61 Top Management Quotes For Inspiration

Published on November 29, 2016 , under Quotes
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Management is the process of dealing with or controlling things or people.

1. No business in the world has ever made more money with poorer management.
Bill Terry
No business in the world has ever made more money with poorer management. Bill Terry

2. Leadership is about taking responsibility, not making excuses.
Mitt Romney
Leadership is about taking responsibility, not making excuses. Mitt Romney

3. Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower.
Steve Jobs
Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower. Steve Jobs

4. People tend to take time for granted, and then begin to realize its value and importance only when there is hardly any left of it.
Anonymous
People tend to take time for granted, and then begin to realize its value and importance only when there is hardly any left of it.

5. The manager is by himself. He can’t mingle with his players. I enjoyed my players, but I could not socialize with them so I spent a lot of time alone in my hotel room. Those four walls kind of close in on you.
Al Lopez
The manager is by himself. He can't mingle with his players. I enjoyed my players, but I could not socialize with them so I spent a lot of time alone in my hotel ... Al Lopez

6. We don't want managers to manage our change. We want leaders to lead our progress.
Dean Lindsay
We don't want managers to manage our change. We want leaders to lead our progress.  Dean Lindsay

7. Ask yourself, if what you are doing today is getting you closer to where you want to be tomorrow?
Anonymous
Ask yourself, if what you are doing today is getting you closer to where you want to be tomorrow1

8. Good management is the art of making problems so interesting and their solutions so constructive that everyone wants to get to work and deal with them.
Paul Hawken
Good management is the art of making problems so interesting and their solutions so constructive that everyone wants to get to work and deal with them. Paul Hawken

9. If you focus on results, you will never change. If you focus on change, you will get results.
Jack Dixon
If you focus on results, you will never change. If you focus on change, you will get results. Jack Dixon

10. It was just poor management. Looking at it from a professional point of view, the procedures and policies weren't there to control things.
Frank Rawa
It was just poor management. Looking at it from a professional point of view, the procedures and policies weren't there to control things. Frank Rawa

11. Most of what we call management consists of making it difficult for people to get their work done.
Peter Drucker
Most of what we call management consists of making it difficult for people to get their work done. Peter Drucker

12. Time is really the only capital that any human being has, and the only thing he can't afford to lose. Thomas Edison
Time is really the only capital that any human being has, and the only thing he can't afford to lose. Thomas Edison

13. Don't wait for extraordinary opportunities. Seize common occasions and make them great.
Orison Swett Marden
Don't wait for extraordinary opportunities. Seize common occasions and make them great. Orison Swett Marden

14. Management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right things.
Peter F. Drucker
Management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right things. Peter F. Drucker

15. To be able to lead others, a man must be willing to go forward alone.
Harry Truman
To be able to lead others, a man must be willing to go forward alone. Harry Truman

16. When your management style is a hammer, everything & everyone begins to look like a nail
Anonymous
When your management style is a hammer, everything & everyone begins to look like a nail.

17. Your brand name is only as good as your reputation.
Richard Branson
Your brand name is only as good as your reputation. Richard Branson

18. Efficiency is doing things right effectiveness is doing the right things.
Peter Drucker
Efficiency is doing things right effectiveness is doing the right things. Peter Drucker

19. If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.
John Quincy Adams
If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader. John Quincy Adams

20. The art of leadership is saying no, not saying yes. It is very easy to say yes.
Tony Blair
The art of leadership is saying no, not saying yes. It is very easy to say yes. Tony Blair

21. The easiest way to grow, is to let Go. Knowing, that someone else is managing the show.
Anonymous
The easiest way to grow, is to let Go. Knowing, that someone else is managing the show.

22. Time management is really a misnomer. The challenge is not to manage time but to manage ourselves. The key is not to prioritize what’s on your schedule but to schedule your priorities
Stephen Covey
Time management' is really a misnomer – the challenge is not to manage time, but to manage ourselves.The key is not to prioritize what's on your schedule, but ...Stephen Covey

23. My most romantic job i was a manager at Baskin Robbins.
Eric McCormack
My most romantic job i was a manager at Baskin Robbins. Eric McCormack

24. A good manager finds satisfaction in helping others be productive, not being the most productive person in the room.
Paul Glen
A good manager finds satisfaction in helping others be productive, not being the most productive person in the room. Paul Glen

25. Crisis management has been elevated to a very fine skill under his tutelage.
Lyle Gramley
Crisis management has been elevated to a very fine skill under his tutelage.  Lyle Gramley

26. Human resources are like natural resources; they’re often buried deep. You have to go looking for them, they’re not just lying around on the surface. You have to create the circumstances where they show themselves
Ken Robinson
Human resources are like natural resources; they're often buried deep. You have to go looking for them they're not just... Ken Robinson

27. Sports betting is money management, So the most money won on one event is not the most important thing.
Bruce Dern
sports betting is money management, So the most money won on one event is not the most important thing. Bruce Dern

28. I think that stupid people were put on this planet to test my anger management skills
Anonymous
I think that stupid people were put on this planet to test my anger management skills

29. The smaller the function, the greater the management.
C. Northcote Parkinson
The smaller the function, the greater the management. C. Northcote Parkinson

