#nag

The goal of management is to remove obstacles. ↗

— Paul Orfalea

#management #business

Delegating your accountabilities is abdication ↗

— Michael E. Gerber

#management #business

Of the twelve, the most powerful questions (to employees, guaging their satisfaction with their employers) are those witha combination of the strongest links to the most business outcomes (to include profitability). Armed with this perspective, we now know that the following six ar ethe most powerful questions: 1) Do I know what is expected of me at work? 2) Do I have the materials and equipment I need to do my work right? 3) Do I have the opportunity to do what I do best every day? 4) In the last seven days, have I received recognition or praise for good work? 5) Does my supervisor, or someone at work, seem to care about me as a person? 6) Is there someone at work who encourages my development? As a manager, if you want to know what you should do to build a strong and productive workplace, securing 5s to these six questions would be an excellent place to start. ↗

— Marcus Buckingham

#business

What's Management up to?" I whispered to Bennett. "My guess is a new acronym," he whispered. "Departmental Unification Management Business." He wrote down the ltters on his legal pad. "D.U.M.B. ↗

— Connie Willis

#dumb #mnagement #business

Many small businesses are doomed from day one, not from competition or the economy, but from the ignorance of their owners . . . their destiny is already decided because they have no idea how a business should be operated. ↗

— William Manchee

#failure #lack-of-experience #management #small-business #business

For a business to strengthen its position on the market, its managers should become skillful at helping their subordinates to set and achieve specific and measurable goals with realistic deadlines and clear expectations. Managers should also mentor employees through challenges, helping them grow and develop new skills. ↗

— Anna Stevens

#goals #management #management-and-leadership #manager #successor

First LEARN...then remove the 'L ↗

— Mohit Manke

#career #earn #inspirational #learn #learning

View a Copycat as a Stray Cat.. They stray through the day hunting down prey. They pick up a scent through steel or cement. They act shy yet their sly. They get around traps, they escape with the bait. When you realize your loss and feel the hard cost without a peep nor a sign, they stand smiling across the finish line. ↗

— Victoria Addino

#beware #business-management-training #competitor #enemies-and-opposition #ideas-are-power

Time Progression: Wasting >>Spending >> Managing >> Investing ↗

— Elizabeth Grace Saunders

#organization #productivity #time-investment #time-management #work-life-balance

The rationales for centralized, to-down decision making - control, direction, and compliance - melts away when individuals are tightly aligned with the company's values and goals, accountable for their actions, and self-regulated. ↗

— Dov Seidman

#business