Increasing power of a growing administrative organization is accompanied by decreasing power of the rest of the society to resist its further growth and control.

As organizations grow large, important work can go unnoticed, the hardest workers can get passed over by the best politicians, and bureaucratic processes can choke out the creativity and remove all the joy.

Adevărații lideri, care sunt cu adevărat motivați, vor folosi un succes pentru a edifica unul încă și mai mare.

Every organization has two choices. Choice one is to grow. Choice two is to die. If you decide not to grow, it's a clear-cut message to talented people that it's time to leave.

No es práctico que tú continúes siendo el chef, capitán de meseros, y lavaplatos mientras crece tu empresa. Al aferrarte a todos los pequeños detalles, en realidad estas restringiendo el crecimiento de la empresa.

Precisamos cuidar de pessoas e ajudá-las a florescer e crescer no ministério, e não esgotá-las no interesse de manter nossos programas em continuidade.” (pp.

În lipsa unui computer, o civilizaţie puternică poate deveni periculoasă, şi de aceea e mai bine să fie distrusă.

In general, growth is an intrinsic source of change with potentially unintended effects and some subunits are better positioned than others to protect themselves against such effects. Oligarchical tendencies are present in almost all membership-based organizations, such as unions and voluntary associations, and if unchecked, can lead to transformations. Organizations with diffuse goals or innovative leadership are sometimes able to survive the crisis of complementing their original mission by moving onto other goals.

O operă proastă va plăcea celor mai mulţi. Nimic mai firesc, fiindcă, după cum v-am spus, majoritatea oamenilor sunt proşti. Ori, de vreme ce artiştii cei mai neînsemnaţi sunt întotdeauna încântaţi de micimea lor şi sunt linguşiţi de multime, la ce s-ar mai căzni să dobândească haruri adevărate? Până la urmă acestea doar le-ar spulbera buna părere pe care o au despre ei înşişi, i-ar mai domoli şi le-ar împuţina îndeajuns admiratorii.

Bureaucratic hierarchies move slowly, and entrenched interests shy away from risk. In the most dysfunctional organizations, signaling that work is being done becomes a better strategy for career advancement than actually doing work (if this describes your company, you should quit now).

Growth is an indication of life, so keep your organization moving forward at all times. Having a passion for what you do is crucial. If you can’t get excited about what you are doing, how can you expect anyone else to?

Any organization with a large, protected income will tend by default toward administrative bloat. It's the same in government, at Harvard, at Google. Unless you take explicit measures to avoid it, you'll overhire.

cuando los burócratas procuran sobre todo protegerse a sí mismos, el progreso se ralentiza y toda la organización se vuelve más susceptible a las amenazas y las presiones externas.

Surely you know bureaucracies always become voracious aristocracies after they attain commanding power.