A Quote by Edwin Catmull

It is not the manager's job to prevent risks. It is the manager's job to make it safe to take them.

Edwin Catmull

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Job Make Manager Prevent Risks Safe Take Them

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Edwin Catmull
American - Celebrity
Born: March 31, 1945

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Peter Drucker

I've never seen myself as a manager. As a manager, you have to put all your time into the job, and that would be difficult for me.

Dennis Bergkamp

My job is to hire the best and brightest employees and empower them to do their best work. As a manager, I am not a mind reader nor an expert at every job function. Therefore, it is incumbent on all hires to feel empowered to tell me what resources they need to do their job.

Jay Samit

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Cal Ripken, Jr.

One thing I learned in the NBA is that the No. 1 job of a general manager is to keep his job. They are only 30 positions where you make millions and hang around with basketball players all day.

Mark Cuban

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Azealia Banks

I have a contract and I refused a lot of opportunities to be the manager of important clubs because I want to stay here. I like this job. I like to be the England manager.

Fabio Capello

A white manager loses his job and gets another job, he loses his job, he gets another job. Very few black managers can lose their job and get another job.

John Barnes

I've learned the number one job of a pro manager is not to win championships but to keep their job.

Mark Cuban

I wanna be a manager, because that's my day job. It's my real job.

Louis Walsh

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Peter Drucker

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