Alfred P. Sloan Quotes

• If we are all in agreement on the decision - then I propose we postpone further discussion of this matter until our next meeting to give ourselves time to develop disagreement and perhaps gain some understanding of what the decision is all about.

  Alfred P. Sloan

  Agreement, Giving, Decision

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• The greatest real thrill that life offers is to create, to construct, to develop something useful. Too often we fail to recognize and pay tribute to the creative spirit. It is that spirit that creates our jobs.

  Alfred P. Sloan

  Jobs, Real, Creative

  "Learning Effectiveness and Faculty Satisfaction". Book by John Bourne, p. 11, 2000.

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• There has to be this pioneer, the individual who has the courage, the ambition to overcome the obstacles that always develop when one tries to do something worthwhile, especially when it is new and different.

  Alfred P. Sloan

  Leadership, Courage, Ambition

  Alfred P. Sloan, Jr. (1941). “Adventures of a White-Collar Man”

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• It is impossible to get the measure of what an individual can accomplish unless the responsibility is given him.

  Alfred P. Sloan

  Responsibility, Impossible, Individual

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• Take my assets - but leave me my organization and in five years I'll have it all back.

  Alfred P. Sloan

  Years, Organization, Assets

  "Management: building competitive advantage". Book by Thomas S. Bateman and ‎Scott Snell, p. 276, 1999.

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• Work hard. There is no short cut.

  Alfred P. Sloan

  Hard Work, Cutting, Hard

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• A car for every purse and purpose.

  Alfred P. Sloan

  Car, Purpose, Purses

  Alfred P Sloan (2015). “My Years With General Motors”, p.512, eNet Press

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• It is astonishing what you can do when you have a lot of energy, ambition and plenty of ignorance.

  Alfred P. Sloan

  Ambition, Ignorance, Energy

  Alfred P. Sloan, Jr. (1941). “Adventures of a White-Collar Man”

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• Give a man a clear-cut job and let him do it.

  Alfred P. Sloan

  Jobs, Cutting, Men

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• There is no resting place for an enterprise in a competitive economy.

  Alfred P. Sloan

  Economy, Enterprise

  Alfred P Sloan (2015). “My Years With General Motors”, p.15, eNet Press

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• The late Alfred P. Sloan, Ir., long-time executive of General Motors Corporation, had a fivepoint "secret of success." It was: 1. Get the facts. 2. Recognize the equities of all concerned. 3. Realize the necessity of doing a better job every day. 4. Keep an open mind. 5. Work hard.

  Alfred P. Sloan

  Jobs, Hard Work, Long

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• The final act of business judgment is intuitive.

  Alfred P. Sloan

  Fortune Cookie, Finals, Judgment

  Alfred P Sloan (2015). “My Years With General Motors”, p.16, eNet Press

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• The business of business is business.

  Alfred P. Sloan

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• If you do it right 51 percent of the time you will end up a hero.

  Alfred P. Sloan

  Motivational, Hero, Classroom

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• Bedside manners are no substitute for the right diagnosis.

  Alfred P. Sloan

  Diagnosis, Manners, Substitutes

  "The Almanac of Quotable Quotes from 1990". Book by Ronald D. Pasquariello, p. 103, 1991.

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• Some have an idea that the reason we in this country discard things so readily is because we have so much. The facts are exactly opposite-the reason we have so much is simply because we discard things so readily. We replace the old in return for something that will serve us better.

  Alfred P. Sloan

  Country, Opposites, Ideas

  News and Views magazine, p. 1, 1945.

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• ... Too often we fail to recognize and pay tribute to the creative spirit. It is that spirit that creates our jobs.

  Alfred P. Sloan

  Jobs, Creative, Pay

  Alfred P. Sloan, Jr. (1941). “Adventures of a White-Collar Man”

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• Advanced engineering always, like advanced everything else, brings down upon it the discredit of ridicule of minds who cannot see so far.

  Alfred P. Sloan

  Engineering, Mind, Ridicule

  Alfred P Sloan (2015). “My Years With General Motors”, p.106, eNet Press

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• Never make a personnel judgment the first time it comes up.

  Alfred P. Sloan

  Firsts, Judgment, Come Up

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• In any organization men would move up form the bottom to the top. That develops loyalty, ambition and talent, because there is a chance for promotion.

  Alfred P. Sloan

  Loyalty, Moving, Ambition

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• Only in more production and in new production can the American standard of living be increased and the economy be sound.

  Alfred P. Sloan

  Sound, Economy, Standards

  Forbes Magazine (p. 54), 1959.

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• The worst is over without a doubt.

  Alfred P. Sloan

  Doubt, Great Depression, Worst

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• Competition is the final price determinant and competitive prices may result in profits which force you to accept a rate of return less than you hoped for, or for that matter to accept temporary losses

  Alfred P. Sloan

  Loss, Competition, Matter

  Alfred P Sloan (2015). “My Years With General Motors”, p.173, eNet Press

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• I have never issued an order since I have been the operating head of the corporation.

  Alfred P. Sloan

  Order, Corporations, Has Beens

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• Never inject a man into the top, if it can be avoided. In a big organization, to have to do that, I think, is a reflection on management, Of course there are always exceptional cases.

  Alfred P. Sloan

  Reflection, Men, Thinking

  Alfred P. Sloan, Jr. (1941). “Adventures of a White-Collar Man”

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