1. “Successful enterprises are usually led by a proven chief executive who is a competent benevolent dictator.” -Richard Pratt
2. “You can’t build a strong corporation with a lot of committees and a board that has to be consulted every turn. You have to be able to make decisions on your own.” -Rupert Murdoch
3. “Today, a skilled manager makes more than the owner. And owners fight each other to get the skilled managers.” -Mikhail Khodorkovsky
4. “We don’t have as many managers as we should, but we would rather have too few than too many.” -Larry Page
5. “Our mission statement about treating people with respect and dignity is not just words but a creed we live by every day. You can’t expect your employees to exceed the expectations of your customers if you don’t exceed the employees’ expectations of management.” -Howard Schultz
6. “Hiring people is an art, not a science, and resumes can’t tell you whether someone will fit into a company’s culture. When you realize you’ve made a mistake, you need to cut your losses and move on.” -Howard Schultz
7. “The way you see them is the way you treat them and the way you treat them is the way they often become.” -Zig Ziglar
8. “Gettin’ good players is easy. Gettin’ ‘em to play together is the hard part.“ -Casey Stengel
9. “If you want to build a ship, don’t drum up people together to collect wood and don’t assign them tasks and work, but rather teach them to long for the endless immensity of the sea.” -Antoine de Saint-Exupery
10. “If at first you don’t succeed, try management.” – Unknown
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