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

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

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

It is much more difficult to measure nonperformance than performance.

It is much more difficult to measure nonperformance than performance.

- Harold S. Geneen

In the business world, everyone is paid in two coins: cash and experience. Take the experience first; the cash will come later.

In the business world, everyone is paid in two coins: cash and experience. Take the experience first; the cash will come later.

- 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

The five essential entrepreneurial skills for success: Concentration, Discrimination, Organization, Innovation and Communication.

The five essential entrepreneurial skills for success: Concentration, Discrimination, Organization, Innovation and Communication.

- 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

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

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