Harold S. Geneen Quotes & Sayings
Enjoy the top 21 famous quotes, sayings and quotations by Harold S. Geneen.
Famous Quotes By Harold S. Geneen
It's better to take over and build upon an existing business than to start a new one. — Harold S. Geneen
The five essential entrepreneurial skills for success: Concentration, Discrimination, Organization, Innovation and Communication. — Harold S. Geneen
The worst disease which can afflict business executives in their work is not, as popularly supposed, alcoholism; it's egotism. — 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. — Harold S. Geneen
I don't believe in just ordering people to do things. You have to sort of grab an oar and row with them. — 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. — Harold S. Geneen
Leadership is practiced not so much in words as in attitude and in actions. — 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. — Harold S. Geneen
We must not be hampered by yesterday's myths in concentrating on today's needs. — Harold S. Geneen
Management manages by making decisions and by seeing that those decisions are implemented. — 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. — Harold S. Geneen
A true leader has to have a genuine open-door policy so that his people are not afraid to approach him for any reason. — Harold S. Geneen
Performance stands out like a ton of diamonds. Nonperformance can always be explained away. — Harold S. Geneen
He suffered from paralysis by analysis. — 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. — Harold S. Geneen
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. — Harold S. Geneen
Managers in all too many American companies do not achieve the desired results because nobody makes them do it. — Harold S. Geneen
It is much more difficult to measure nonperformance than performance. — Harold S. Geneen