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One of the most important tasks of a manager is to eliminate his people's excuses for failure.
One of the most important tasks of a manager is to eliminate his people's excuses for failure.
Conflict is the gadfly of thought. It stirs us to observation and memory. It instigates to invention. It shocks us read more
Conflict is the gadfly of thought. It stirs us to observation and memory. It instigates to invention. It shocks us out of sheeplike passivity, and sets us at noting and contriving.
Many plays-certainly mine-are like blank checks. The actors and directors put their own signatures on them.
Many plays-certainly mine-are like blank checks. The actors and directors put their own signatures on them.
The best executive is one who has sense enough to pick good people to do what he wants them to read more
The 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
It doesn't take a hero to order men into battle. It takes a hero to be one of those men read more
It doesn't take a hero to order men into battle. It takes a hero to be one of those men who goes into battle.
I'm slowly becoming a convert to the principle that you can't motivate people to do things, you can only demotivate read more
I'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.
The greatest conflicts are not between two people but between one person and himself.
The greatest conflicts are not between two people but between one person and himself.
Conflict is the beginning of consciousness.
Conflict is the beginning of consciousness.
The key to being a good manager is keeping the people who hate me away from those who are still read more
The key to being a good manager is keeping the people who hate me away from those who are still undecided.
