Stranger than Kiwi Birds at Mating Time

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Entrepreneurship is the last refuge of the troublemaking individual. – James K. Glassman

The best person you interview isn’t necessarily the best person for the job. – Robert Half

Supervisor-subordianate relationships are undoubtedly among the oddest forms of human interaction. They are even stranger than kiwi birds at mating time. – Jeffrey G. Allen

Just being available and attentive is a great way to use listening as a management tool. Some employees will come in, talk for twenty minutes, and leave having solved their problem entirely by themselves. – Nicholas V. Iuppa

Anyone who says he isn’t going to resign, four times, definitely will. – John Kenneth Galbraith

It’s amazing how many people ruin their backs by sitting endlessly at their $3,000 computer in a $3 chair. – John Bear

So much of what we call management consists in making it difficult for people to work. – Peter F. Drucker

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