The Prime Occupational Hazard Of A Manager

If You Ask Managers What They Do, They Will Most Likely Tell You That They Plan, Organise, Co-ordinate And Control. Then Watch What They Do. Don't Be Surprised If You Can't Relate What You See To Those Four Words.

You Can Teach All Sorts Of Things That Improve The Practice Of Management With People Who Are Managers. What You Cannot Do Is Teach Management To Somebody Who Is Not A Manager, The Way You Cannot Teach Surgery To Somebody Whose Not A Surgeon.

A Leader Has To Be One Of Two Things: He Either Has To Be A Brilliant Visionary Himself, A Truly Creative Strategist, In Which Case He Can Do What He Likes And Get Away With It; Or Else He Has To Be A True Empowerer Who Can Bring Out The Best In Others.

No Job Is More Vital To Our Society Than That Of The Manager. It Is The Manager Who Determines Whether Our Social Institutions Serve Us Well Or Whether They Squander Our Talents And Resources.

If The Private Sectors Are About Markets And The Public Sectors Are About Governments, Then The Plural Sector Is About Communities.