86 Quotes About Managers

As managers rise up the hierarchy, a host of situational forces come to bear on them which can easily undermine their respect for the people on the front lines, and hence cause them to disregard the value in front-line ideas.

Managerialism has become the pretext for creating a new covert form of feudalism, where wealth and position are allocated not on economic but political grounds - or rather, where every day it's more difficult to tell the difference between what can be considered 'economic' and what is 'political.

Research has found that in most companies managers who get promoted rapidly spend most of their time networking and politicking, while their more effective colleagues spent their time building their units and developing their people.

The space shuttle Challenger disaster was a classic example of what happens when engineers are overruled by incompetent managers.

The best boss is the one who bosses the least.

The harassing female managers unexpectedly terminated my employment while I was away on forced time off that they initiated.

If we do not see any high altitude astronomy managers go to jail for willfully damaging their workers health, it will confirm that the corporate government systems of health and safety are blatantly fraudulent.

There is a big difference between managers and leaders. Most leaders can manage but not all managers can lead.

Managers and leaders cause most of the organizational confusion and frustration by not doing their jobs — their real jobs.