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If I had to sum up in a word what makes a good manager, I'd say decisiveness. You can use read more
If I had to sum up in a word what makes a good manager, I'd say decisiveness. You can use the fanciest computers to gather the numbers, but in the end you have to set a timetable and act.
You foolish man, you don't even know your own foolish business.
- Philip Dormer Stanhope, fourth Earl read more
You foolish man, you don't even know your own foolish business.
- Philip Dormer Stanhope, fourth Earl of Chesterfield,
Good business leaders create a vision, articulate the vision, passionately own the vision, and relentlessly drive it to completion.
Good business leaders create a vision, articulate the vision, passionately own the vision, and relentlessly drive it to completion.
Swear, food, or starve; for the dilemma's even;
A tradesman thou! and hope to go to heaven?
Swear, food, or starve; for the dilemma's even;
A tradesman thou! and hope to go to heaven?
A Yale University management professor in response to student Fred Smith's paper proposing reliable overnight delivery service: The concept is read more
A Yale University management professor in response to student Fred Smith's paper proposing reliable overnight delivery service: The concept is interesting and well-formed, but in order to earn better than a 'C', the idea must be feasible.
Whales only get harpooned when they come to the surface, and turtles can only move forward when they stick their read more
Whales only get harpooned when they come to the surface, and turtles can only move forward when they stick their neck out, but investors face risk no matter what they do.
If you don't drive your business, you will be driven out of business.
If you don't drive your business, you will be driven out of business.
There is no way of keeping profits up but by keeping wages down.
There is no way of keeping profits up but by keeping wages down.
Business is like a man rowing a boat upstream. He has no choice; he must go ahead or he will read more
Business is like a man rowing a boat upstream. He has no choice; he must go ahead or he will go back.