Management Quotes
Convincing a leader of the value of front-line ideas alone is rarely enough for that person to overcome years of entrenched bad habits and to change his management style.
Managing games comes second. Managing people comes first.
I have learned that as soon as you introduce controls on human behavior, you lose the game, particularly when those controls are at odds with the work.
Although we try to control it in a million different ways, the only things you can ever really do to time are enjoy it, or waste it. That’s it.
Bad boss? Fire him/her. When you're interviewing for a job, You're job is to interview them. You are an equal.
A project goal like a joke. If you have to explain it, it is not good / fun.
Instead of a to-do list, you need a success list - a list that is purposefully created around extraordinary results.
Reflect on what you do in your day. You may have never realized how some simple harmless activities rob you of precious time
If you commit to giving more time than you have to spend, you will constantly be running from time debt collectors.
Time Progression: Wasting >>Spending >> Managing >> Investing
I have a plan, and I’m following it. I can focus on doing what is within my control, and I don’t need to be afraid of the results.
Time investment is the NEW Time Management.
Adapt and adopt the peer-to-peer and open source models to wider implementation in organisations
CEOs should be measured by the value they create into the community, the shareholders and the members of the company.
In the 1940s dams were synonymous with progress, and the rivers were to be conquered with the fervour of a pioneer wielding an axe.
Writing is mostly a case of mood management. The emotion you have is not absolute, it is temporary. It may be useful, but it is not the truth. It is not you.
A struggle is fatally injured not so much by the stumbles of its leaders as by their mumbles
Problems rarely exist at the level at which they are expressed. If you are arguing for more than ten minutes then you are probably not discussing the real conflict.
The world is round, so there is no corner for anyone to lean against
Money is always eager and ready to work for anyone who is ready to employ it.
Cut the crap! I don’t care how many hours you work, I care how much work you do in those hours.
To become distinguished in your industry, you have to constantly manage, master and maximise your time.
Think goal setting is too laborious and time wasting? Try the goalless life and your regret will be unpardonably regrettable
People tend to spend so much time focusing on what they feel they can't do, rather examining the true potential of what they can.
The newly-minted captain is told to let nothing stop him but to do nothing that would risk his ship or his crew.
Time is life. It is irreversible and irreplaceable. To waste your time is to waste your life, but to master your time is to master your life and make the most of it.
There are far too many people that waste their time telling themselves that they don’t have enough time.
All decisions are taken two levels above the highest level of understanding
If you constantly make it clear that you are unwilling to budge, don't get upset when no one is around who's willing to give you a push.
A boss in essence is every woman willing to try, push, succeed, fail but ultimately do the work in her lifescape to make her mark on the world the way she wants to draw it.
Learn from your experiences and past mistakes, assimilate them and convert them to formulas to achieve sustenance first, and then work your way to success to be the leaders in the market.
But in the areas that matter most, a burst of energy and activity cannot reverse the consequences that accompany a season of neglect.
Empathy allows us to enter the world of another. It allows us to take a mental vacation from ourselves.
Empathy plays a crucial role in the reduction of stress from the moment of birth.
Giving and empathy provide us with opportunities to nurture our innate goodness.
Empathy is the key to negotiating and resolving conflict.
Any empathic person who knows how valuable time is will think twice before wasting another person's time, because losing time is losing a part of your life.
The innovation indicators vary depending on who is doing the measuring, and how they are measuring. It’s contextual.
Innovation becomes possible only if people can step out of their comfort zone.
IT continues to grow in importance to organizations, both operationally and as a competitive advantage.
Develop talent for tomorrow, rather than just hire for yesterday.
Ingenuity is the ability to solve difficult problems, often in an original and creative way.