John C. Maxwell Quotes

I do appreciate that the most important thing as manager is to get good results.

Do pleasant things yourself, but unpleasant things through others.

A manager is not a person who can do the work better than his men; he is a person who can get his men to do the work better than he can.

Delegating doesn't mean passing off work you don't enjoy, but letting your employees stretch their skills and judgment.

If you want someone else to do a task, don't do it yourself.

I have learned to delegate.

True leadership lies in guiding others to success. In ensuring that everyone is performing at their best, doing the work they are pledged to do and doing it well.

To be an effective leader, you have to have a manipulative streak - you have to figure out the people working for you and give each tasks that will take advantage of his strength.

He isn't a real boss until he has trained subordinates to shoulder most of his responsibilities.

I don't have a problem with delegation. I love to delegate. I am either lazy enough, or busy enough, or trusting enough, or congenial enough, that the notion leaving tasks in someone else's lap doesn't just sound wise to me, it sounds attractive.

I always delegate. If someone is very good at something, whatever it is, he will be in charge.

Good management has helped me find much of the success I've got.

Management is efficiency in climbing the ladder of success

The ability to delegate begins with believing in the potential of people.

Surround yourself with great people; delegate authority; get out of the way

I want to be efficient and effective in everything I do.

You can't do it unless you organize.

You need to have proper management if you're going to move forward.

As you get bigger, you have to learn to delegate.

Management is the art of getting three men to do three men's work

Next to doing a good job yourself, the greatest joy is having someone else do a first class job under your direction.

I think I'm a great organizer. Not that I'm organized, but I'm a great organizer of other people.

A leader gets things done.

I think at some point you have to empower others and really allow everyone else to do what they're hired to do and what they're brought onto the team to do.

Delegate it to the manager. You have this really good staff that will take care of everything for you. You just have to delegate it and trust it.