#manager

The most cowardly thing in the world is blaming mistakes upon the umpires. Too many managers strut around on the field trying to manage the umpires instead of their teams. ↗

— Bill Klem

#blaming #cowardly #field #instead #manage

Leaders fight for freedom of action. Managers struggle to understand the rules and staying in their parameters. ↗

— Elena D. Calin

#leader-vs-manager #freedom

Some of you may know my story: How for nineteen years, I worked as a manager for a tire plant in Alabama. And some of you may have lived a similar story: After nearly two decades of hard, proud work, I found out that I was making significantly less money than the men who were doing the same work as me. ↗

— Lilly Ledbetter

#alabama #decades #doing #found #hard

When we first went there we completely lacked confidence. Our manager told us our act was too long, and told us to drop certain numbers and concentrate on the exciting stuff. And he was right. ↗

— Steve Marriott

#certain #completely #concentrate #confidence #drop

Most corporations have human-resources processes that involve discussions with your manager, performance evaluations, calibrations for performance and potential succession planning. ↗

— Denise Morrison

#discussions #involve #manager #most #performance

I'm almost like three people. There's me the, Dolly, the person. There's me, the star. And then there's me, the manager. ↗

— Dolly Parton

#dolly #i #like #manager #me

Good managers have a bias for action. ↗

— Tom Peters

#bias #good #good managers #managers

Stop being conned by the old mantra that says, 'Leaders are cool, managers are dweebs.' Instead, follow the Peters Principle: Leaders are cool. Managers are cool too! ↗

— Tom Peters

#being #conned #follow #instead #leaders

Vision is dandy, but sustainable company excellence comes from a huge stable of able managers. ↗

— Tom Peters

#comes #company #dandy #excellence #huge

I make decisions based on my work, not based on meetings with my business managers, who I don't like to meet. ↗

— Chris Robinson

#business #decisions #i #like #make