It Management Quotes
Everything God has given to us is “for rent.” We can only manage what we have but the right of ownership belongs to God.
In terms of organisational models and human relationship models, humankind has not evolved much over the last millennia.
Technical staff were fairly good at estimation but were poor at defending their estimates
I couldn’t bring myself to call him either “Bill, ” which would signal friendly familiarity, or “Doctor Vogel, ” which would imply respect.
Delegation is not a binary thing. There are shades of grey between a dictatorship and an anarchy.
When we think we can manage our time, our circumstances, and our relationships without His help and inspiration, we know what unmanageability is.
Increasingly, management’s role is not to organize work, but to direct passion and purpose.
Banishing those evil twins:-Talk about values-Don’t assume people understand your motives-Don’t be above explaining yourself-Dare to invite feedback-Understand the impact of good intention
Wait. You work for me?""I prefer to think of it as managing your incompetence.
In fact, over the last twenty years, authors have offered up over nine thousand different systems, languages, principles, and paradigms to help explain the mysteries of management and leadership.
The moment you start building or doing stuff beyond your knowledge, soon you will end up by demanding time.
Managers are encouraged to focus on complex initiatives like reengineering or learning organizations, without spending time on the basics.
Stress itself is not what’s toxic. It’s our relationship to it that's the hazard.
Oftentimes we feel like we can't say no, but YOU'LL LOWER YOUR STRESS BY NOT SAYING YES all of the time.
High mature digital organizations stretch out in every business dimension.
A credit card allows you transcend time. For it allows you to put off until tomorrow what you bought today, while you are still paying what you bought yesterday.
A credit card allows you transcend time. For it allows you to put off until tomorrow what you bought today, while you are still paying off what you bought yesterday.
Remember, buying something is not the problem. The problem comes when we believe, for that moment, that the object we’re buying is going to make us happy.
Authenticity reduces stress and produces faith in oneself and in the potential to grow and learn.
Genuine, authentic relating enlivens the spirit.
Own your growth and your schedule!
Change shouldn’t be treated as a singular occurrence when it is an ongoing, continued process and dynamic capability within the organization.
Poor breathing is to low energy as bad air filter is to low car performance.
At the end of the day, taking 50% off a $250 dress still means walking out of the store $125 poorer.
At its best, leadership development is not an “event.” It’s a capacity-building endeavor. It’s a process of human growth and development.
Not everyone is born a great leader, but anyone can foster core leadership competencies for themselves and become actionable, effective leaders.
A knowledgeable manager can lend to the success of an organization "almost" as much as a poorly trained manager can damage it.
Never be SARCASTIC. A clever remark might gain you a few laughs but the butt of your remarks will be offended and will remember you for it.
Break the rules and make up your own rules.
It's never too late to start eating right.
Whenever you become aware of a conflict in the world, realize that you only perceive it as a conflict because it resonates with something that's already inside of you.
Procrastination is the foundation of all disasters.
You get to decide where your time goes. You can either spend it moving forward, or you can spend it putting out fires. You decide. And if you don't decide, others will decide for you.
