If the private sectors are about markets and the public sectors are about governments, then the plural sector is about communities.

A leader has to be one of two things: he either has to be a brilliant visionary himself, a truly creative strategist, in which case he can do what he likes and get away with it; or else he has to be a true empowerer who can bring out the best in others.

I describe management as arts, crafts and science. It is a practice that draws on arts, craft and science and there is a lot of craft - meaning experience - there is a certain amount of craft meaning insight, creativity and vision, and there is the use of science, technique or analysis.

Basically, managing is about influencing action. Managing is about helping organizations and units to get things done, which means action. Sometimes, managers manage actions directly. They fight fires. They manage projects. They negotiate contracts.

Corporations are social institutions. If they don't serve society, they have no business existing

An obsession with control generally seems to reflect a fear of uncertainty.

Management is a curious phenomenon. It is generously paid, enormously influential, and significantly devoid of common sense