Fewer Quote by Russell L. Ackoff

A manager of people needs to understand that all people are different. This is not ranking people. He needs to understand that the performance…

— W. Edwards Deming

To be a manager requires more than a title, a big office, and other outward symbols of rank. It requires competence and performance of…

— Peter Drucker

Managers help people see themselves as they are; Leaders help people to see themselves better than they are.

— Jim Rohn

Managers today have to do more with less, and get better results from limited resources, more than ever before.

— Brian Tracy

“being a manager’ means not merely assuming a position of authority but also becoming more dependent on others,”

— Henry Mintzberg

“The key to better management in that case becomes to inspire your people, to trust them to do the right thing, and then get…

— BusinessNews Publishing

I don't like to talk too much about differences between managers.

— Edin Dzeko

How you measure the performance of your managers directly affects the way they act.

— Gustave Flaubert

“Unfortunately, in a hierarchical structure, power relationships tend to determine the content; there is always the danger that a "rank-based" logic will prevail. Managers,…

— John Médaille

“It’s natural for people to protect what they know instead of leaping into the unknown, and managers are no exception. Managers might even be…

— Scott Berkun

“Managers are people who know what they want. Leaders are people who get what they want.”

— Bogdan Vaida

A manager is not a person who can do the work better than his men; he is a person who can get his men…

— Frederick W. Smith