Explanations Are Explanations Quotes by Harold Geneen

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• 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…
• 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…
• I think it is an immutable law in business that words are words, explanations are explanations, promises are promises, but only performance…
• 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…
• When I come upon a man who has a gleaming, empty, clear desktop, I am dealing with a fellow who is so…
• 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.

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