Quotes about Leadership
I'm highly political. I spend an awful lot of time in the U.S. trying to influence decision-makers. But I don't feel in tune with British politics.
— Jane Goodall
[Facebook and Twitter] aren't the real problems in the office. The real problems are what I like to call the M&Ms, the Managers and the Meetings.
— Jason Fried
Good decisions don't so much need consensus as they need commitment.
— Jason Fried
Delegators love to pull people into meetings, too. In fact, meetings are a delegator's best friend. That's where he gets to seem important. Meanwhile, everyone else who attends is pulled away from getting real work done.
— Jason Fried
People will respect you more if you are open, honest, public, and responsive during a crisis. Don't hide behind spin or try to keep your bad news on the down low. You
— Jason Fried
An owner unknowingly scattering people's attention is a common cause of the question "Why's everyone working so much but nothing's getting done?
— Jason Fried
It begins with this idea: Your company is a product. Yes, the things you make are products (or services), but your company is the thing that makes those things. That's why your company should be your best product.
— Jason Fried
You can't credibly promote the virtues of reasonable hours, plentiful rest, and a healthy lifestyle to employees if you're doing the opposite as the boss.
— Jason Fried
Questions bring options, decrees burn them.
— Jason Fried
When you treat people like children, you get children's work. Yet that's exactly how a lot of companies and managers treat their employees.
— Jason Fried
As a manager, you have to accept the fact that people will make mistakes, but not intentionally, and that mistakes are the price of learning and self-sufficiency.
— Jason Fried
If you still want people in the office every day, change that requirement to every afternoon instead. Then let your troops have their mornings to themselves.
— Jason Fried