I believe one of the best things about managing people is that we can influence lives in a positive way. That's basically what a manager is about. When I can do that, I am very happy.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
The toughest thing about managing is knowing your personnel and what it can give you under all conditions.
Regarding managing people, I am lucky to be surrounded by good, smart friends, some of whom own their own companies or have worked in ones and can lend experience.
I've often heard people say that managing creative people is the hardest thing in the world. 'They're never happy, they drive up the cost of things, blah blah blah.' I just manage people the way I always wanted to be managed. That is, to be creatively challenged, but never to be told what to do.
Good management has helped me find much of the success I've got.
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.
When I finally got a management position, I found out how hard it is to lead and manage people.
Management is the opportunity to help people become better people. Practiced that way, it's a magnificent profession.
Managing is a tough job. When you're young, you just think it's a natural progression - I'm good at this, so I'm going to be good at that - and it's not that way at all.
Since I'm a mother and a wife, I have to have passion or the frustration would win out. But I love managing people. The product is second to managing the people. And marketing to consumers is so challenging because it is evolving constantly.
Managers are important: they are leading the company and guiding and have to provide vision and manage the daily business.
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