Harold Geneen Quotes - Page 2

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• You can't run a business or anything else on a theory.

  Harold Geneen

  Running, Business, Inspiration

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• I don't believe in just ordering people to do things. You have to sort of grab an oar and row with them. My philosophy is to stay as close as possible to what's happening. If I can't solve something, how the hell can I expect my managers to.

  Harold Geneen

  Philosophy, Believe, People

  "Harold S. Geneen, 87, Dies; Nurtured ITT" by Kenneth N. Gilpin, www.nytimes.com. November 23, 1997.

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• Performance stands out like a ton of diamonds. Nonperformance can always be explained away.

  Harold Geneen

  Standing Out, Diamond, Performances

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• Business is many things, the least of which is the balance sheet. It is a fluid, ever changing, living thing, sometimes building to great peaks, sometimes falling to crumbled lumps.

  Harold Geneen

  Business, Fall, Balance

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• Management must have a purpose, a dedication and that dedication must have an emotional commitment. It must be built in as a vital part of the personality of anyone who truly is a manager.

  Harold Geneen

  Commitment, Emotional, Dedication

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• When I come upon a man who has a gleaming, empty, clear desktop, I am dealing with a fellow who is so far removed from the realities of his business that someone else is running it for him.

  Harold Geneen

  Running, Reality, Men

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• If you keep working you'll last longer. I'd hate to spend the rest of my life trying to outwit an 18-inch fish.

  Harold Geneen

  Hate, Work, Trying

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• In the business world, everyone is always working at legitimate cross purposes, governed by self interest.

  Harold Geneen

  Self, Purpose, World

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• It is much more difficult to measure nonperformance than performance.

  Harold Geneen

  Wisdom, Difficult, Performances

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• Managers in all too many American companies do not achieve the desired results because nobody makes them do it.

  Harold Geneen

  Work, Native American, Achieve

  "Managing". Book by Harold Geneen, p. 86, 1984.

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