Every great manager has a few quotes at their disposal to help them stay focused on what's important. I looked all over for the best management and leadership quotes, and these are the ones I found. If you are a manager or a leader, I hope you enjoy this presentation!

1. Great Management
Quotes
Phil Gerbyshak
http://slackermanager.com
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2. “The conventional
definition of management
is getting work done
through people, but real
management is developing
people through work.”
Agha Hasan Abedi

3. quot;When hiring key
employees, there are only
two qualities to look for:
judgment and taste. Almost
everything else can be
bought by the yard.quot; —
John W. Gardner

4. quot;I believe the real
difference between success
and failure in a corporation
can be very often traced to
the question of how well
the organization brings out
the great energies and
talents of its people.quot; —
Thomas J. Watson, Jr.

5. quot;People are definitely a
company’s greatest asset. It
doesn't make any
difference whether the
product is cars or
cosmetics. A company is
only as good as the people
it keeps.quot; - Mary Kay Ash

6. quot;Management is nothing
more than motivating other
people.quot; - Lee Iacocca

7. quot;Good management
consists in showing average
people how to do the work
of superior people.quot; - John
D. Rockefeller

8. quot;Surround 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.quot;
— Ronald Reagan

9. “That management is best
which manages least, and
in the end, when workers
are ready for it, that
management is best which
manages not at all.”
Anonymous

10. “Management by objective
works - if you know the
objectives. Ninety percent
of the time you don't.” -
Peter F. Drucker

11. “A good manager is a man
who isn't worried about his
own career but rather the
careers of those who work
for him.” H.S.M. Burns

12. “Good 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.” - Paul Hawken

13. Connect with Phil
Gerbyshak
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