Managing By Results Only Makes Things Worse.

A Manager Of People Needs To Understand That All People Are Different. This Is Not Ranking People. He Needs To Understand That The Performance Of Anyone Is Governed Largely By The System That He Works In, The Responsibility Of Management.

The Greatest Losses Are Unknown And Unknowable.

Eliminate Slogans, Exhortations, And Targets For The Work Force Asking For Zero Defects And New Levels Of Productivity. Such Exhortations Only Create Adversarial Relationships, As The Bulk Of The Causes Of Low Quality And Low Productivity Belong To The System And Thus Lie Beyond The Power Of The Work Force

Sub-optimization Is When Everyone Is For Himself. Optimization Is When Everyone Is Working To Help The Company.

Anyone That Enjoys His Work Is A Pleasure To Work With.