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Harold S. Geneen Quotes
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Type: Businessman Quotes Category: British Businessman Quotes Year of Birth: 1910 Year of Death: 1997 Nationality: British Find on Amazon: Harold S. Geneen Related Authors: Richard Branson Richard Cobden Denis Thatcher Josiah Stamp Philip Green Brian Epstein Gavyn Davies |
A true leader has to have a genuine open-door policy so that his people are not afraid to approach him for any reason.
Harold S. Geneen Every company has two organizational structures: The formal one is written on the charts; the other is the everyday relationship of the men and women in the organization. Harold S. Geneen 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 facts themselves. Harold S. Geneen He suffered from paralysis by analysis. Harold S. Geneen I don't believe in just ordering people to do things. You have to sort of grab an oar and row with them. Harold S. Geneen I think it is an immutable law in business that words are words, explanations are explanations, promises are promises - but only performance is reality. Harold S. Geneen If your desk isn't cluttered, you probably aren't doing your job. Harold S. Geneen In business, words are words; explanations are explanations, promises are promises, but only performance is reality. Harold S. Geneen In the business world, everyone is paid in two coins: cash and experience. Take the experience first; the cash will come later. Harold S. Geneen It is an immutable law in business that words are words, explanations are explanations, promises are promises-but only performance is reality. Harold S. Geneen It is much more difficult to measure nonperformance than performance. Harold S. Geneen It's better to take over and build upon an existing business than to start a new one. Harold S. Geneen Leadership cannot really be taught. It can only be learned. Harold S. Geneen Leadership is practiced not so much in words as in attitude and in actions. Harold S. Geneen Management manages by making decisions and by seeing that those decisions are implemented. Harold S. Geneen Management must manage! Harold S. Geneen Managers in all too many American companies do not achieve the desired results because nobody makes them do it. Harold S. Geneen Performance is your reality. Forget everything else. Harold S. Geneen Performance stands out like a ton of diamonds. Nonperformance can always be explained away. Harold S. Geneen 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 wholeheartedly supporting them. Harold S. Geneen The five essential entrepreneurial skills for success: Concentration, Discrimination, Organization, Innovation and Communication. Harold S. Geneen The worst disease which can afflict business executives in their work is not, as popularly supposed, alcoholism; it's egotism. Harold S. Geneen Uncertainty will always be part of the taking charge process. Harold S. Geneen We must not be hampered by yesterday's myths in concentrating on today's needs. Harold S. Geneen You can know a person by the kind of desk he keeps. If the president of a company has a clean desk then it must be the executive vice president who is doing all the work. Harold S. Geneen You can't run a business or anything else on a theory. Harold S. Geneen You cannot run a business, or anything else, on a theory. Harold S. Geneen |
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