Skip to content

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.

— Marvin Bower The Will to Manage (1966)

Another quote →

More quotes by Marvin Bower

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)

All Marvin Bower quotes →

Attribution

Quote text and notes from Wikiquote: Marvin Bower (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Source quality and labels are our own summary of what Wikiquote records.