Robert Townsend
Robert Townsend
Robert Townsendis an American actor, comedian, film director, and writer. He is best known for directing the films Hollywood Shuffle, Eddie Murphy Raw, The Meteor Man, and various other films and stand-up specials, especially his eponymous self-titled character as the starring role as Robert Peterson on The WB sitcom The Parent 'Hood, in which he created the series, as well as directing episodes...
ProfessionTV Actor
Date of Birth6 February 1957
CityChicago, IL
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Make every decision as if you owned the whole company.
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If people are coming to work excited...if they're making mistakes freely and fearlessly...if they're having fun...if they're concentrating on doing things, rather than preparing reports and going to meetings...then somewhere you have a leader.
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All organizations are at least 50 percent waste -- waste people, waste effort, waste space, and waste time.
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They know they're very good issues to be fighting for. They all feel good about it.
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Cars that have been seriously damaged in one state can be wind up in another.
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Flooded vehicles are sometimes cleaned up by unscrupulous sellers without disclosure of flood damage. In most states, this is illegal, but unfortunately some vehicles will slip through the system.
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A leader is not an administrator who loves to run others, but someone who carries water for his people so that they can get on with their jobs.
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Consultants are people who borrow your watch and tell you what time it is, and then walk off with the watch.
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If people are coming to work excited. . . if they're making mistakes freely and fearlessly. . . if they're having fun. . . if they're concentrating on doing things rather than preparing reports and going to meetings-then somewhere you have leaders.
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It's been my experience that the people who gain trust, loyalty, excitement, and energy fast are the ones who pass on the credit to the people who have really done the work. A leader doesnt need any credit... He's getting more credit than he deserves anyway.
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If you have to have a policy manual, publish the 'Ten Commandments.'
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We know there is a problem with communication but we are not going to discuss it in front of the entire staff.
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Managers must have the discipline not to keep pulling up the flowers to see if their roots are healthy.
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"Top" management is supposed to be a tree full of owls-hooting when management heads into the wrong part of the forest. I'm still unpersuaded they even know where the forest is.