If the staff lacks policy guidance against which to test decisions, their decisions will be random.
DONALD RUMSFELDRemember where you came from.
More Donald Rumsfeld Quotes
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Let’s stick something in the ground and not pretend that it’s perfect.
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Let your family, staff, and friends know that you’re still the same person, despite all the publicity and notoriety that accompanies your position.
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Simply because you do not have evidence that something exists does not mean that you have evidence that it doesn’t exist.
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The price of being close to the President is delivering bad news. You fail him if you don’t tell him the truth. Others won’t do it.
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Don’t blame the boss. He has enough problems.
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The way to do well is to do well.
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Test ideas in the marketplace. You learn from hearing a range of perspectives. Consultation helps engender the support decisions need to be successfully implemented.
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Agreement can always be reached by increasing the generality of the conclusion; when this is done, the form is generally preserved but only the illusion of policy is created.
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Treat each federal dollar as if it was hard earned; it was – by a taxpayer.
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Don’t necessarily avoid sharp edges. Occasionally they are necessary to leadership.
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Remember where you came from.
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It is easier to get into something than to get out of it.
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Reduce the layers of management. They put distance between the top of an organization and the customers.
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Learn to say ‘I don’t know.’ If used when appropriate, it will be often.
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Death has a tendency to encourage a depressing view of war.
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