 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. |
| Leadership is practiced not so much in words as in attitude and in actions. |
| It is much more difficult to measure nonperformance than performance. |
| Leadership cannot really be taught. It can only be learned. |
| Managers in all too many American companies do not achieve the desired results because nobody makes them do it. |
| A true leader has to have a genuine open-door policy so that his people are not afraid to approach him for any reason. |
| You cannot run a business, or anything else, on a theory. |
| 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. |
| Performance stands out like a ton of diamonds. Nonperformance can always be explained away. |
| If your desk isn't cluttered, you probably aren't doing your job. |
| Uncertainty will always be part of the taking charge process. |
| Management must manage! |
| He suffered from paralysis by analysis. |
| The five essential entrepreneurial skills for success: Concentration, Discrimination, Organization, Innovation and Communication. |
| In the business world, everyone is paid in two coins: cash and experience. Take the experience first; the cash will come later. Topics: Business |
| 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. |
| We must not be hampered by yesterday's myths in concentrating on today's needs. |
| You can't run a business or anything else on a theory. |
| I think it is an immutable law in business that words are words, explanations are explanations, promises are promises - but only performance is reality. Topics: Business |
| 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. |
