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Many ideas are good for a limited time -- not forever.
Robert Townsend
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One of the most important tasks of a manager is to eliminate his people's excuses for failure.
— Robert Townsend
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— Robert Townsend
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Consultants are people who borrow your watch and tell you what time it is, and then walk off with the watch.
— Robert Townsend
A good manager doesn't try to eliminate conflict; he tries to keep it from wasting the energies of his people. If you're the boss and your people fight you openly when they think that you are wrong -- that's healthy.
— Robert Townsend
Is what I'm doing or about to do getting us closer to our objective?
— Robert Townsend