Robert Townsend Quotes (9 quotations)
1. "Top" management is supposed to be a tree full of owls-hooting when management heads into the wrong part of the forest. I'm still unpersuaded they even know where the forest is. - Robert Townsend
2. 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. - Robert Townsend
3. Getting there isn't half the fun - it's all the fun. - Robert Townsend
4. If you don't do it excellently, don't do it at all. Because if it's not excellent, it won't be profitable or fun, and if you're not in business for fun or profit, what the hell are you doing there? - Robert Townsend
5. If you have to have a policy manual, publish the Ten Commandments. - Robert Townsend
6. Most people in big companies are administered, not led. They are treated as personnel, not people. - Robert Townsend
7. One of the most important tasks of a manager is to eliminate his people's excuses for failure. - Robert Townsend
8. The artist must conceive with warmth yet execute with coolness. - Robert Townsend
9. The soul is made for action, and cannot rest till it be employed. Idleness is its rust. Unless it will up and think and taste and see, all is in vain. - Robert Townsend
2. 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. - Robert Townsend
3. Getting there isn't half the fun - it's all the fun. - Robert Townsend
4. If you don't do it excellently, don't do it at all. Because if it's not excellent, it won't be profitable or fun, and if you're not in business for fun or profit, what the hell are you doing there? - Robert Townsend
5. If you have to have a policy manual, publish the Ten Commandments. - Robert Townsend
6. Most people in big companies are administered, not led. They are treated as personnel, not people. - Robert Townsend
7. One of the most important tasks of a manager is to eliminate his people's excuses for failure. - Robert Townsend
8. The artist must conceive with warmth yet execute with coolness. - Robert Townsend
9. The soul is made for action, and cannot rest till it be employed. Idleness is its rust. Unless it will up and think and taste and see, all is in vain. - Robert Townsend
