Management One-Liners

A difficult decision gets no easier by delaying it.

Never let a situation obscure the problem.

Engineers are the best generalists provided they never forget their engineering sense.

HR people should see their role as broadly as possible.

If you cannot say something good, reflect whether you say anything at all.

Management is a four-letter word – PLAN.

Concentrate on the less interesting – the least attractive.

My first experience of a labour dispute, it is no good being right, if no-one is working for you.

People are entitled to their own opinions, but not their own facts. 

Those who shout loudest probably know least.

An extract from schoolboy training for Rugby. If you drop the ball, do not flap, turn around, pick it up and start competing again.

Do LESS – Achieve MORE (aka Work Smart)

Work Hard - Have Fun

A longer version: Work hard, stay focussed, make money, have fun.

Difference between COMEDY and TRAGEDY, Comedy happens to someone else.

Everybody has got be somewhere – The Goons.

Have your desk at the farthest end of your team's space. Be seen, manage by walk about.

If you have Minutes to produce, delay does not make them any easier.

The person who has never made a mistake has not attempted to achieve much.

Who have I helped today?

Engage brain before opening jaw.

Balance the Positive and Negative strokes

Management is about today, but with a real concern for tomorrow.

What have I done about the problem?

If you cannot measure it - you cannot improve it.

What gets measured - gets managed.

The Manager’s Check List

Set Goals and Plan

Organise the Resources.

Control and Measure Results

Lead & Motivate.

Management is an Intellectual Exercise and needs:-

Courage, Resilience, Energy - Physical & Mental, Thoughtfulness, Persuasive, &  Political acumen

5Ps = Perfect Preparation Prevents Poor Performance

Risk Analysis when combined with Risk Management produces quantifiable results of Prevention and Detection.

Know when to call upon and use experts.

Read widely.