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Management Quotes

On the people and decisions that steer a company's fortunes.

These quotes treat management as the real variable behind a business — one naming it as decisive for how a company fares, another describing the grind of commuting for a management job, a third noting how a company's model reaches beyond simple retail. See Business quotes.

My recipes aren't geared towards women; my books are marketed towards women because women are the biggest market for weight loss, weight management and weight maintenance and for cooking.

Quotes by Bethenny Frankel

When you are on the management side, you still have to understand the artistic sensibility so that there is a dialogue with the creative side.

Quotes by Bernard Arnault

When I was a CEO, the books on management that I read weren't very much help after the first few months on the job. They were all designed to give you directions on how not to screw up your company.

Quotes by Ben Horowitz

Most books on management are written by management consultants, and they study successful companies after they've succeeded, so they only hear winning stories.

Quotes by Ben Horowitz

I try to help people with management stuff a lot.

Quotes by Ben Horowitz

Economic management involves the operation of economic frameworks in real time - for example, in the private sector, the management of complex financial institutions or, in the public sector, the day-to-day supervision of those institutions.

Quotes by Ben Bernanke

Mutual fund managers want your money in their funds. They get paid based on assets under management.

Quotes by Barry Ritholtz

Technical people tend to be more 'techie,' and management people are more 'managerial.'

Quotes by Azim Premji

Materialism has never been so ominous as now in North America, as management takes over.

Quotes by Arthur Erickson

The biggest deal for me was that all 24 winners are placed on the Billboard CD of the Year, which went out to 500 of the biggest Music Reps in the business, from radio and press to management and booking.

Quotes by Arthur Godfrey

Considering fighters are usually going to want to fight the best, they need to be protected from themselves. That's where management should come in.

Quotes by Ariel Helwani

I went to Brunel University and very much wanted to go on to do a PhD in management, but then my acting career started to take off. In those days when you switched on the box there were hardly any...

Quotes by Archie Panjabi

I founded SkyBridge - an alternative investment management company focused on seeding and partnering with emerging managers and mentoring Wall Street's next generation of Wall Street's entrepreneurs - in 2005.

Quotes by Anthony Scaramucci

I believe in decentralized management that includes a lot of delegation, empowerment, and accountability.

Quotes by Anthony Scaramucci

For the most part, the American film market has become very corporatised, even independent film to a degree, and because of the corporate management mentality, they want to take the safe way.

Quotes by Anthony LaPaglia

The first rule of management is delegation. Don't try and do everything yourself because you can't.

Quotes by Anthea Turner

Employees who believe that management is concerned about them as a whole person - not just an employee - are more productive, more satisfied, more fulfilled. Satisfied employees mean satisfied customers, which leads to profitability.

Quotes by Anne M. Mulcahy

From doing Power Station, it was like, it's the same guys, but it doesn't sound like them. When we were in Duran, the labels and management wanted more Duran stuff so they could sell it.

Quotes by Andy Taylor

When we started Workday, we were originally very focused on the core HR system. Then we added payroll, and then we got into performance management.

Quotes by Aneel Bhusri

Leadership is inspiring people. Management is keeping the trains running on time.

Quotes by Andy Dunn

Frequently Asked Questions

What does this collection of "management" quotes cover?
It ranges from calling management "the key to a company," to a personal commuting story at Waste Management, Suning's tech-driven management approach, and a wry line about brilliant management meeting a bad-economics business.
Does a quote say management is the most important factor in a company?
Yes: "Look first at management. That's the key to a company."
Is there a personal story about working at Waste Management?
Yes: "Waste Management was based in Chicago, but I lived in Ft. Lauderdale and for 10 years had to commute to work."
Does a quote describe a company's management as tech-focused?
Yes: "Suning from a management concept and technology point of view isn't simply an appliance company."
Is there a witty observation about management versus a bad business?
Yes: "When a management with a reputation for brilliance tackles a business with a reputation for bad economics, it is the reputation of the business that remains intact." See the Business collection for more.

One line observes that brilliant management can outlast a business with weak economics, a sharper claim than the usual leadership platitude — explore Best and Like quotes for more.