Sam Altman Quotes

Organizing is what you do before you do something, so that when you do it, it is not all mixed up.

Management of many is the same as management of few. It is a matter of organization.

Leadership is inspiring people. Management is keeping the trains running on time.

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

The best leaders are those who break that mission down into the organization's constituent parts, so that everybody understands their role and how it all builds into the whole.

I used to have to pick up the phone and talk to people who placed orders for the car. When you reach a certain size, you need to have processes in place.

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 have learned to delegate.

The first rule of management is delegation. Don't try and do everything yourself because you can't.

I'm the total organizer. Everything's got a system. It's in order.

As I've evolved, I'm capable of doing a lot of things at once, but really, as an entrepreneur and business person, it's more about adding the right structure to be able to handle scaling all those things as opposed to being at the forefront of doing a lot of them.

Efficient management without effective leadership is, as one individual phrased, it, "like straightening deck chairs on the Titanic".

Management is efficiency in climbing the ladder of success

Management means, in the last analysis, the substitution of thought for brawn and muscle, of knowledge for folkways and superstition, and of cooperation for force. It means the substitution of responsibility for obedience to rank, and of authority of performance for the authority of rank.

You can't do it unless you organize.

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

The CEO's job is always about leadership. It's about leadership in a vision, in terms of where you're going, it's about making sure that you have the right organization and staff, and that you have kind of clearly communicated what some of the plays are and what some of the goals are in terms of the business and how do you organize together in order to make that happen.

You think effectiveness with people and efficiency with things.

I have spent most of my life most happily making plans for others to carry out.

Building a visionary company requires one percent vision and 99 percent alignment.

Here's what management is about: Pick good people and set the right priorities.

The triumph of anything is a matter of organization.

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.

If you want to do a few small things right, do them yourself. If you want to do great things and make a big impact, learn to delegate.

In Washington, one man could do what ten of them do. Things kinder run themselves, anyhow.