÂ things I have to do.â€™ Yet we… — Dov Frohman
Give serious thought to why your company should care about your strategy. Specifically, find problems that the board wants to be solved. What are senior… — Max McKeown
Leaders are active instead of reactive, shaping ideas instead of responding to them. Leaders adopt a personal and active attitude toward goals. The influence a… — Abraham Zaleznik
What differentiates us from other money managers with a similar style is that weâ€™re comfortable with new lows. — Peter Cundill
Corporations are totalitarian institutions. Board of directors at the top of managers give orders, everyone follows orders..... At the very bottom of command, if you… — Noam Chomsky
We only want to link up with people whom we like, admire, and trust. ... We do not wish to join with managers who lack… — Warren Buffett
Leaders have followers, managers have employees. Managers make widgets, leaders make change. — Seth Godin
Nurses have new and expanding roles. They are case managers, helping patients navigate the maze of health care choices and develop plans of care. They… — Judi Evans
The Four Keys of Great Managers: When selecting someone, they select for talent ... not simply experience, intelligence or determination. When setting expectations, they define… — Marcus Buckingham
Managers have traditionally developed the skills in finance, planning, marketing and production techniques. Too often the relations with their people have been assigned a secondary… — William Redington Hewlett
I would hope that American managers-indeed, managers worldwide-continue to appreciate what I have been saying almost from day one: that management is so much more… — Peter Drucker
Managers don't like giving appraisals, and employees don't like getting them. Perhaps they're not liked because both parties suspect what the evidence has proved for… — W. Edwards Deming
Possibly the biggest issue, however, is that performance appraisals focus managers attention on precisely the wrong thing: individual people. As W. Edwards Deming, the father… — Jeffrey Pfeffer

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