Management Quotes
At Talascend, our teams continuously extract valuable strategy and perspective from the insights of impactful leaders across history. From modern industrial visionaries to notable historical figures, individuals who have driven massive organizational success inevitably master the mechanics of workforce management.
We compile ten significant pieces of wisdom below that emphasize leadership, precise objective-setting, and operational efficiency.
— Sir Richard BransonAs much as you need a strong personality to build a business from scratch, you also must understand the art of delegation. I have to be good at helping people run the individual businesses, and I have to be willing to step back. The company must be set up so it can continue without me.
— Ronald ReaganSurround yourself with the best people you can find, delegate authority, and don’t interfere as long as the policy you’ve decided upon is being carried out.
— Peter F. DruckerManagement by objectives works if you first think through your objectives. Ninety percent of the time you haven’t.No executive has ever suffered because his subordinates were strong and effective.
— Henry FordIf there is any one secret of success, it lies in the ability to get the person’s point of view and see things from that person’s angle as well as from your own.Nothing is particularly hard if you divide it into small jobs.
— Corporate Strategy ArchiveIn the end, you’re measured not by how much you undertake but by what you finally accomplish. Freeing key contributors from low-value, repetitive administration remains critical to corporate momentum.
— Paul HawkenGood 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.
— Harvey MackayDon’t equate activity with efficiency. You are paying your key people to see the big picture. Don’t let them get bogged down in a lot of meaningless meeting and paper shuffling... encourage them to spend dedicated time simply thinking about original ideas.
— Napoleon BonaparteAn army of lions commanded by a deer will never be an army of lions.
— Theodore RooseveltThe best executive is the one who has sense enough to pick good men to do what he wants done, and self-restraint to keep from meddling with them while they do it.
— Stephen R. CoveyManagement is efficiency in climbing the ladder of success; leadership determines whether the ladder is leaning against the right wall.