You manage things, you lead people. We went overboard on management and forgot about leadership.
GH
Grace HopperInterview, The Wit and Wisdom of Grace Hopper (1987)
About Grace Hopper
Computer scientist and US Navy rear admiral who pioneered programming languages. (1906-1992)
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- Humans are allergic to change. They love to say, 'We've always done it this way.' I try to fight that. That's why I have a clock on my wall that runs counter-clockwise.Interview, The Wit and Wisdom of Grace Hopper (1987)
- A human must turn information into intelligence or knowledge. We've tended to forget that no computer will ever ask a new question.Interview, The Wit and Wisdom of Grace Hopper (1987)
- I've always been more interested in the future than in the past.Quoted in Reader's Digest (1994)
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- Victorious warriors win first and then go to war, while defeated warriors go to war first and then seek to win.Sun Tzu
- Management of many is the same as management of few. It is a matter of organization.Sun Tzu
- A skilled commander seeks victory from the situation and does not demand it of his subordinates.Sun Tzu
- All men can see these tactics whereby I conquer, but what none can see is the strategy out of which victory is evolved.Sun Tzu
- Treat your men as you would your own beloved sons. And they will follow you into the deepest valley.Sun Tzu
- Trust men and they will be true to you; treat them greatly, and they will show themselves great.Ralph Waldo Emerson
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