A good manager doesn't try to eliminate conflict; he tries to keep it from wasting the energies of his people. If you're the boss and your people fight you openly when they think that you are wrong - that's healthy.

Quote by Robert Townsend

Topics: Management Quotes

A good manager doesn't try to eliminate conflict; he tries to keep it from wasting...

A good manager doesn't try to eliminate conflict; he tries to keep it from wasting...

The soul is made for action, and cannot rest till it be employed. Idleness is...

The soul is made for action, and cannot rest till it be employed. Idleness is...

True leadership must be for the benefit of the followers, not the enrichment of the...

True leadership must be for the benefit of the followers, not the enrichment of the...

A good manager doesn't try to eliminate conflict; he tries to keep it from wasting...

A good manager doesn't try to eliminate conflict; he tries to keep it from wasting...

Most people in big companies are administered, not led. They are treated as personnel, not...

Most people in big companies are administered, not led. They are treated as personnel, not...

If you don't do it excellently, don't do it at all. Because if it's not...

If you don't do it excellently, don't do it at all. Because if it's not...

A good manager doesn't try to eliminate conflict; he tries to keep it from wasting...

A good manager doesn't try to eliminate conflict; he tries to keep it from wasting...

One of the most important tasks of a manager is to eliminate his people's excuses...

One of the most important tasks of a manager is to eliminate his people's excuses...

A leader is not an administrator who loves to run others, but someone who carries...

A leader is not an administrator who loves to run others, but someone who carries...

If you don't do it excellently, don't do it at all. Because if it's not...

If you don't do it excellently, don't do it at all. Because if it's not...

The smaller the function, the greater the management.

The smaller the function, the greater the management.

The key to being a good manager is keeping the people who hate you away...

The key to being a good manager is keeping the people who hate you away...

Consider the vice president, George Bush, a man so bedeviled by bladder problems that he...

Consider the vice president, George Bush, a man so bedeviled by bladder problems that he...

The world is so dreadfully managed, one hardly knows to whom to complain.

The world is so dreadfully managed, one hardly knows to whom to complain.

Management is efficiency in climbing the ladder of success; leadership determines whether the ladder is...

Management is efficiency in climbing the ladder of success; leadership determines whether the ladder is...

The secret of successful managing is to keep the five guys who hate you away...

The secret of successful managing is to keep the five guys who hate you away...

Most people do not receive nearly enough appreciation. How can this be when appreciation is...

Most people do not receive nearly enough appreciation. How can this be when appreciation is...

Effective leadership is not about making speeches or being liked; leadership is defined by results...

Effective leadership is not about making speeches or being liked; leadership is defined by results...

Instead of forming new words I recommend to you any kind of artful management by...

Instead of forming new words I recommend to you any kind of artful management by...

Eliminate numerical quotas, including Management by Objectives.

Eliminate numerical quotas, including Management by Objectives.