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More Quotes from Robert Townsend:
Top management is supposed to be a tree full of owls hooting when management heads into the wrong part of the forest. I'm still unpersuaded they even know where the forest is.Robert Townsend
Managers must have the discipline not to keep pulling up the flowers to see if their roots are healthy.
Robert Townsend
It's a poor bureaucrat who can't stall a good idea until even its sponsor is relieved to see it dead and officially buried
Robert Townsend
A leader is not an administrator who loves to run others, but someone who carries water for his people so that they can get on with their jobs.
Robert Townsend
Compromise is usually bad. It should be a last resort. If two departments or divisions have a problem they can't solve and it comes up to you, listen to both sides and then pick one or the other. This places solid accountability on the winner to make it work. Condition your people to avoid compromise.
Robert Townsend
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