The world is full of management quotes and proverbs, be they inane or insightful.
A few examples:
- “The leader follows in front!”
- “Management must manage!”
- “If everyone is thinking alike, someone isn’t thinking.”
- “Lead me, follow me, or get out of my way.”
- “A leader is a man who can adapt principles to circumstances.”
- “Management works in the system; Leadership works on the system.”
- “Never try to teach a pig to sing; it wastes your time and it annoys the pig.”
- “The secret of managing is to keep the guys who hate you away from the guys who are undecided.”
- “A desk is a dangerous place from which to view the world.”
- “So much of what we call management consists in making it difficult for people to work.”
My personal contribution to this list is:
“Plant the seeds of creativity and you will grow a forest of ideas.”
I’m not really sure I know what it means but I do know that you need to make sure that you are not so blind that you “can’t see the forest for all the trees.”
