top of page

"Eliminate numerical quotas, including Management by Objectives."
Standard
Customized
Exlpore more Management quotes

"When we'd suggested doing it, the Theatre Royal management had said, 'Nobody wants to see Waiting for Godot.' As it happened, every single ticket was booked for every single performance, and this confirmation that our judgment was right was sweet. Audiences came to us from all over the world. It was amazing."

"If a chairman sacks the manager he initially appointed, he should go as well."

"One of the dumber things my manager said was, Stick to the melody. But I can't."

"Most projects start out slowly - and then sort of taper off."

"Fit no stereotypes. Don't chase the latest management fads. The situation dictates which approach best accomplishes the team's mission."

"Our entire team is focused on managing this company for value - fixing or eliminating those operations that lessen value and expanding or adding those that enhance value."

"20% of management theories are responsible for 80% of results. That's assuming the Pareto Principle makes the cut."

"I have an amazing team; I have amazing producers; I have amazing writers, but at the end of it, it's me making the decisions on the writing, the tone, the editing."

"There has been only one manager, and his name is John McGraw."
Explore more quotes by W. Edwards Deming


"The average American worker has fifty interruptions a day, of which seventy percent have nothing to do with work."


"Profit in business comes from repeat customers, customers that boast about your project or service, and that bring friends with them."
bottom of page