Harold Geneen Quotes
- You can't run a business or anything else on a theory.
- Ninety-nine percent of all surprises in business are negative.
- A true leader has to have a genuine open-door policy so that his people are not afraid to approach him for any reason.
- What you manage in business is people
- It is much more difficult to measure non-performance than performance. Performance stands out like a ton of diamonds. Non-performance can almost always be explained away
- I think it is an immutable law in business that words are words, explanations are explanations, promises are promises, but only performance is reality
- I don't believe in just ordering people to do things. You have to sort of grab an oar and row with them.
- We must not be hampered by yesterday's myths in concentrating on today's needs.
- Facts from paper are not the same as facts from people. The reliability of the people giving you the facts is as important as the…
- When I come upon a man who has a gleaming, empty, clear desktop, I am dealing with a fellow who is so far removed from…
- Performance stands out like a ton of diamonds. Nonperformance can always be explained away.
- It's better to take over and build upon an existing business than to start a new one.
- The best way to inspire people to superior performance is to convince them by everything you do and by your everyday attitude that you are…
- Do you want my one-word secret of happiness? It's growth - - mental, financial you name it.
- If your desk isn't cluttered, you probably aren't doing your job.
- You read a book from beginning to end. You run a business the opposite way. You start with the end, and then you do everything…
- The best way to sell yourself to others is first to sell the others to yourself. Check yourself against this list of obstacles to a…
- Management manages by making decisions and by seeing that those decisions are implemented.
- I don't believe in just ordering people to do things. You have to sort of grab an oar and row with them. My philosophy is…
- Management must manage!