All Gary Hamel Quotes
- This extraordinary arrogance that change must start at the top is a way of guaranteeing that change will not happen in most companies. Arrogance
- Power has long been regarded as morally corrosive, and we often suspect the intentions of those who seek it. Been
- As the great grandchildren of the industrial revolution, we have learned, at last, that the heedless pursuit of more is unsustainable and, ultimately, unfulfilling. Our… Better
- All too often, legacy management practices reflexively perpetuate the past - by over-weighting the views of long-tenured executives, by valuing conformance more highly than creativity… All
- During the ten years I lived in the U.K., I frequently attended an Anglican church just outside of London. I enjoyed the energetic singing and… Anglican
- Truth be told, there are lots of companies that provide exemplary phone support. DirecTV, Virgin America and Apple are a few that regularly exceed my… America
- If corporate leaders and their acolytes are not slaves to some meritorious social purpose, they run the risk of being enslaved by their own ignoble… Acolytes
- To escape the curse of commoditization, a company has to be a game-changer, and that requires employees who are proactive, inventive and zealous. Changer
- Over time, a successful company will acquire much in the way of resources and momentum, and these things often insulate it from reality once it… Acquire
- Most of us do more than subsist. From the vantage point of our ancestors, we live lives of almost unimaginable ease. Here again, we have… Almost Unimaginable
- A titled leader relies heavily on positional power to get things done; a natural leader is able to mobilize others without the whip of formal… Able