Strong managers who make tough decisions to cut jobs provide the only true job security in today's world. Weak managers read more

Strong managers who make tough decisions to cut jobs provide the only true job security in today's world. Weak managers are the problem. Weak managers destroy jobs.

Whenever you're in conflict with someone, there is one factor that can make the difference between damaging your relationship and read more

Whenever you're in conflict with someone, there is one factor that can make the difference between damaging your relationship and deepening it. That factor is attitude.

Nothing is given to man on earth - struggle is built into the nature of life, and conflict is possible read more

Nothing is given to man on earth - struggle is built into the nature of life, and conflict is possible - the hero is the man who lets no obstacle prevent him from pursuing the values he has chosen.

Conflict is the gadfly of thought. It stirs us to observation and memory. It instigates to invention. It shocks us read more

Conflict is the gadfly of thought. It stirs us to observation and memory. It instigates to invention. It shocks us out of sheeplike passivity, and sets us at noting and contriving.

One of the most important tasks of a manager is to eliminate his people's excuses for failure.

One of the most important tasks of a manager is to eliminate his people's excuses for failure.

The key to being a good manager is keeping the people who hate me away from those who are still read more

The key to being a good manager is keeping the people who hate me away from those who are still undecided.

The best executive is one who has sense enough to pick good people to do what he wants them to read more

The best executive is one who has sense enough to pick good people to do what he wants them to do, and self-restraint enough to keep from meddling with them while they do it

I'm slowly becoming a convert to the principle that you can't motivate people to do things, you can only demotivate read more

I'm slowly becoming a convert to the principle that you can't motivate people to do things, you can only demotivate them. The primary job of the manager is not to empower but to remove obstacles.

Conflict is the beginning of consciousness.

Conflict is the beginning of consciousness.