Business Quote by David H. Maister

“We use committees for all the ulterior purposes for which they might have been designed: diffusion of executive responsibility, plausible deniability, misdirection, providing the…

— Charles Stross

Referring the matter to a committee' can be a device for diluting authority, diffusing responsibility and delaying decisions.

— Antony Jay

“Decisions by committee are almost always long in coming and dead wrong. A world-changing vision comes from one person, not five or or twenty…

— Patrick Carman

Committees are, by nature, timid. They are based on the premise of safety in numbers; content to survive inconspicuously, rather than take risks and…

— Ferdinand Porsche

The role of the board is advice and consent. If the CEO does not lay out a clear strategy and tries to get the…

— Sam Altman

The weakness in the company is if we fail to execute.

— Kevin Rollins

The board is currently undertaking what could be its most important task, ... We are confident that we're going to make a choice that…

— George J. Mitchell

“Boards can get around the problems associated with hiring outside CEOs by adopting robust succession planning.”

— Richard L. Hughes Robert C. Ginnett Gordy J. Curphy

“Not until those without information relinquish their control can an organization run better, smoother and faster and reach its maximum potential.”

— Simon Sinek

“After years of operating in a top-down manner that emphasizes control and conformance, organizations are rife with obstacles to bottom-up ideas that front-line staff…

— Alan G. Robinson

Even if you start a business with the wrong idea or too many competitors, you can out-execute

— Anonymous

Risk management systems and controls may discourage or limit certain revenue-generating opportunities. Failure to ensure the independence of these functions from the revenue generators…

— Jerome Powell