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

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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 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...

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...

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 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...

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...

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...

Those who try to lead the people can only do so by following the mob

Those who try to lead the people can only do so by following the mob

When a leader is in the Democratic party he's a boss; when he's in the...

When a leader is in the Democratic party he's a boss; when he's in the...

The leaders who work most effectively, it seems to me, never say 'I'. And that's...

The leaders who work most effectively, it seems to me, never say 'I'. And that's...

Leadership is unlocking people's potential to become better.

Leadership is unlocking people's potential to become better.

A leader is someone who steps back from the entire system and tries to build...

A leader is someone who steps back from the entire system and tries to build...

Manipulators rarely advise you to seek new and diverse information or to learn and research...

Manipulators rarely advise you to seek new and diverse information or to learn and research...

Leadership is action, not position.

Leadership is action, not position.

Ninety percent of leadership is the ability to communicate something people want.

Ninety percent of leadership is the ability to communicate something people want.

With the furious pace of change in business today, difficulty to manage relationships sabotages more...

With the furious pace of change in business today, difficulty to manage relationships sabotages more...

A man may die, nations may rise and fall, but an idea lives on. Ideas...

A man may die, nations may rise and fall, but an idea lives on. Ideas...