1,053 Quotes About Management

We have good leadership only by chance, not by management.And we need to change that!

A meeting is a collective tacit confession of participants’ unwillingness to work.

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.

People need to feel safe to be who they are—to speak up when they have an idea, or to speak out when they feel something isn't right.

The key to handling conflict is to make sure people understand it's okay to have an opposing view.

People don’t follow you because you are nice, they follow you because they believe the place you are taking them is better than the place they are.

I made the mistake of using my earned sick time at the W. M. Keck Observatory for essential surgery. When I returned to work the management team demanded my resignation numerous times, citing my essential surgery as a reason. The W. M. Keck Observatory taught me that using earned sick time in the USA may put your future employment at significant risk.

If we agree that the education, employment and retirement continuum is no longer a linear “cradle to grave” construct, then several tools for managing this reality are increasingly proving redundant. Job descriptions used for hiring are one such example. Hiring managers often write these as a reflection of their own experiences, ignoring the fact that we are entering an era where the emphasis should be less on ready competence and more on transferable skills.

Perceive conflict as positive, creative, and issue driven. Don't allow personal attacks.