Management Quotes

“The last 10 percent of performance generates one-third of the cost and two-thirds of the problems.”

“The art of delegation is one of the key skills any entrepreneur must master.”

“I don't think a manager should be a Dizzy Dean. I think he should be a guy who is a little more reserved.”

“You know, you don't have to have a policy for everything.”

“A baseball manager is a necessary evil.”

“One-tenth of the participants produce over one-third of the output. Increasing the number of participants merely reduces the average output.”

“I run this place like a dictatorship, a benevolent dictatorship, but a dictatorship nonetheless.”

“If you have a good dog, you don't bark yourself.”

“You don't manage people, you manage things. You lead people.”

“Measure what matters.”

“The bearing of a child takes nine months, no matter how many women are assigned.”

“The day a player is bigger than the manager, the club is dead.”

“Leadership is not an easy thing to quantify.”

“Do not tolerate brilliant jerks. The cost to teamwork is too high.”

“You can't manage what you can't measure.”

“Talent identification is probably the most important part of the job.”

“Successful cooperation in or by formal organizations is the abnormal, not the normal, condition.”

“What gets measured gets done.”

“Adding manpower to a late software project makes it later.”

“If a sufficient number of management layers are superimposed on top of each other, it can be assured that disaster is not left to chance.”