“ Unfortunately, the board of directors that the middle managers report to generally make them aggressive. Imagine being hired into a company and then being told that you have to ignore the emerging hea… Steven Magee
“ One of my astronomy managers used to tell me that liquid nitrogen was harmless and was just liquid air. He would pour it onto his bare hands to demonstrate how safe he thought it was. I was later to r… Steven Magee
“ Good managers don't set a goal to increase efficiency, but rather an implementation of business process improvements that result in higher efficiency as well. Eraldo Banovac
“ Managers can use power, money or certain circumstances to achieve short-term results. However, motivation is crucial for achieving long-term results. Eraldo Banovac
“ USA corporations are legally regulated by laws which their managers know are rarely enforced. This criminal activity is what the USA government calls: Deregulation. Steven Magee
“ Motivating employees to work at their full potential is the main premise of successful management. Eraldo Banovac
“ Some of the greatest advances happen when people are bold enough to speak their truth and listen to others speak theirs. Kenneth H. Blanchard
“ People with power listen less carefully, and have difficulty taking into account what others already know. Dean M. Schroeder
“ 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 d… David Graeber
“ He strode briskly away, to do whatever it was the managers did. Have meetings, I guess. Make phone calls. It was hard for us on the technical side to understand why the company required so many manage… Max Barry
“ Managers are people who know what they want.Leaders are people who get what they want. Bogdan Vaida
“ The natural result of utilizing different perspectives is that people are more engaged because they feel their opinions are important. Eunice Parisi-Carew
“ When people feel trusted, they'll begin to understand they are contributors--and you'll get great ideas and happy people. Eunice Parisi-Carew
“ It's hard for managers to consider different perspectives if they never ask people what they think. Eunice Parisi-Carew
“ People with power do not regulate their behavior as much. They become egocentric and preoccupied with their own self-interest, which eclipses their awareness of the interests of others. Dean M. Schroeder
“ Convincing a leader of the value of front-line ideas alone is rarely enough for that person to overcome years of entrenched bad habits and to change his management style. Dean M. Schroeder
“ 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 v… Dean M. Schroeder
“ 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 u… Alan G. Robinson
