Management Wisdom from Tommy Lasorda
"I believe managing is like
holding a dove in your hand. If you hold it too tightly you kill it,
but if you hold it too loosely, you lose it."
Tommy Lasorda
I grew up in the San Francisco area and thus was trained to despise the Los Angles Dodgers, which Tommy Lasorda coached for years. But this little quote from him is brilliant, and applies to management and a lot of other challenges in life -- including parenting.
P.S. Here is where I found the quotes if you want to hear more of Tommy's wisdom.
....and, for you golfers, a good description of the amount of tension that you should grip the golf club with. Hmmmm....works in golf and in management.....makes me wonder where else it could be applied. I smell a new blogpost coming.
Posted by: nutster | December 17, 2008 at 08:51 AM
Good quote from Lasorda. I always liked his managerial style. He seemed to get more out of his teams than they seemed capable of (especially the team w/ Kirk Gibson and Orel Hershiser that won the World Series in the late '80s or early '90s).
But my all-time fave quote by a baseball manager on management is from the ol' professor, Casey Stengel:
"The key to being a good manager is keeping the people who hate me away from those who are still undecided."
That's on my facebook page.
Posted by: Andrew Careaga | December 06, 2008 at 10:02 AM
Have you read "I Live For This" It's a short biography and there are a great deal of his wisdom nuggets in there. It's a great read for managers. It talks a great deal about his charismatic style.
Posted by: Jeff Scott | December 04, 2008 at 07:44 AM