One of the most important tasks of a manager is to eliminate his people’s excuses for failure. Robert Townsend Bosses, Failure, Management You May Also Like Failure is not the only punishment for laziness: there is also the success of others. By Jules Renard Failure, Laziness, Success More men fail through lack of purpose than lack of talent. By Billy Sunday Failure, Meaningful, Purpose As a manager the important thing is not what happens when you are there, but what happens when you are not there. By KENNETH H. BLANCHARD Business, Leadership, Management He’s never been very successful. When opportunity knocks, he complains about the noise. By Anonymous Failure, Opportunity, Success The shepherd always tries to persuade the sheep that their interests and his own are the same. By Stendhal Bosses, Leadership, Management On a good day, I view the job [of president of Yale] as directing an orchestra. On the dark days, it is more like that of a clutch—engaging the engine to effect forward motion, while taking greater friction. By A. Bartlett Giamatti Bosses, Leadership, Management You May Also Like from Robert Townsend Make every decision as if you owned the whole company. By Robert Townsend Business, Decision making An important task of a manager is to reduce his people’s excuses for failure. By Robert Townsend Business, Management If you don’t do it excellently, don’t do it at all. Because if it’s not excellent, it won’t be profitable or fun, and if you’re not in business for fun or profit, what the hell are you doing there? By Robert Townsend Business, Excellence, Fun, Inspirational, Profit Consultants are people who borrow your watch and tell you what time it is, then walk off with the watch. By Robert Townsend Consultants, Funny, Sarcastic
Failure is not the only punishment for laziness: there is also the success of others. By Jules Renard Failure, Laziness, Success
More men fail through lack of purpose than lack of talent. By Billy Sunday Failure, Meaningful, Purpose
As a manager the important thing is not what happens when you are there, but what happens when you are not there. By KENNETH H. BLANCHARD Business, Leadership, Management
He’s never been very successful. When opportunity knocks, he complains about the noise. By Anonymous Failure, Opportunity, Success
The shepherd always tries to persuade the sheep that their interests and his own are the same. By Stendhal Bosses, Leadership, Management
On a good day, I view the job [of president of Yale] as directing an orchestra. On the dark days, it is more like that of a clutch—engaging the engine to effect forward motion, while taking greater friction. By A. Bartlett Giamatti Bosses, Leadership, Management
An important task of a manager is to reduce his people’s excuses for failure. By Robert Townsend Business, Management
If you don’t do it excellently, don’t do it at all. Because if it’s not excellent, it won’t be profitable or fun, and if you’re not in business for fun or profit, what the hell are you doing there? By Robert Townsend Business, Excellence, Fun, Inspirational, Profit
Consultants are people who borrow your watch and tell you what time it is, then walk off with the watch. By Robert Townsend Consultants, Funny, Sarcastic
