Author: Harold S. Geneen

Quotes

The worst disease which can afflict business executives in their work is not, as popularly supposed, alcoholism; it's egotism.

The worst disease which can afflict business executives in their work is not, as popularly supposed, alcoholism; it's egotism.

- 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

It is an immutable law in business that words are words, explanations are explanations, promises are promises-but only performance is reality.

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

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

It is much more difficult to measure nonperformance than performance.

It is much more difficult to measure nonperformance than performance.

- 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

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

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.

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

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

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