Weaver on Strategy

Earl Weaver managed the Baltimore Orioles to four pennants and one World Series. In his book Weaver on Strategy with Terry Pluto (Brassey’s), he offers his second law of managing, a rule that applies to most workplaces: If you don't make any promises to your players, you won't have to break them. “It's the manager's job to make decisions, not to create expectations,” he says.
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