Henry Mintzberg quotes

Henry Mintzberg is a renowned Canadian academic and author known for his work in management theory. With a career spanning decades, Mintzberg has published numerous influential books and articles on topics ranging from strategy formulation to organizational structure. His research on management roles and decision-making processes has shaped the way organizations approach leadership. Learn more about Henry Mintzberg and his contributions to the field of management by exploring his insightful writings and lectures.

Limitations stimulate creativity.

- Henry Mintzberg

Managers who don’t lead are quite discouraging, but leaders who don’t manage don’t know what’s going on. It’s a phony separation that people are making between the two.

- Henry Mintzberg

ompanies are communities. There’s a spirit of working together. Communities are not a place where a few people allow themselves to be singled out as solely responsible for success.

- Henry Mintzberg

Technologies tend to undermine community and encourage individualism.

- Henry Mintzberg

This obsession with leadership… It’s not neutral; it’s American, this idea of the heroic leader who comes in on a white horse to save the day. I think it’s killing American companies.

- Henry Mintzberg