Managing Quotes

“leadership is a sacred trust earned from the respect of those”
― Henry Mintzberg, Managing

“Managing is about nuance as much as it is about decisiveness.”
― Henry Mintzberg, Managing

“being a manager’ means not merely assuming a position of authority but also becoming more dependent on others,”
― Henry Mintzberg, Managing

“A good part of the work of managing involves doing what specialists do, but in particular ways that make use of the manager’s special contacts, status, and information.”
― Henry Mintzberg, Managing

“To conclude, in this chapter we have seen the characteristics of managing, as they were then and remain now: the pace, brevity, variety, fragmentation; the interruptions; the orientation to action; the oral aspect of the information; the lateral nature of much of the communication; and the tricky problem of exercising control without quite being in control.”
― Henry Mintzberg, Managing

“To succeed, managers have to become proficient at their superficiality.”
― Henry Mintzberg, Managing

“to be a successful manager, let alone—dare I say—a great leader, maybe you don’t have to be wonderful so much as more or less emotionally healthy and clearheaded.”
― Henry Mintzberg, Managing

“The line between confidence and arrogance can be not only thin but also vague.”
― Henry Mintzberg, Managing

“Does this sharing raise the risk that confidential information will fall into the wrong hands? Sure, sometimes (although refusing to share information is often a smokescreen for political games). But contrast this with the benefits of having better-informed people all around.”
― Henry Mintzberg, Managing