Quotes about Management
Management is formal authority given from above. Leadership is moral authority given from below and all around.
— Stephen Covey
By instinct we-leaders-want to run hard all the time; by intellect we know this is not possible. Reconciling those two positions in the context of leadership is an ongoing challenge.
— Bill Walsh
We are not responsible for our endowments or natural abilities, but we are responsible for the strategic use of time.
— J. Oswald Sanders
The difference between mere management and leadership is communication.
— Winston Churchill
Our problem is not too little time, but making better use of the time we have. Each of us has as much time as anyone else.
— J. Oswald Sanders
(On being in a position of leadership) Even if it's your dog, you've got authority over somebody. Start treating him better.
— Joyce Meyer
Management is the process of assuring that the program and objectives of the organization are implemented. Leadership on the other hand has to do with casting vision and motivating people.
— John Maxwell
If you are an effective manager of your self, your discipline comes from within; it is a function of your independent will.
— Stephen Covey
The best executive is the one who has sense enough to pick good men to do what he wants done, and self-restraint to keep from meddling with them while they do it.
— Theodore Roosevelt
Lead competently.Lead productively.Lead skillfully.Lead excellently.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
Diabetes is a great example whereby, giving the patient the tools, you can manage yourself very well.
— Clayton M. Christensen
Managers are already voracious consumers of theory. Every time they make a decision or take action, it's based on some theory that leads them to believe that action will lead to the right result. The problem is, most managers aren't aware of the theories they're using, and they often use the wrong theories for the situation.
— Clayton M. Christensen