The secret of successful managing is to keep the five guys who hate you away from the four guys who haven't made up their minds.
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The key to being a good manager is keeping the people who hate me away from those who are still undecided.
Managers who don't lead are quite discouraging, but leaders who don't manage don't know what's going on. It's a phony separation that people are making between the two.
On the playing side, a lot of guys I played under were pretty good managers.
The toughest thing about managing is knowing your personnel and what it can give you under all conditions.
The guy who says, 'I love the challenge of managing,' is one step from being out of a job.
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.
You can't always wait for the guys at the top. Every manager at every level in the organization has an opportunity, big or small, to do something. Every manager's got some sphere of autonomy. Don't pass the buck up the line.
I'm not going to manage again. I'm going to work for a team someday. But it won't be managing.
The key to management is to get rid of the managers.
Being a manager is about getting into the minds of the people you represent.