Based Facts Quotes by Marvin Bower

Convinced that behavior and conduct are every bit as important as skills and expertise, I sought to build the firm into an enduring, values-based…

— Marvin Bower

Business leaders shape public opinion.

— Marvin Bower

Decisions should be based on facts, objectively considered what I call the fact-founded, thought-through approach to decision making.

— Marvin Bower

A business of high principle generates greater drive and effectiveness because people know that they can do the right thing decisively and with confidence.

— Marvin Bower

If you are not willing to take pain to live by your principles, there is no point in having principles.

— Marvin Bower

People should be judged on the basis of their performance, not nationality, personality, education, or personal traits and skills.

— Marvin Bower

Decisions should be based on facts, objectively considered.

— Marvin Bower

Basic philosophy, spirit and drive of an organization have far more to do with its relative achievements than do technological or economic resources, organizational…

— Marvin Bower

Leading fosters a working atmosphere that stimulates an open exchange of ideas and fosters dissent. People should show a genuine concern for one another…

— Marvin Bower

The course of business shapes public opinion.

— Marvin Bower

The difference between a leadership and a command company can be very great indeed, because in a hierarchical situation, people who have concerns about…

— Marvin Bower

I believe that leaders and leadership teams working together in a proper design will run the business more effectively than by hierarchical, command-and-control managing.…

— Marvin Bower

A business of high principle attracts high-caliber people more easily, thereby gaining a basic competitive and profit edge.

— Marvin Bower

There is no such thing as business ethics. There is only one kind -- you have to adhere to the highest standards.

— Marvin Bower