Gerard M. Blair
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Title: Dr. Gerard M. Blair
Birthdate: 1959
Birthplace: USA
Occupation: Author, Engineer, and Lecturer
Profile: Doctorate in Electrical Engineering (1986). Best known for
Starting to Manage: The Essential Skills and
MOS Circuit Design.
Website: http://athena.ecs.csus.edu/~changw/class_docs/VerilogManual/index14.html
Number of Quotes: 16
A good manager is a leader who inspires, not a ruler who controls.
A good meeting is a productive meeting, and a productive meeting is structured.
A meeting is the ultimate test of a manager's ability to lead and facilitate.
Delegation is not about dumping tasks; it is about empowering your team.
Effective communication is the bridge between confusion and clarity.
For the new manager, the problem is not a lack of authority but a lack of experience in using it.
Leadership is not about being in charge. It is about taking care of those in your charge.
Meetings are the crucible of management; they reveal the quality of a manager's preparation, communication, and leadership.
People don't resist change; they resist being changed.
The ability to delegate is one of the key measures of a manager's competence.
The first steps to becoming a really great manager are simply common sense; but common sense is not very common.
The function of a good manager is to create an environment in which people can do their best work.
The goal of a manager is to get things done through other people, not in spite of them.
The most important thing in communication is to hear what isn't being said.
The real power of a manager is not in commanding, but in enabling others to succeed.
You were promoted because you were good at your job; now you must be good at helping others be good at theirs.
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