Harold Geneen
Harold Geneen
Harold "Hal" Sydney Geneen, was an American businessman most famous for serving as president of the ITT Corporation...
business people management
What you manage in business is people
attitude people inspire
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.
believe people oar
I don't believe in just ordering people to do things. You have to sort of grab an oar and row with them.
giving people important
Facts from paper are not the same as facts from people. The reliability of the people giving you the facts is as important as the facts themselves.
leadership doors people
A true leader has to have a genuine open-door policy so that his people are not afraid to approach him for any reason.
explained performance stands ton
Performance stands out like a ton of diamonds. Non performance can always be explained away.
growth happiness name secret
Do you want my one-word secret of happiness -- It's growth -- mental, financial, you name it.
hate last life longer rest spend trying
If you keep working you'll last longer and I just want to keep vertical. I'd hate to spend the rest of my life trying to outwit an 18-inch fish.
decision too-late late
Better a good decision quickly than the best decision too late.
business management economics
It is much more difficult to measure non-performance than performance. Performance stands out like a ton of diamonds. Non-performance can almost always be explained away
jobs office desks
If your desk isn't cluttered, you probably aren't doing your job.
decision management seeing
Management manages by making decisions and by seeing that those decisions are implemented.
work management manage
Management must manage!
work achieve results
Managers in all too many American companies do not achieve the desired results because nobody makes them do it.