1. “Authority without wisdom is like a heavy axe without an edge, fitter to bruise than polish. “ -Anne Bradstreet
2. “The people who are doing the work are the moving force behind the Macintosh. My job is to create a space for them, to clear out the rest of the organization and keep it at bay.” -Steve Jobs
3. “Management is nothing more than motivating other people.” -Lee Iacocca
4. “A good manager is a man who isn’t worried about his own career but rather the careers of those who work for him.” -H. S. M. Burns
5. “The secret of successful managing is to keep the five guys who hate you away from the four guys who haven’t made up their minds.” -Casey Stengel
6. “Good management is the art of making problems so interesting and their solutions so constructive that everyone wants to get to work and deal with them.” -Paul Hawken
7. “Organization doesn’t really accomplish anything. Plans don’t accomplish anything, either. Theories of management don’t much matter. Endeavors succeed or fail because of the people involved. Only by attracting the best people will you accomplish great deeds.”-Colin Powell
8. “Fit no stereotypes. Don’t chase the latest management fads. The situation dictates which approach best accomplishes the team’s mission.” -Colin Powell
9. “The smaller the function, the greater the management.” -C. Northcote Parkinson
10. “Reduce the layers of management. They put distance between the top of an organization and the customers.” -Donald Rumsfeld
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