When we manage a team, we’re also required to manage ourselves and our contributions to the team and organization. Therefore, it’s important to keep the proper perspective to stay focused, motivated, and be able to pass on those characteristics to the rest of our team. Here are a handful of quotes that I believe EVERY manager should not only read and know, but apply in their business. Enjoy!
“To manage something you have to be able to control it; To control something, you have to be able to measure it.”
~Dale Carnegie
“Tell a man there are 300 billion stars in the universe and he’ll believe you. Tell him a bench has wet paint on it and he’ll have to touch it to be sure.”
~Murphy’s Law
“What you discover about life’s shell game is that it’s hardest to follow the pea when you’re the pea.”
~Robert Brault
“Great leaders delegate results, not tasks”. Have you learned how to do this?
“Tell me and I forget, teach me and I may remember, involve me and I learn.”
~Benjamin Franklin
“Knowledge is power, but the application of knowledge is wisdom. Now that’s REAL power!”