Chris Hughton Quotes

Managers are driving the ship, so to speak, without actually being on the pitch, so every manager I've worked under here definitely deserves credit.

A manager is responsible for the application and performance of knowledge.

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

A leader is the one who can outline the broad vision and the direction, and say here's where we are going to go, here's why we need to go there, and here's how we are going to get there. A manager is the one who actually gets up under the hood and tunes the carburetor.

My definition of an executive's job is brief and to the point. It is simply this: Getting things done through other people.

All we do is sign great teams, and stay out of the way. The rest will take care of itself.

When I was a player, I was always interested in management.

Being a manager is kneading people.

I've run a very successful business, and I think I can also run a very successful team.

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

It's extremely instructive to realize that you cannot do everything. You need to delegate, to find experts, to consult with them. A big part of the job of directing is knowing when to take something on and when you shouldn't.

Leadership and management are not synonymous.

Of all the things I've done, the most vital is coordinating those who work with me and aiming their efforts at a certain goal.

I describe management as arts, crafts and science. It is a practice that draws on arts, craft and science and there is a lot of craft - meaning experience - there is a certain amount of craft meaning insight, creativity and vision, and there is the use of science, technique or analysis.

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

A CEO needs to build their own team.

I need to build my team around my weaknesses.

Management is efficiency in climbing the ladder of success; leadership determines whether the ladder is leaning against the right wall.

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

When I finally got a management position, I found out how hard it is to lead and manage people.

You can teach all sorts of things that improve the practice of management with people who are managers. What you cannot do is teach management to somebody who is not a manager, the way you cannot teach surgery to somebody whose not a surgeon.

I have never seen myself as a promoter. I always evaluate myself as a manager.

The classic problem as an entrepreneur is that they have a hard time delegating. But that's really crazy. Recruiting other executives is critical, so is dealing with customers and dealing with regulators. Those are functions that only the top founders can do.

I'm a natural management guy. I had forgotten that. And I forgot how much I hate it.

A manager's job is simple. For one hundred sixty-two games you try not to screw up all that smart stuff your organization did last December.