Lisa Hanawalt Quotes

One of the main tasks of a manager is psychology.

I think management is about just that - managing people via man-to-man skills.

A manager is an assistant to his men.

My idea of management is that what your job is as the boss is to find really good people and empower them and leave them alone.

Management is nothing more than motivating other people.

When you are the manager, you want to win.

I can lead my team.

I think I can run a team pretty well.

But the art of management has not changed. The art of it is still 80 to 90 per cent man-management. It is just a matter of getting the best out of what you have got.

As a manager, you need to have your own vision and what you want to do with the team.

My job as a manager is to get the best out of your players. Sometimes you get it wrong, and you won't get the response that you want, but we all face that every single day.

As a goalkeeper you need to be good at organising the people in front of you and motivating them. You need to see what's going on and react to the threats. Just like a good manager in business.

The Leader will be a person with the management skills to coordinate the activities of the Team, and to assure that the Team remains faithful to the objectives of the incoming President.

Leadership is influence.

Being a manager is about getting into the minds of the people you represent.

Leadership is working with goals and vision; management is working with objectives.

A good leader should focus on making sure everyone is being given the tools to do their job, not just expecting - poof! - that they're going to produce great work.

The secret to success is good leadership, and good leadership is all about making the lives of your team members or workers better.

I've got a really great team around me. They're the ones that are in the restaurants on a day to day basis. Anyone that's good can't be stifled in any way. I don't baby people.

The key to being a good manager is keeping the people who hate me away from those who are still undecided.

Leadership consists of picking good men and helping them do their best.

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.

Some people say it's scarier to direct the people you work with; not me, I'm a team guy.

I'm not really a management-type person. It doesn't suit my personality to be bossing people around.

Reading a book about management isn't going to make you a good manager any more than a book about guitar will make you a good guitarist, but it can get you thinking about the most important concepts.