Famous Management Sayings....

“Men and women want to do a good job, a creative job,
and if they are provided the proper environment, they
will do so.”
—Bill Hewlett, Co-founder, Hewlett-Packard


“Our chief want is someone who will inspire us to be
what we know we can be.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson


“Ultimately, we’re talking about redefining the relationship
between boss and subordinate.”
—Jack Welch, Former CEO, General Electric

“It’s surprising how much you can accomplish, if you
don’t care who gets the credit.”
—Abraham Lincoln

“Trust—the glue that binds followers and leaders
together.”
—Warren Bennis

“Next to knowing all about your own business”
the best thing is to know all about the
other fellow’s business
—John D. Rockefeller, Founder, Standard Oil

“Not failure, but low aim, is crime.”
—James Russell Lowell


“There is nothing that is a more certain sign of insanity
than to do the same thing over and over and expect the
results to be different.”
—Albert Einstein

“No person who is enthusiastic about his work has anything
to fear from life.”
—Samuel Goldwyn

“All of us do not have equal talent, but all of us should
have an equal opportunity to develop our talent.”
—John F. Kennedy

“Every manager knows how to count, but smart managers
know what counts.”
—Anonymous

“There are two things people want more than sex and
money … recognition and praise.”
—Mary Kay Ash, Founder, Mary Kay Cosmetics

“Leadership is performance. You have to be conscious of
your behavior, because everyone else is.”
—Carly Fiorina, CEO, Hewlett Packard

“The shortest and best way to make your fortune is to let
people see that it is in their interests to promote yours”
—Jean de La Bruyere, 17th-century French Writer

“People want to feel what they do makes a difference.”
—Frances Hesselbein, President, The Drucker Foundation

“If you want someone to do a good job, give them a
good job to do.”
—Frederick Herzberg, Management Theorist

“We must exchange the philosophy of excuse—
what I am is beyond my control—for the philosophy
of responsibility.”
—Barbara Jordan, lawyer and former member of congress

“The trust that we put in ourselves makes us feel
trust in others.”
—François de la Rochefoucauld, 17th-century French writer

“We must do more than simply do things right—we must
also do the right things.”
—Excerpt from “Our Values,” Pfizer Pharmaceutical

“All I wanna do is have some fun. I got a feeling
I’m not the only one.”
—Sheryl Crow, Recording Artist


“There’s only one way to know how strong employee
motivation is throughout your company—ask the people
who actually work there. If the de-motivators are seeping
in, then it’s time to put the kibosh on any and all demotivators
in a hurry!”
—Anonymous

“Recruit your people everyday, even though your crew is
already on board.”
—Mike Abrashoff, Founder, Grassroots Leadership LLC, Boston, MA


“Coming together is a beginning; keeping together is
progress; working together is success.”
—Henry Ford


“Work can provide the opportunity for spiritual and personal,
as well as financial, growth. If it doesn’t, then
we’re wasting far too much of our lives on it.”
—James A. Autry, Love and Profit: The Art of Caring Leadership