You know, you don't need a leader to sort of administer something that's going very well. In fact, in one sense, an… — Louis V. Gerstner, Jr Administer Copy Share Image
The value that some analysts put on revenue vs. what they put on profit is out of whack. If you can grow… — Louis V. Gerstner, Jr Copy Share Image
Reorganization to me is shuffling boxes, moving boxes around. Transformation means that you're really fundamentally changing the way the organization thinks, the… — Louis V. Gerstner, Jr Copy Share Image
If life was so easy that you could just go buy success, there would be a lot more successful companies in the… — Louis V. Gerstner, Jr Business Copy Share Image
Successful enterprises are built from the ground up. You can't assemble them with a bunch of acquisitions. — Louis V. Gerstner, Jr Acquisitions Copy Share Image
Compensation needs to be predominately performance-driven. If CEO compensation was performance-driven, which I believe it was in IBM's case, nobody would ever… — Louis V. Gerstner, Jr Copy Share Image
Whether the task is fixing health care, upgrading K-12 education, bolstering national security, or a host of other missions, the U.S. is… — Louis V. Gerstner, Jr Copy Share Image
It's about communication. It's about honesty. It's about treating people in the organization as deserving to know the facts. You don't try… — Louis V. Gerstner, Jr Copy Share Image
