Most of what we call management consists of making it difficult for people to get their work done.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I figured managing people was obvious - I'd tell someone what they needed to do and they'd do what I wanted. It turns out that's not the case. It was frustrating at first.
The toughest thing about managing is knowing your personnel and what it can give you under all conditions.
When I finally got a management position, I found out how hard it is to lead and manage people.
Managing is like holding a dove in your hand. Squeeze too hard and you kill it, not hard enough and it flies away.
I'm difficult for management. That's why I have the reputation because nobody challenges management.
Many think of management as cutting deals and laying people off and hiring people and buying and selling companies. That's not management; that's dealmaking.
Society needs people who can manage projects in addition to handling individual tasks.
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.
Anticipate the difficult by managing the easy.
I think management is about just that - managing people via man-to-man skills.