#manager

We can't win at home. We can't win on the road. As general manager, I just can't figure out where else to play. ↗

— Pat Williams

#figure #general #general manager #home #i

Our managers hadn't had that kind of success - the record company hadn't, we hadn't - and the feeling was that the next record had to be even bigger, and if it wasn't it would be some kind of failure. ↗

— Roland Gift

#company #even #failure #feeling #had

What you've got to realise is that footballers, and me in particular, have seen everything in the changing room. Everything. I've seen the manager kicking off with the players, the players kicking off with him, players fighting each other, managers fighting, everything. ↗

— Ryan Giggs

#each #everything #fighting #footballers #got

Motivation aside, if people get better at these life skills, everyone benefits: The brain doesn't distinguish between being a more empathic manager and a more empathic father. ↗

— Daniel Goleman

#being #benefits #better #between #brain

Being a football manager is no fun at all. You have to put up with all the hassle. It is not surprising that so many turn grey or have heart attacks. ↗

— Ruud Gullit

#being #football #fun #grey #heart

The Macintosh having shipped, his next agenda was to turn the rest of Apple into the Mac group. He had perceived the rest of Apple wasn't as creative or motivated as the Mac team, and what you need to take over the company are managers, not innovators or technical people. ↗

— Andy Hertzfeld

#apple #company #creative #group #had

Decisiveness is the one word that makes a good manager. ↗

— Lee Iacocca

#good #good manager #makes #manager #one word

There are times when even the best manager is like the little boy with the big dog, waiting to see where the dog wants to go so he can take him there. ↗

— Lee Iacocca

#big #boy #dog #even #go

You can't always wait for the guys at the top. Every manager at every level in the organization has an opportunity, big or small, to do something. Every manager's got some sphere of autonomy. Don't pass the buck up the line. ↗

— Bob Anderson

#autonomy #big #buck #every #got

In some cases, managers and employees have secured pensions beyond their original base salary. It is wrong, the people doing it know it's wrong, and we have to put an end to it. ↗

— Jerry Brown

#beyond #cases #doing #employees #end