Management Quotes

Measure what is important, don't make important what you can measure

One thing that makes it possible to be an optimist is if you have a contingency plan for when all hell breaks loose.

Half our life is spent trying to find something to do with the time we have rushed through life trying to save.

The future always comes too fast and in the wrong order.

Start from wherever you are and with whatever you've got.

We've got a low turnover management group and executive group who've grown up in the business.

Divide responsibility and nobody is responsible.

Commodities tend to zig when the equity markets zag.

Hatred - The anger of the weak.

As a manager the important thing is not what happens when you are there, but what happens when you are not there

To win in the marketplace you must first win in the workplace.

There is no doubt that Formula 1 has the best risk management of any sport and any industry in the world.

Time management is the key. Although it seems hectic, as long as you manage your time properly you can get everything done.

Corporations are social institutions. If they don't serve society, they have no business existing

There are six components of wellness: proper weight and diet, proper exercise, breaking the smoking habit, control of alcohol, stress management and periodic exams.

Project management is the art of creating the illusion that any outcome is the result of a series of predetermined, deliberate acts when, in fact, it was dumb luck.

Sports betting is all about money management, so the most money won on one event is not the most important thing

Leadership is the art of accomplishing more than the science of management says is possible.

In most cases being a good boss means hiring talented people and then getting out of their way.

The secret to winning is constant, consistent management.

The future is coming so fast, we can't possibly predict it; we can only learn to respond quickly.

A desperate disease requires a dangerous remedy.

We must firmly grasp management. Just making things isn't enough. We need to raise the quality.

I think management is about just that - managing people via man-to-man skills.

Indeed, the woes of Software Engineering are not due to lack of tools, or proper management, but largely due to lack of sufficient technical competence.

My style is basically trend following, with some special pattern recognition and money management algorithms.

Accountants are in the past, managers are in the present, and leaders are in the future.

Estimating is what you do when you don't know.

It's about focusing on the fight and not the fright.

Divide and Conquer. As long as some people have commanded the work of others, this has been management's basic principle.

Bottoms in the investment world don't end with four-year lows; they end with 10- or 15-year lows.

Future shock is the dizzying disorientation brought on by the premature arrival of the future.

You'll never know how close you are to victory if you give up.

Leadership is working with goals and vision management is working with objectives.

In fact, people themselves are responsible for making the status quo so resistant to change. We are trapped by our own behavior.

It is the responsibility of leadership and management to give opportunities and put demands on people which enable them to grow as human beings in their work environment.

Human experience shows that people, not organizations or management systems, get things done

I like to do weird things in the shower, like drink my coffee, brush my teeth and drink a smoothie. It's good time management.

Being rich is having money; being wealthy is having time.

The only thing that matters is the theater!

This constant, unproductive preoccupation with all the things we have to do is the single largest consumer of time and energy.

Make your top managers rich and they will make you rich.

A sustainable business is resource efficient, respects the environment and is a good neighbour

Time is the fairest and toughest judge.

Gaining time is gaining everything in love, trade and war.

We're just delighted that management has come around to my way of thinking.

A low budget is uncomfortable.

We never shall have any more time we have, and we have always had, all the time there is.

Neckties strangle clear thinking.

Talent is the multiplier. The more energy and attention you invest in it, the greater the yield. The time you spend with your best is, quite simply, your most productive time.