名人金句大師輕鬆讀

傳統權威組織的信條是管理、組織與控制。學習型組織的新信條則是願景、價值與心智模式。

In the traditional authoritarian organization, the dogma was managing, organizing and controlling. In the learning organization, the new dogma will be vision, values and mental models.

比爾．歐白恩 Bill O’Brien
NO.613 第五項修練

人是使用工具的動物。沒有工具，他一無是處；有了工具，他無所不能。

Man is a tool using animal. Without tools, he is nothing. With tools, he is all.

托馬斯．卡萊爾 Thomas Carlyle
NO.945 聰明工作12招

人是使用工具的動物。沒有工具，他一無是處；有了工具，他無所不能。

Man is a tool using animal. Without tools, he is nothing. With tools, he is all.

托馬斯．卡萊爾 Thomas Carlyle
NO.945 聰明工作12招

人其實不會有太大改變，所以，不要浪費時間試圖補足缺失的部分，而是應該專注挖掘已經存在的潛力，這點就已經夠難了。

People actually don't change all that much. Therefore, don't waste time attempting to put in whatever has been left out. Focus instead on trying to draw out what's there. That's hard enough to achieve.

馬克斯．巴金漢 Marcus Buckingham
NO.946 首先，打破成規

管理就像手裡抓著一隻鴿子，抓得太緊，會把牠捏死，放得太鬆，牠又會飛走。

Managing is like holding a dove in your hand. Squeeze too tight, you kill it. Open your hand too much, you let it go.

湯米．拉索達 Tommy Lasorda
NO.949 是大師還是巫醫？

提出好點子的是誰並不重要。

It makes no difference who comes up with good ideas.

詹．卡爾森 Jan Carlzon
NO.951 留住顧客的關鍵時刻

頂尖經理人知道，經理人的挑戰不在使人完美，而是善於利用每個人的獨特之處。

The best managers know that the manager's challenge is not to perfect people, but to capitalize on each person's uniqueness.

馬克斯．巴金漢 Marcus Buckingham
NO.946 首先，打破成規

你不能先設計戰術，然後再將球員塞進去。無論你的戰術設計得多麼出色，如果你不知道你的球員能執行哪些戰術，那都是白搭。

You can't draw up plays and then just plug your players in. No matter how well you have designed your play book, it's useless if you don't know which plays your players can run.

巴德．格蘭特 Bud Grant
NO.946 首先，打破成規

當然，讚美能產生能量，但前提是它必須是有根據的。受到不應得的讚美可能是一種侮辱，因為這反映出讚美者的不在乎。

Of course, praise generates energy, but only if it is justified. Receiving unmerited accolades can be an insult that reveals indifference on the part of the bestower.

詹．卡爾森 Jan Carlzon
NO.951 留住顧客的關鍵時刻

你愈是深入研究管理，就愈會確信這門學問仍是藝術，而非科學。

"The longer you study management, the more convinced you become that the discipline remains an art rather than a science.

約翰．米克斯威特 John Micklethwait
NO.949 是大師還是巫醫？