39 Quotes by Robert Townsend

Getting there isn't half the fun, it's all the fun.

Top management is supposed to be a tree full of owls...hooting when management heads into the wrong part of the forest. I'm still unpersuaded they even know where the forest is.

Top" management is supposed to be a tree full of owls-hooting when management heads into the wrong part of the forest. I'm still unpersuaded they even know where the forest is.

Make every decision as if you owned the whole company.

Many ideas are good for a limited time - not forever.

Most people in big companies are administered, not led. They are treated as personnel, not people.

One of the most important tasks of a manager is to eliminate his people's excuses for failure.

If asked when you can deliver something, ask for time to think. Build in a margin of safety. Name a date. Then deliver it earlier than you promised. You'll be very valuable wherever you are.

True leadership must be for the benefit of the followers, not the enrichment of the leaders.