Lee Iacocca
Lee Iacocca
Lido Anthony "Lee" Iacoccais an American automobile executive best known for spearheading the development of Ford Mustang and Pinto cars, while at the Ford Motor Company in the 1960s, and then later for reviving the Chrysler Corporation as its CEO during the 1980s. He served as President and CEO of Chrysler from 1978 and additionally as chairman from 1979, until his retirement at the end of 1992...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionEntrepreneur
Date of Birth15 October 1924
CityAllentown, PA
CountryUnited States of America
The only mistake I ever made was not listening to my gut.
The discipline of writing something down is the first step toward making it happen.
I was fortunate to get a scholarship when I went to Lehigh University and Princeton. They were both wonderful schools. Somebody was kind enough to spend their money to educate people that they would never get to know. That's what I think philanthropy is about.
What is it that you like doing? If you don't like it, get out of it, because you'll be lousy at it. You don't have to stay with a job for the rest of your life, because if you don't like it you'll never be successful in it.
We've got to pause and ask ourselves: How much clean air do we need?
If I had to sum up in a word what makes a good manager, I'd say decisiveness. You can use the fanciest computers to gather the numbers, but in the end you have to set a timetable and act.
When the product is right, you don't have to be a great marketer.
I only wish I could find an institute that teaches people how to listen. Business people need to listen at least as much as they need to talk. Too many people fail to realize that real communication goes in both directions.
The thing that lies at the foundation of positive change, the way I see it, is service to a fellow human being.
The speed of the boss is the speed of the team.
Even a correct decision is wrong when it was taken too late.
Your legacy should be that you made it better than it was when you got it.
I forgot to shake hands and be friendly. It was an important lesson about leadership.
We load up on oat bran in the morning so we'll live forever. Then we spend the rest of the day living like there's no tomorrow.