Harold S. Geneen

Harold S. Geneen
essential five
The five essential entrepreneurial skills for success: Concentration, Discrimination, Organization, Innovation and Communication.
You cannot run a business, or anything else, on a theory.
afflict business disease executives work
The worst disease which can afflict business executives in their work is not, as popularly supposed, alcoholism; it's egotism.
business performance promises words work
It is an immutable law in business that words are words, explanations are explanations, promises are promises-but only performance is reality.
action attitude leadership practiced
Leadership is practiced not so much in words as in attitude and in actions.
growth name secret
Do you want my one-word secret of happiness? It's growth - mental, financial, you name it.
difficult measure performance
It is much more difficult to measure non performance than performance.
performance promises words
In business, words are words; explanations are explanations, promises are promises, but only performance is reality.