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We don't have as many managers as we should, but we would rather have too few than too many.

We're all flawed, but basically, effective managers are people whose flaws are not fatal under the circumstances. Maybe the best managers are simply ordinary, healthy people who aren't too screwed up.

In managers, I look for people who can get things done through other people. The most important thing for a good manager is that the people on his team feel like he or she has integrity.

Different managers give confidence in different ways. Some by hugging, others by talking or having conversations.

Every human being must have boundaries in order to have successful relationships or a successful performance in life.

Managers tend to treat organizations as if they are infinitely plastic. They hire and fire, merge, downsize, terminate programs, add capacities. But there are limits to the shifts that organizations can absorb.

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

A manager is not a person who can do the work better than his men; he is a person who can get his men to do the work better than he can.

We, as individuals, must be responsible for our careers with the goal of reaching our highest potential. The job of a manager is to tap into that energy that's already there.