“I'd love to be an artist always, but if no one wants me, I'd love to write songs for other people, be a manager, nurture new talent.” PeopleIfsWantWritingArtistSongTalentManagersWant MeNurtureNew Talent Author:Adele
“If a team is in a positive frame of mind, it will have a good attitude. If it has a good attitude, it will make a commitment to playing the game right. If it plays the game right, it will win-unless, of course, it doesn't have enough talent to win, and no manager can make goose-liver pate out of goose feathers, so why worry?” IfsMindEnoughPlayCoursesGamesWinningAttitudeWorryTeamTalentCommitmentManagersFeathersGeeseLiverFrame Of MindGood Attitude Author:Sparky Anderson
“One thing I've learned is that I'm not the owner of my talent; I'm the manager of it.” One ThingTalentManagersI've LearnedOwnersThings I've Learned Author:Madonna Ciccone
“There are a few investment managers, of course, who are very good - though in the short run, it's difficult to determine whether a great record is due to luck or talent. Most advisors, however, are far better at generating high fees than they are at generating high returns. In truth, their core competence is salesmanship. Rather than listen to their siren songs, investors - large and small - should instead read Jack Bogle's The Little Book of Common Sense Investing.” ShouldLittlesBookRunningSongCoursesDifficultCommonRecordsTalentReturnLuckInvestmentInvestingVery GoodDetermineDuesCoreCommon SenseManagersInvestorsCompetenceFeesSirensAdvisorsSalesmanshipSiren Song Author:Warren Buffett
“Reliance's success is a reflection of India's capabilities, the talent of her people and the potential of her entrepreneurs, engineers, managers, and workers.” PeopleInspirationalPowerfulTalentReflectionIndiaEntrepreneurWorkersManagersCapabilityEngineersReliance Author:Dhirubhai Ambani
“Am I a great manager? Huh. I was blessed to have a front office that found great talent, and then I was smart enough to stay the hell out of their way.” WayEnoughFoundHellTalentFrontsOfficeSmartBlessedManagersGreat MenGreat TalentGreat ManagersFront Office Author:Sparky Anderson
“In the '60s, my father, Wally Amos, had been a talent agent and a personal manager before taking a major career detour in 1975, when he opened a store selling chocolate chip cookies.” FatherCareersTalentMajorsStoresSellingAgentsManagersChocolateChipsCookiesDetoursChocolate ChipsChocolate Chip Cookies Author:Shawn Amos
“J has told me about his past. I know what happened and why. But he is the one person who made me believe in my talent and whatever happened in the past, he's been a wonderful manager to me.” KnowsBelievePersonsMadePastWonderfulHappenedTalentManagers Author:LaToya Jackson
“It's unfortunate when an athlete's talent comes with so little forethought or leadership [...] The Falcons need to start over. If next year's team ends up being young and hungry but fairly average, the last thing you want as a general manager or coach is to have a blowhard cornerback whining about his contract leading the charge, no matter how good he is.” IfsWantNeedsYearsLittlesEndsMatterLastsYoungNextTeamTalentAverageAthleteCoachesHungryManagersContractsUnfortunateNext YearStarting OverWhiningFalconForethoughtGeneral ManagerBlowhards Author:Jeff Schultz
“In my first career I had founded my own company, with a group of MIT professors, before coming to Harvard to finish my doctorate, and so I had a deep respect for the brains, talent, and dedication of managers. That made it hard for me to believe the attributions in the business press that stupid management was to blame. So I looked elsewhere for an explanation.” FirstsBelieveMadeHardMy OwnBrainCompanyCareersGroupsTalentStupidManagementBlamePressesMade ItManagersExplanationProfessorsDedicationElsewhereHarvardMitStupid MenDoctoratesAttribution Author:Clayton Christensen
“There are "four keys" to becoming an excellent manager: finding the right fit for employees, focusing on strengths of employees, defining the right results, and hiring for talent - not just knowledge and skills.” ResultsFourTalentKeysBecomingFitSkillsFindingsManagersExcellentEmployeeDefiningHiring Author:Marcus Buckingham
“Managers are, and should be, totally responsible for recognizing individual strengths (both natural talents and skills), getting those strengths in proper alignment (i.e. in the right "seats"), and then leveraging them.” ShouldIndividualNaturalTalentSkillsResponsibleManagersSeatsRecognizingAlignmentNatural TalentIndividual Strength Author:Marcus Buckingham