If you ask managers what they do, they will most likely tell you that they plan, organise, co-ordinate … - Henry Mintzberg

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The symbol is greater than visible substance. . . . Unhappy the land that has no symbols, or that chooses their meaning without great care.

Henry Mintzberg

If you ask managers what they do, they will most likely tell you that they plan, organise, co-ordinate and control. Then watch what they do. Don't be surprised if you can't relate what you see to those four words.

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Empowerment is what managers do to people. Engagement is what managers do with people.

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Never set out to be the best. It's too low a standard. Set out to be good. Do Your best.

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Organizations should be built and managers should be functioning so people can be naturally empowered. If someone's doing their job, if someone's working in one of your warehouses, say, they should know their job better than anybody. They don't need to be 'empowered,' but encouraged and left alone to be able to do what they know best.

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Corporations are economic entities, to be sure, but they are also social institutions that must justify their existence by their overall contribution to society.

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Basically, managing is about influencing action. Managing is about helping organizations and units to get things done, which means action. Sometimes, managers manage actions directly. They fight fires. They manage projects. They negotiate contracts.

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