When managers have got decisions to make, whether it benefits me or not, I have to be man enough to take it.
If that makes your lawyers or managers happy, well, good for them. You still have a lot to worry about.
As a manager you're paid to be uncomfortable. If you're comfortable, it's a sure sign you're doing things wrong.
What I expect is a little more respect from a fellow manager.
Computers allow architects to remain parental instead of being marginalized by the contractors and managers.
The way I was brought up by my parents and guided through my football life by the influences of various managers means that in some ways I am black and white.
For a large corporation to be effective, it must be simple. For an organization to be simple, its people must have self-confidence and intellectual self-assurance. Insecure managers create complexity, real leaders do not clutter.
The prime occupational hazard of a manager is superficiality.
Disruptive technology is a theory. It says this will happen and this is why; it's a statement of cause and effect. In our teaching we have so exalted the virtues of data-driven decision making that in many ways we condemn managers only to be able to take action after the data is clear and the game is over. In many ways a good theory is more accurate than data. It allows you to see into the future more clearly.
Until Scrubs, I didnt have a business manager. I learned everything on my own - and I learned the hard way.
I don't have a label, I don't have a manager, I'm doing everything myself.
I'm not a defender of old or new football managers. I believe in good ones and bad ones, those that achieve success and those that don't.
Bad ballplayers make good managers, not the other way around. All I can do is help them be as good as they are.
A manager says 'go,' but a leader says 'let's go'.
My manager and my agents, they go over my contracts.
If I have to tell a guy he's got something to do, I consider myself a failure as a manager.
We are long-term players in the industry. We're not just crazy and emotional. We try to be logical business managers.
A CEO's behavior has a huge impact on managers down the line.
We're living under the Obama economy. Any CEO in America with a record like this after three years on the job would be graciously shown the door. This president blames the managers instead. He blames the folks on the shop floor. He blames the weather.
Sir Alex Ferguson ceases to amaze me as a manager