“ Top management is supposed to be a tree full of owls-hooting when management heads into the wrong part of the forest. I'm still unpersuaded they even know where the forest is. ”
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“ One of the most important tasks of a manager is to eliminate his people's excuses for failure. ”
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“ Compromise is usually bad. It should be a last resort. If two departments or divisions have a problem they can't solve and it comes up to you, listen to both sides and then pick one or the other. This places solid accountability on the winner to make it work… ”
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“ True leadership must be for the benefit of the followers, not the enrichment of the leaders. ”
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“ If you don't do it with excellence, 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? ”
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“ A good leader needs to have a compass in his head and a bar of steel in his heart. ”
- Robert Townsend- Copy
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“ A good manager doesn't try to eliminate conflict; he tries to keep it from wasting the energies of his people. If you're the boss and your people fight you openly when they think that you are wrong — that's healthy. ”
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“ A good leader needs to have a compass in his head and a bar of steel in his heart. ”
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“ A good leader needs to have a compass in his head and a bar of steel in his heart. ”
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“ A good leader needs to have a compass in his head and a bar of steel in his heart. ”
- Robert Townsend- Copy
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“ The big unions served a noble purpose once, and bless them for it. Now they're part of the problem and must give way if America is to move and to participate in management and achieve reasonable productivity. ”
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“ Compromise is usually bad. It should be a last resort. If two departments or divisions have a problem they can't solve and it comes up to you, listen to both sides and then pick one or the other. This places solid accountability on the winner to make it work… ”
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“ A good manager doesn't try to eliminate conflict; he tries to keep it from wasting the energies of his people. If you're the boss and your people fight you openly when they think that you are wrong — that's healthy. ”
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“ A good manager doesn't try to eliminate conflict; he tries to keep it from wasting the energies of his people. If you're the boss and your people fight you openly when they think that you are wrong — that's healthy. ”
- Robert Townsend- Copy
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“ The big unions served a noble purpose once, and bless them for it. Now they're part of the problem and must give way if America is to move and to participate in management and achieve reasonable productivity. ”
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“ Is what I'm doing or about to do getting us closer to our objective? ”
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“ Consultants are people who borrow your watch and tell you what time it is, and then walk off with the watch. ”
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“ If you have to have a policy manual, publish the Ten Commandments. ”
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“ A good leader needs to have a compass in his head and a bar of steel in his heart. ”
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“ Compromise is usually bad. It should be a last resort. If two departments or divisions have a problem they can't solve and it comes up to you, listen to both sides and then pick one or the other. This places solid accountability on the winner to make it work… ”
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