In the business world, there is no gray. Either you are black, or you are white-washed.

The best managers figure out how to get great outcomes by setting the appropriate context, rather than by trying to control their people.

People in any organization are always attached to the obsolete – the things that should have worked but did not, the things that once were productive and no longer are.

Cliché: “The MBA changed my life.”What it really means: “A fantastic career, a great social life and a healthy bank balance…three of the things I had before I started the program.

…not doing what we love in the name of greed is very poor management of our lives.

I live in the Managerial Age, in a world of “Admin.” The greatest evil is not now done in those sordid “dens of crime” that Dickens loved to paint. It is not done even in...

By far the biggest RFID segment in coming years will be supply chain management. This segment will account for the largest number of tags/labels from 2005 through 2010.

They’re better able to articulate their strategy than in the past, and the new management talent has contributed to that capability. But there are still some real competitive issues, especially in the computer systems division,...

The longevity of success depends on how well you manage your breakthroughs

A disruptor finds opportunity and profit from his misfortunes.

The most successful people have the same twenty-four hours in a day that you do.

Early on I realized that I had to hire people smarter and ore qualified than I was in a number of different fields, and I had to let go of a lot of decision-making. I...

NSO management made the recommendation to the executive committee of the board, who made the appointment.

In sports when you don’t win, there have to be changes made. Ownership and management decided that was the move to make. Obviously I liked Pat and thought he was a great coach, but when...

dealing with not only a lack of management skills, but societies where crowd management generally – not just in sport – is pretty much an alien concept.

Leadership is service, not position.

keeping employees in the dark.” Private is useful. Secretive is deceptive.

The leader is always learning new things and gaining new insights.

On management reform, you have one side basically saying that the secretary general should be empowered and should have all flexibility as a kind of C.E.O. and the other side saying that it is not...

The theater management handled the situation very well.

If you want to strike, strike now. No matter how skillfully a footballer strikes beyond the 90 minutes’ regulated time, he makes no influence. Strike now before it becomes too late!

It is not incumbent on the world to conform to your vision of change. It is up to you to explain the future in terms that those living in the past and present can follow.

Be the best at what you do or the only one doing it.

Leaders must be close enough to relate to others, but far enough ahead to motivate them.

Strategy is about shaping the future.

The department is doing a management review of the entire process, and I don’t think they’d want me to comment on any specific documents until such time as that review is completed. The e-mails speak...

The behavior of any bureaucratic organization can best be understood by assuming that it is controlled by a secret cabal of its enemies.

There is nothing so useless as doing efficiently that which should not be done at all.

Durante o primeiro ano você e seu time não façam absolutamente nada que tenha a ver com o negócio. Façam coisas que exijam apenas bom senso enquanto aprendem como funciona a empresa. Se vocês fizerem...

I don’t waste food, water, money, time and talent.

Unfortunately it’s also true to say that good management is a bit like oxygen – it’s invisible and you don’t notice its presence until it’s gone, and then you’re sorry.

Banishing those evil twins:-Talk about values-Don’t assume people understand your motives-Don’t be above explaining yourself-Dare to invite feedback-Understand the impact of good intention

At the heart of all sales and marketing is the ability to create demand even in the absence of logic.

You have a choice: pursue your dreams, or be hired by someone else to help them fulfill their dreams.

Management is, above all, a practice where art, science, and craft meet

We said from the outset of our new management team that we would take the bold steps necessary to build on our strong balance sheet and strengthen operational efficiencies that will better position the Company...

Talent is the multiplier. The more energy and attention you invest in it, the greater the yield. The time you spend with your best is, quite simply, your most productive time.

I’ve spent 15 years in arts marketing and arts management in the US and the Sydney Opera House really is the pinnacle.

Digital organization is essentially a dynamic, people-centered ecosystem.

In the winters, I enrolled in the hotel management program at Cornell University. I naively thought that I knew something about sleight-of-hand, entertainment and food, and that would be all I needed.

In most cases being a good boss means hiring talented people and then getting out of their way.

The acquisition of Guggenheim Alternative Asset Management is a further step in this plan and will provide us with products and expertise in the alternative investment sector, which is an increasingly important segment of the...

Very few managers know how to effectively tap the biggest source of performance improvement available to them: namely, the creativity and knowledge of the people who work for them.

What it takes to do a job will not be learned from management courses. It is principally a matter of experience, the proper attitude, and common sense — none of which can be taught in...

Learn not to consume your opportunities along with your privileges

Problems are just businesses waiting for the right entrepreneur to unlock the value.

A dream with a deadline is a goal.

It’s not the people you fire who make your life miserable. It’s the people you don’t.

The Tone is the Message.

Managing games comes second. Managing people comes first.