The brand of leadership we propose has a simple base of MBWA (Managing by Wandering Around). To “wander” with customers and vendors and our own people is to be in touch with the very first vibrations of the new. By Thomas J. Peters and Nancy K. Austin Bosses, Leadership, Management
Men are going to learn to be managers in a world where the organization will come close to consisting of all chiefs and one Indian. The Indian, of course, is the computer. By Thomas L. Whisler Bosses, Computers, Management, Technology
Of course in selecting staff I shall make a few bad decisions. After all, Jesus Christ had to make twelve appointments and one of them was a bummer. By Ted Turner Bosses, Leadership, Management
Chief executives, who themselves own a few shares of their companies, have no more feeling for the average stockholder than they do for baboons in Africa. By T. Boone Pickens Bosses, Executives, Funny, Leadership, Management
The shepherd always tries to persuade the sheep that their interests and his own are the same. By Stendhal Bosses, Leadership, Management
I don’t want any yes-men around me. I want everybody to tell me the truth, even if it costs them their jobs. By Samuel Goldwyn Bosses, Funny, Leadership, Management
One of the most important tasks of a manager is to eliminate his people’s excuses for failure. By Robert Townsend Bosses, Failure, Management
By working faithfully eight hours a day, you may eventually get to be a boss and work twelve hours a day. By Robert Frost Bosses, Funny, Management, Work
A businessman’s judgment is no better than his information. By R. P. Lamont Bosses, Information, Judgement, Knowledge, Management
Never try to teach a pig to sing; it wastes your time and it annoys the pig. By Paul Dickson Bosses, Funny, Leadership, Management, Potential
I won’t eat anything that has intelligent life, but I would gladly eat a network executive or a politician. By Marty Feldman Bosses, Executives, Funny, Management, Politicians
Executives who get there and stay suggest solutions when they present the problems. By Malcolm S. Forbes Bosses, Leadership, Management, Success
Every time I fill a vacant office, I make ten malcontents and one ingrate. By Louis XIV Bosses, Management
In a hierarchy, every employee tends to rise to his level of incompetence. By Laurence J. Peter Bosses, Funny, Management
