Occupation: Author Birth: November 19, 1935
For a large corporation to be effective, it must be simple. For an organization to be simple, its people must have self-confidence and intellectual s….
The idea of let's all share the pain equally, or let's freeze salaries altogether - it's ass-backwards. It's absolutely ass-backwards..
If you can't energize others, you can't be a leader..
You hang around with good people, you play a lot of golf, and you have a pretty good life. That's what success is all about. It's getting people you ….
If we don't create private sector jobs and just - just creating public sector jobs, we're going nowhere. This is a bad game. You've got to have innov….
I think the move by Mr. Greenspan was welcomed by everyone here..
People aren't the same. Business is, in my opinion, all about the team that fields the best players. It's not about an idea. An idea goes away. Someb….
Shareholder value is a result, not a strategy . . . Your main constituencies are your employees, your customers and your products..
Never miss out on an opportunity like a good recession..
Strategy is simply resource allocation. When you strip away all the noise, that's what it comes down to. Strategy means making clear cut choices abo….
What business could be mature when you have economies with more than 2 billion people in India, China and Southeast Asia?.
I was afraid of the internet... because I couldn't type..
Be candid with everyone..
As a leader, you have no right to have any employee wonder how they fit in and where they are going..
Public hangings are teaching moments. Every company has to do it. A teaching moment is worth a thousand CEO speeches. CEOs can talk and blab each day….
If GE's strategy of investment in China is wrong, it represents a loss of a billion dollars, perhaps a couple of billion dollars. If it is right, it ….
You've got to eat while you dream. You've got to deliver on short-range commitments, while you develop a long-range strategy and vision and implement….
If you don't have a competitive advantage, don't compete..
It's the internet like the flu - it just spreads like crazy..
The best thing workers can bring to their jobs is a lifelong thirst for learning..
In the end, your integrity is all you've got..