Strong managers who make tough decisions to cut jobs provide the only true job security in today`s world. Weak managers are the problem. Weak managers destroy jobs.
- Jack WelchA good manager doesn`t try to eliminate conflict; he tries to keep it from wasting the energies of his people. If you`re the boss and your people fight you openly when they think that you are wrong - that`s healthy.
- Robert TownsendOne of the most important tasks of a manager is to eliminate his people`s excuses for failure.
- Robert TownsendI`m slowly becoming a convert to the principle that you can`t motivate people to do things, you can only demotivate them. The primary job of the manager is not to empower but to remove obstacles.
- Scott AdamsThe best executive is one who has sense enough to pick good people to do what he wants them to do, and self-restraint enough to keep from meddling with them while they do it
- Theodore RooseveltMany plays-certainly mine-are like blank checks. The actors and directors put their own signatures on them.
- Thornton WilderThe key to being a good manager is keeping the people who hate me away from those who are still undecided.
- Casey StengelThe only thing I believe is this: A player does not have to like a manager and he does not have to respect a manager. All he has to do is obey the rules.
- Sparky AndersonThere are three secrets to managing. The first secret is have patience. The second is be patient. And the third most important secret is patience.
- Chuck TannerA good manager is a man who isn`t worried about his own career but rather the careers of those who work for him.
- H. S. M. Burns