Occupation: Manager Birth: August 1, 1903 Death: January 22, 2003
A business of high principle attracts high-caliber people more easily, thereby gaining a basic competitive and profit edge..
Leading fosters a working atmosphere that stimulates an open exchange of ideas and fosters dissent. People should show a genuine concern for one anot….
It follows that acceleration in the rate of change will result in an increasing need for reorganization. Reorganization is usually feared, because it….
The difference between a leadership and a command company can be very great indeed, because in a hierarchical situation, people who have concerns abo….
The course of business shapes public opinion..
Decisions should be based on facts, objectively considered what I call the fact-founded, thought-through approach to decision making..
A business of high principle generates greater drive and effectiveness because people know that they can do the right thing decisively and with confi….
People should be judged on the basis of their performance, not nationality, personality, education, or personal traits and skills..
Basic philosophy, spirit and drive of an organization have far more to do with its relative achievements than do technological or economic resources,….
I believe that leaders and leadership teams working together in a proper design will run the business more effectively than by hierarchical, command-….
Decisions should be based on facts, objectively considered..
There is no such thing as business ethics. There is only one kind -- you have to adhere to the highest standards..
If you are not willing to take pain to live by your principles, there is no point in having principles..