Henry Mintzberg
Canada
Born on 2 Sep 1939
Author on Business and Management
Born on 2 Sep 1939
Author on Business and Management
An unsuccessful manager blames failure on his obligations; the effective manager turns them to his own advantage. A speech is a chance to lobby... a visit to an important customer a chance to extrac trade information.
'The Manager's Job: Folklore and Fact,' Harvard Business Review (1975)
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On Anger: "For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind."
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On Destiny: "Our destiny exercises its influence over us even when, as yet, we have not learned its nature: it is our future that lays down the law of our today."
Human, All Too Human
Human, All Too Human
On Friendship: "A crowd is not company; and faces are but a gallery of pictures; and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love."
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