Decades Quote by Norman Ralph Augustine

“Law Number XXIX: Executives who do not produce successful results hold on to their jobs only about five years. Those who produce effective results hang on about half a decade.” quote by Norman Ralph Augustine — Download Open image

“Law Number XXIX: Executives who do not produce successful results hold on to their jobs only about five years. Those who produce effective results hang on about half a decade.”

Norman Ralph Augustine

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The most unsuccessful three years in the education of cost estimators appears to be fifth-grade arithmetic.

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Rank does not intimidate hardware. Neither does the lack of rank.

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By the time the people asking the questions are ready for the answers, the people doing the work have lost track of the questions.

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Law Number XXVIII: It is better to be the reorganizer than the reorganizee.

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