A goodmanager doesn't

A goodmanager doesn't
A goodmanager doesn't try to eliminate conflict; he tries to keep it from wastingthe energies of his people. If you're the boss and your people fight youopenly when they think that you are wrong that's healthy.
  

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There'sno point in arguing with partisan supporters. Their views are their identity.Nothing you can tell the most phlegmatic follower.
Failingto plan is planning to fail.
He who asks questions cannot avoid the answers.
Washing one's hands of the conflict between the powerfuland the powerless means to side with the powerful, not to be neutral.
Duringthe Depression, or back when we were fighting Hitler, people didn't have timeto sue a company if the coffee was too hot. There were urgent, pressingproblems. If you think you have it tough, read history books.
In thebusiness world, everyone is always working at legitimate cross purposes,governed by self interest.
The amount of effort put into a campaign by a worker expands in proportion to the personal benefits that he will derive from his party's victory.
Power is the faculty or capacity to act, the strength andpotency to accomplish something. It is the vital energy to make choices anddecisions. It also includes the capacity to overcome deeply embedded habitsand to cultivate higher, more effective ones.
Don't consideryour reputation and you may do anything you like.
Laughter is the sun that drives winter from the human face.
I know youbelieve you understand what you think I said, but I'm not sure you realizethat what you heard isn't what I meant.
Far better to think historically, to remember the lessonsof the past. Thus, far better to conceive of power as consisting in part ofthe knowledge of when not to use all the power you have. Far better to be onewho knows that if you reserve the power not to