Quotes on Managing People

You don't lead by hitting people over the head - that's assault, not leadership.

Innovation has nothing to do with how many R&D dollars you have. When Apple came up with the Mac, IBM was spending at least 100 times more on R&D. It's not about money. It's about the people you have, how you're led, and how much you get it.

Inventories can be managed, but people must be led.

Most of what we call management consists of making it difficult for people to get their work done.

Good leadership consists of showing average people how to do the work of superior people.

Hire people who are better than you are, then leave them to get on with it. Look for people who will aim for the remarkable, who will not settle for the routine.

You manage things, you lead people. We went overboard on management and forgot about leadership. It might help if we ran the MBAs out of Washington.