An Enterprise Is A Community

Strategic Planning Is Not Strategic Thinking. Indeed, Strategic Planning Often Spoils Strategic Thinking, Causing Managers To Confuse Real Vision With The Manipulation Of Numbers.

Basically, Managing Is About Influencing Action. Managing Is About Helping Organizations And Units To Get Things Done, Which Means Action. Sometimes, Managers Manage Actions Directly. They Fight Fires. They Manage Projects. They Negotiate Contracts.

What We Call A Financial Crisis Is Really At Its Core A Crisis Of Management, And Not Just A Crisis Of Management, But A Crisis Of Management Culture. ...in Other Words, What You Had Is A Detachment Of People Who Know The Business From People Who Are Running The Business.

The Idea That You Can Take Smart But Inexperienced 25-year-olds Who Never Managed Anything And Turn Them Into Effective Managers Via Two Years Of Classroom Training Is Ludicrous.

Managers Who Don't Lead Are Quite Discouraging, But Leaders Who Don't Manage Don't Know What's Going On. It's A Phony Separation That People Are Making Between The Two.