Ghoshal Sumantra Quotes & Sayings

I'm a huge fan of 'Eastbound & Down.' It's one of my favorite shows. — Ike Barinholtz

Relationships
An invisible red thread connects those who are destined to meet, regardless of time, place, or circumstance. The thread may stretch or tangle, but it will never break.
Ancient Chinese proverb — Aminta Arrington

Look at it, like a rat,' she said. 'A portrait of Harge. — Patricia Highsmith

By following what they believe are stick orders from the top, many typical managers tend to concentrate on working within budget and resource constraint --- thereby developing a boxed-in, "can't do" mindset. — Sumantra Ghoshal

Effective managers proactively control their tasks and the expectations of their major stakeholders, which allows them to meet strategic goals rather than fight fires. — Sumantra Ghoshal

We work with nutrition and exercise to increase our energy, but we ignore the richest source of energy we possess - our emotions. — Karla McLaren

Nobody is lost until somebody has given up. — Gordon B. Hinckley

You have to create tension between reality and aspiration — Sumantra Ghoshal

The ability to seize initiative is the most essential quality of any truly successful manager. — Sumantra Ghoshal

Companies that succeed are driven by internal ambition. Stock price doesn't drive them. Ambition and values drive them. — Sumantra Ghoshal

It takes a major unhappiness, a prolonged and bitter experience, to drive us away from loyalties once formed. And sometimes no amount of punishment can make us repudiate our loyalty. — Gordon W. Allport

Never believe people in this business who say they don't read what's written about them. — Ryan Seacrest

As one would expect, the Pope's schedule is quite disciplined - he wakes up at four o'clock each morning and runs on the treadmill for an hour. I'm totally kidding. Nobody's knees have time for that. — Jared Brock

You cannot have faith in people unless you take action to improve and develop them. — Sumantra Ghoshal

I always fantasized about having a girl stand on my bar like in that movie Coyote Ugly, but I never thought it would happen. — Faith Sullivan

She has to lose her pre-Copernican view of a universe revolving around herself. — David Mitchell

Yesterday's success formula is often today's obsolete dogma ... We must continually challenge the past so that we can renew ourselves each day. — Sumantra Ghoshal

The truly effective managers we've observed are purposeful, trust in their own judgement, and adopt long-term, big-picture views to fulfill personal goals that tally with those of the organization as a whole. They break out of their perceived boxes, take control of their jobs, ... — Sumantra Ghoshal