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A business of high principle generates greater drive and effectiveness because people know that they can do the right thing decisively and with confidence.
The Will to Manage (1966)
A business of high principle attracts high-caliber people more easily, thereby gaining a basic competitive and profit edge.
The Will to Manage (1966)
People should be judged on the basis of their performance, not nationality, personality, education, or personal traits and skills.
The Will to Manage (1966)
Decisions should be based on facts, objectively considered — what I call the fact-founded, thought-through approach to decision making.
The Will to Manage (1966)
I believe that leaders and leadership teams working together in a proper design will run the business more effectively than by hierarchical, command-and-control managing. But I can't prove that. And there are no models.
The Will to Manage (1966)
The difference between a leadership and a command company can be very great indeed, because in a hierarchical situation, people who have concerns about reactions against themselves would simply not put forward negative information.
The Will to Manage (1966)
Fourteen basic and well-known managing processes make up the components from which a management system for any business can be fashioned.
The Will to Manage (1966)
The business with high ethical standards has three primary advantages over competitors whose standards are lower
The Will to Manage (1966)
Establishing management programs and operational plans: ...
The Will to Manage (1966)
Planning the organization structure: ...
The Will to Manage (1966)
Leading fosters a working atmosphere that stimulates an open exchange of ideas and fosters dissent. People should show a genuine concern for one another and treat one another with fairness, as peers and friends. With such an atmosphere it should be a pleasure to come to work.
Developing a company philosophy: ...
The Will to Manage (1966)