30. If you don't invest in risk management, it doesn't matter what business you're in, it's risky business.
Gary Cohn
If you don't invest in risk management, it doesn't matter what business you're in, it's risky business. Gary Cohn

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31. When a management with a reputation for brilliance tackles a business with a reputation for bad economics, it is the reputation of the business that remains intact.
Warren Buffett
When a management with a reputation for brilliance tackles a business with a reputation for bad economics, it is the reputation of the business that remains intact. Warren Buffett

32. The key to being a good manager is keeping the people who hate me away from those who are still undecided.
Casey Stengel
The key to being a good manager is keeping the people who hate me away from those who are still undecided. Casey Stengel

33. My main job was developing talent. I was a gardener providing water and other nourishment to our top 750 people. Of course, I had to pull out some weeds, too.
Jack Welch
My main job was developing talent. I was a gardener providing water and other nourishment to our top 750 people. Of course, I had to pull out some weeds, too. Jack Welch

34. Technical skills may get you the job, but soft skills can make you or break you as a manager
Anonymous
Technical skills may get you the job, but soft skills can make you or break you as a manager

35. What’s absolutely unforgivable is the financial benefit top management people get for laying off people. There is no excuse for it. No justification. This is morally and socially unforgivable, and we will pay a heavy price for it.
Peter Drucker
what's absolutely unforgivable is the financial benefit top management people get for laying off people. There is no excuse for it. No justification. This is morally and socially... Peter Drucker

36. Events that are predestined require but little management. They manage themselves. They slip into place while we sleep, and suddenly we are aware that the thing we fear to attempt, is already accomplished.
Amelia Barr
Events that are predestined require but little management. They manage themselves. They slip into place while we sleep, and suddenly we are aware that the .... Amelia Barr

37. Management must speak with one voice. When it doesn't management itself becomes a peripheral opponent to the team's mission.
Pat Riley
Management must speak with one voice. When it doesn't management itself becomes a peripheral opponent to the team's mission. Pat Riley

38. There will be no management meeting today
Anonymous
There will be no mangament meeting today

39. Your career is your business. It's time for you to manage it as a CEO.
Dorit Sher
Your career is your business. It's time for you to manage it as a CEO. Dorit Sher

40. Management is nothing more than motivating other people.
Le Iacocca
Management is nothing more than motivating other people. Le Iacocca

41. When you let anger get the best of you it brings out the worst in you
Anonymous
When you let anger get the best of you it brings out th worst in you.

42. The key for us has always been hiring very smart people.
Bill Gates, Microsoft
The key for us has always been hiring very smart people.  Bill Gates, Microsoft

43. Leaders are people who do the right things. Managers are people who do things right
Anonymous
Leaders are people who do the right things. Managers are people who do things right

44. Coming Together Is A Beginning, keeping Together Is Progress & Working together is success.
Henry Ford
Coming Together Is A Beginning, keeping Together Is Progress & Working together is success. Henry Ford

45. Management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right things.
Peter Drucker
Management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right things. Peter Drucker

46. The right people, at the right time is so much more than just a process.
Anonymous
The right people, at the right time is so much more than just a process.

47. The essence of strategy is choosing what not to do.
Anonymous
The essence of strategy is choosing what not to do.

48. Management is efficiency in climbing the ladder of success; leadership determines whether the ladder is leaning against the right wall.
Stephen Covey
Management is efficiency in climbing the ladder of success; leadership determines whether the ladder is leaning against the right wall. Stephen Covey

49. Good management consists in showing average people how to do the work of superior people.
John D. Rockefeller
Good management consists in showing average people how to do the work of superior people. John D. Rockefeller

50. Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life.
Steve Jobs
Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. Steve Jobs

51. What you can measure you can change.
Peter Drucker
What you can measure you can change. Peter Drucker

53. Management is about arranging and telling. Leadership is about nurturing and enhancing.
Tom Peters
Management is about arranging and telling. Leadership is about nurturing and enhancing. Tom Peters

54. Management is about persuading people to do things they do not want to do, while leadership is about inspiring people to do things they never thought they could.
Steve Jobs
Management is about persuading people to do things they do not want to do, while leadership is about inspiring people to do things they... Steve Jobs

55. Management is nothing more than motivating other people.
Le Lacocca
Management is nothing more than motivating other people. Le Lacocca

56. Management An activity or art where those who have not yet succeeded and those who have proved unsuccessful are led by those who have not yet failed.
Paulson Frenckner
Management An activity or art where those who have not yet succeeded and those who have proved unsuccessful are led by those who have not yet failed. Paulson Frenckner

57. When you manage people, you must first convince them they need managing. So you create the problems and then let the people cry for solutions.
Barbara
When you manage people, you must first convince them they need managing. So you create the problems and then let the people cry for solutions. Barbara

58. Good companies will meet needs; great companies will create markets.
Philip Kotler
Good companies will meet needs; great companies will create markets. Philip Kotler

59. People don't leave bad companies, they leave bad managers.
Marcus Buckingham
People don't leave bad companies, they leave bad managers. Marcus Buckingham

60. Multilevel multitasking multiplied multiple times is event management.
Rehan Waris
Multilevel multitasking multiplied multiple times is event management. Rehan Waris

61. To manage a #business well is to manage its future, & to manage the future is to manage information.
Marion Harper
To manage a #business well is to manage its future, & to manage the future is to manage information. Marion Harper

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