Curious Cat

JANUARY 12, 2016

These were the most popular quotes on the Curious Cat Management and Leadership Quotes web site in 2015 (based on page views). Managers who don’t know how to measure what they want settle for wanting what they can measure. ” – Douglas McGregor. 95% of changes made by management today make no improvement.

Ohno 40

Ohno Deming McGregor Management 40

The Practical Leader

AUGUST 17, 2011

It’s one of the key factors in the 50 – 70% failure rate for programs to increase safety performance, service and quality levels, Lean/Six Sigma, productivity, innovation, leadership skills. The executive/manager’s beliefs form his or her reality that drives behavior. Cultures are Built on Underlying Beliefs.

Six Sigma 49

Six Sigma McGregor Workshop Tools 49

The Practical Leader

APRIL 23, 2012

” Jena McGregor published an interview with Zenger and Folkman last Friday. ” Senior managers rated the women in this study even more positively overall than did peers or direct reports. To all those men in senior executive roles — especially technical organizations — wake up! Ask for feedback.

McGregor 75

McGregor Survey Report Learning-by-Doing 75

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 13, 2012

Yet two recent and excellent books ( Inside Apple , by Adam Lashinsky and Steve Jobs by Walter Issacson) describe a management style that was disturbingly harsh. Before answering that question, it is useful to elaborate the two management styles. What are the common success characteristics shared by these two? Both were winners.

McGregor 14

McGregor Micromanagement Leadership Performance Review 14

Harvard Business Review

JULY 30, 2014

Organization as machine – this imagery from our industrial past continues to cast a long shadow over the way we think about management today. Managers still assume that stability is the normal state of affairs and change is the unusual state (a point I particularly challenge in The End of Competitive Advantage ).

Six Sigma 8

Six Sigma Drucker P&L Short-term 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 4, 2014

It was called a “Revisionist Theory of Leadership,” and that is what it delivered. Before 1961, the very topic of leadership wasn’t standard HBR fare. Management was about effective structuring of enterprises and administration of their workings. Why did he gravitate to leadership in the first place? Leadership'

McGregor 8

McGregor Leadership Open-book Storytelling 8