Forbes Asia - June 2018

“Believe in

harmony. Reduce

conlicts. Take

orders until one day

you give orders.”

—ANG LEE

“WHEN IN DOUBT, MUMBLE.

WHEN IN TROUBLE, DELEGATE.

WHEN IN CHARGE, PONDER.”

—JAMES H. BOREN

FINAL

THOUGHT

“The smartest

bosses pick execs

who are smarter.”

—MALCOLM FORBES

THOUGHTS ON

FPG/ARCHIVE PHOTOS/GETTY IMAGES; VICTORIA WILL]/INVISION/AP; FPG/ARCHIVE PHOTOS/GETTY IMAGES; ETHAN MILLER/GETTY IMAGES; JAMES

TOTTEN/HULTON ARCHIVE/GETTY IMAGES;

AKG-IMAGES/NEWSCOM; MATT YORK/AP; ANGELA WEISS/AFP/GETTY IMAGES; JACQUELYN MARTIN/AP

“The expert horse rider
lets the horse know
immediately who is in
control but then guides the
horse with loose reins and
seldom uses the spurs.”
—SANDRA DAY O’CONNOR

SOURCES: THE ALGONQUIN WITS, BY ROBERT E. DRENNAN; DISCOURSES ON ART, BY JOSHUA REYNOLDS;

THE TIMES BOOK OF QUOTATIONS; #WORKOUT, BY JURGEN APPELO; DARK EDGE OF HONOR,

BY ALEKSANDR VOINOV; BOSSYPANTS, BY TINA FEY; POUR YOUR HEART INTO IT, BY HOWARD SCHULTZ.

“FOLLOWING ORDERS IS RIGHT. GIVING

ORDERS FOR THE WRONG REASON ISN’T.”
—ALEKSANDR VOINOV

Delegation

“Anyone can do any

amount of work,

provided it isn’t the

work he is supposed

to be doing at the

moment.”

—ROBERT BENCHLEY

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“I’m going

from doing

all the work

to having to

delegate the

work—which is

almost harder

for me than

doing the work

myself.”

—ALTON BROWN

“YOU SHALL BE IN CHARGE OF MY PALACE, AND ALL MY

PEOPLE ARE TO SUBMIT TO YOUR ORDERS. ONLY WITH

RESPECT TO THE THRONE WILL I BE GREATER THAN YOU.”

—GENESIS 41:40

“In most cases,

being a good boss

means hiring

talented people

and then getting

out of their way.”

—TINA FEY

“FIND PROBLEM AREAS, ADD
STRUCTURE AND DELEGATE.
THE PRESSURE IS TO DO THE
REVERSE. RESIST IT.”
—DONALD RUMSFELD

“DELEGATION IS
NOT A BINARY
THING. THERE
ARE SHADES OF
GRAY BETWEEN
DICTATORSHIP
AND ANARCHY.”
—JURGEN APPELO

“Don’t tell people

how to do things. Tell

them what to do and

let them surprise you

with their results.”

—GEORGE S. PATTON

“If you’ve imprinted

your values on the

people around you,

then you can dare to

trust them to make the

right moves.”

—HOWARD SCHULTZ

“If you have great talents,

industry will improve them.

If you have but moderate

abilities, industry will supply

their deciency.”

—JOSHUA REYNOLDS

“Unless you can

point your nger

at the man who

is responsible

when something

goes wrong, then

you have never

had anyone really

responsible.”

—HYMAN G. RICKOVER