Strategies Grow Initially Like Weeds In A

Managers Who Don't Lead Are Quite Discouraging, But Leaders Who Don't Manage Don't Know What's Going On. It's A Phony Separation That People Are Making Between The Two.

Organizations Should Be Built And Managers Should Be Functioning So People Can Be Naturally Empowered. If Someone's Doing Their Job, If Someone's Working In One Of Your Warehouses, Say, They Should Know Their Job Better Than Anybody. They Don't Need To Be 'empowered,' But Encouraged And Left Alone To Be Able To Do What They Know Best.

Strategic Planning Is Not Strategic Thinking. Indeed, Strategic Planning Often Spoils Strategic Thinking, Causing Managers To Confuse Real Vision With The Manipulation Of Numbers.

Theory Is A Dirty Word In Some Managerial Quarters. That Is Rather Curious, Because All Of Us, Managers Especially, Can No More Get Along Without Theories Than Libraries Can Get Along Without Catalogs And For The Same Reason: Theories Help Us Make Sense Of Incoming Information.

Management Is A Curious Phenomenon. It Is Generously Paid, Enormously Influential, And Significantly Devoid Of Common Sense