Grace Hopper — "You manage things, you lead people. We went overboard on management and forgot a…"
You manage things, you lead people. We went overboard on management and forgot about leadership. It might help if we ran the MBAs out of Washington.
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Advice to the young on the distinction between management and leadership, with a witty jab at bureaucracy.
Date: 1987 (OCLC Newsletter, March/April)
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