1,053 Quotes About Management

Intuition is a sense of knowing how to act decisively without needing to know why.

Younger managers learn quickly that, whatever the public protestations to the contrary, bosses generally want pliable and agreeable subordinates, especially during periods of crisis. Clique leaders want dependable, loyal allies. Thos who regularly raise objections to what a boss or a clique leader really desires run the risk of being considered problems themselves and of being labeled "outspoken," or "nonconstructive," or "doomsayers," "naysayers," or "crepehangers.

The most feared situation is to end up inadvertently in the wrong place at the wrong time and get blamed. Yet this is exactly what happens in a structure that systematically diffuses responsibility. It is because managers fear blame-time that they diffuse responsibility; however such a diffusion inevitably means that someone, somewhere is going to become a scapegoat when things go wrong.

Holding your team accountable to do the jobs they’re being paid to do is not being mean; it’s being a manager, and that’s your job.

No obstacle is so big that one person with determination can't make a difference.

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

Pivoting is not the end of the disruption process, but the beginning of the next leg of your journey.

We live in a blatantly corrupt world and smart people engage in the wise practice of risk management.

Nothing happens in life that you are unable to manage satisfactorily.