The only thing that matters is the theater!
The most efficient way to produce anything is to bring together under one management as many as possible of the activities needed to turn out the product.
If you destroy the people of a company, you do not have much left.
What's measured improves
There's a tendency in graphics to allow the trimming of certain parts. But I think that if you're open about your process, your methodology, such as introducing thresholds, introducing filters, techniques people use in research and data management, it's legitimate. It's legitimate to say, "We're only going to show data above this level, or between levels. "
I've actually not read any books on time management.
Inspirational leadership connects to a highly motivated workforce which, in turn, means inspirational results
It was a natural progression for me to write about Millenials transitioning into management but I found myself getting emotional as I wrote. I really do want to repay them for all they have given me. What better way than to help them transition to the next level of their career!
There's something wrong with the system when you've got someone who can provide so much to a company and can be enthusiastic, but isn't management material or whatever. So a lot of that just gets defined as the person who speaks with the loudest voice and gets up there with the most arrogance and overly confident, chest-beating approach. Those are the ones that are going to get the golden ring.
Management by results - like driving a car by looking in rear view mirror.
Asset management CEOs globally are looking at their business models. They're looking at costs, they're looking at making their businesses more efficient, because they're seeing revenues under pressure all over the world.
Time management is a misnomer, the challenge is to manage ourselves.
Reagan was conservative, but he didn't approach global management with an unbending religious zeal.
New sales managers are the forgotten rookie - they were pros at selling, but all of a sudden they're a rookie at management.
Sub-optimization is when everyone is for himself. Optimization is when everyone is working to help the company.
Producing is a thankless task akin to hotel management. Unfortunately there are not too many good hotel managers.
Neckties strangle clear thinking.
Drama is the most difficult of all arts. In it two things are to be satisfied - first, the ears, and second, the eyes. To paint a scene, if one thing be painted, it is easy enough; but to paint different things and yet to keep up the central interest is very difficult. Another difficult thing is stage - management, that is, combining different things in such a manner as to keep the central interest intact.
Just as the largest library, badly arranged, is not so useful as a very moderate one that is well arranged, so the greatest amount of knowledge, if not elaborated by our own thoughts, is worth much less than a far smaller volume that has been abundantly and repeatedly thought over.
90% of all management problems are caused by miscommunication.