Micromanagement Sayings and Quotes

Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous old micromanagement quotes, micromanagement sayings, and micromanagement proverbs, collected over the years from a variety of sources.

The first rule of management is delegation. Don’t try and do everything yourself because you can’t. Anthea Turner
The true measure of the value of any business leader and manager is performance. Brian Tracy
Profitability is coming from productivity, efficiency, management, austerity, and the way to manage the business. Carlos Slim
Fit no stereotypes. Don’t chase the latest management fads. The situation dictates which approach best accomplishes the team’s mission. Colin Powell
Hire people who are better than you are, then leave them to get on with it. Look for people who will aim for the remarkable, who will not settle for the routine. David Ogilvy
Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity. George S. Patton
Management is, above all, a practice where art, science, and craft meet Henry Mintzberg
Those who like to command and control others are always scared of their authority been challenged or criticized. Ifeanyi Enoch Onuoha
Focus on a few key objectives. I only have three things to do. I have to choose the right people, allocate the right number of dollars, and transmit ideas from one division to another with the speed of light. So I’m really in the business of being the gatekeeper and the transmitter of ideas. Jack Welch
If you pick the right people and give them the opportunity to spread their wings and put compensation as a carrier behind it you almost don’t have to manage them. Jack Welch
The art of effective listening is essential to clear communication, and clear communication is necessary to management success James Cash Penney
Management’s job is to convey leadership’s message in a compelling and inspiring way. Not just in meetings, but also by example. Jeffrey Gitomer
Good leadership consists of showing average people how to do the work of superior people. John D. Rockefeller
Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other. John F. Kennedy
If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader. John Quincy Adams
Good management consists in showing average people how to do the work of superior people. John Rockefeller
Management is nothing more than motivating other people. Lee Iacocca
This is the key to time management to see the value of every moment. Menachem Mendel Schneerson
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. Mike Huckabee
Good management is the art of making problems so interesting and their solutions so constructive that everyone wants to get to work and deal with them. Paul Hawken
What's measured improves Peter F. Drucker
Surround yourself with the best people you can find, delegate authority, and don’t interfere as long as the policy you’ve decided upon is being carried out. Ronald Reagan
The greatest leader is not necessarily the one who does the greatest things. He is the one that gets the people to do the greatest things. Ronald Reagan
Leadership is working with goals and vision management is working with objectives. Russel Honore
The way management treats associates is exactly how the associates will treat the customers. Sam Walton
Management is efficiency in climbing the ladder of success leadership determines whether the ladder is leaning against the right wall. Stephen Covey
Always treat your employees exactly as you want them to treat your best customers. Stephen Covey
Management is about arranging and telling. Leadership is about nurturing and enhancing. Tom Peters
It is not enough that top management commit themselves for life to quality and productivity. They must know what it is that they are committed to that is, what they must do. These obligations cannot be delegated. Support is not enough; action is required. W. Edwards Deming
When a management with a reputation for brilliance tackles a business with a reputation for bad economics, it is the reputation of the business that remains intact. Warren Buffett