When managers overdo micromanaging of others, they probably hired the wrong people or failed to give them a clear idea of what each one is to accomplish. I prefer to train employees to be self-managers, just as in an orchestra each performer knows his or her role without being micromanaged.
Philip KotlerThe theory of marketing is solid but the practice of marketing leaves much to be desired.
Philip KotlerThe sales department isn’t the whole company, but the whole company better be the sales department.
Philip KotlerThe best way to hold customers is to constantly figure out how to give them more for less.
Philip KotlerWe need to put limits on how much an individual, group or business can spend on influencing an individual legislator or a whole set of legislators. Look at the vast sums that the NRA spends on getting all legislators to be soft on gun control. Legislators find it hard to refuse the NRA's largess when they need contributions to their political campaign wherever they can get them.
Philip Kotler