Author: Harold S. Geneen

Quotes

It's better to take over and build upon an existing business than to start a new one.

It's better to take over and build upon an existing business than to start a new one.

- Harold S. Geneen

You cannot run a business, or anything else, on a theory.

You cannot run a business, or anything else, on a theory.

- Harold S. Geneen

Leadership is practiced not so much in words as in attitude and in actions.

Leadership is practiced not so much in words as in attitude and in actions.

- 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.

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

Leadership cannot really be taught. It can only be learned.

Leadership cannot really be taught. It can only be learned.

- Harold S. Geneen

Managers in all too many American companies do not achieve the desired results because nobody makes them do it.

Managers in all too many American companies do not achieve the desired results because nobody makes them do it.

- Harold S. Geneen

It is much more difficult to measure nonperformance than performance.

It is much more difficult to measure nonperformance than performance.

- 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.

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

You can't run a business or anything else on a theory.

You can't run a business or anything else on a theory.

- Harold S. Geneen

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