Economics Quotes - Page 31

• I'm a great believer in the Arsene Wenger school of management - which is, you don't worry about the opposition, you just get your own act together.

  David Miliband

  Business, School, Worry

  "We nearly threw it away. We must be more radical". Interview with Patrick Wintour, www.theguardian.com. December 10, 2006.

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• Quickest way to build trust: Keep promises you make, don't over-promise. Over-deliver, don't under-deliver. If you say you'll do something, make sure you do but if things then run late or go wrong, tell your client at the earliest opportunity

  Phil Harding

  Running, Business, Opportunity

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• The most successful scientists in the history of the world are those who posed the right questions

  Neil deGrasse Tyson

  Business, Successful, World

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• The top two ways to destroy success are greed and impatience

  Phil Harding

  Business, Two, Greed

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• Having colleagues nearby, whether at the beach or in a crypt, means the ideas are always flowing

  Richard Branson

  Beach, Business, Mean

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• Strong leaders understand that action cures indecision

  Toyotomi Hideyoshi

  Strong, Business, Leader

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• Yelling is a form of publishing

  Margaret Atwood

  Business, Yelling, Management

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• Data is great, but strategy is better

  Steven Sinofsky

  Business, Data, Management

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• ...how engaged are your employees right now? You may consider such a question impossible to answer, but the truth is, you need to know this if you want a more profitable, ethical organization, as everyone must share the same values to make the changes genuine

  Jim Craig

  Business, Organization, Needs

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• Be generous with the credit for your achievements. The more other people feel that they are gaining from your success, the more they will continue to help and others will want to join in

  Octavius Black

  Business, People, Achievement

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• Thirty years ago, about 80% of a company's assets resided in its plant and equipment, with 20% in the knowledge of its people. Today, the reverse is true. The knowledge of our staff is our principal asset

  Susan Rice

  Happy, Business, Years

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• Being satisfied with the status quo means you are not making progress

  Katsuaki Watanabe

  Business, Mean, Progress

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• It's better to ask the right questions than accept the status quo

  Phil Harding

  Business, Management, Accepting

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• Few people do business well, who do nothing else.

  Lord Chesterfield

  Business, Work, People

  "The Letters of the Earl of Chesterfield to His Son". Book by Lord Chesterfield, 1774.

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• A generation ago, the image was that you had to trample everyone else down to succeed; but I don't believe that makes good business sense.

  Richard Branson

  Business, Believe, Generations

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• Businesses that grow by development and improvement do not die. But when a business ceases to be creative, when it believes it has reached perfection and needs to do nothing but produce no improvement, no development, it is done

  Henry Ford

  Business, Believe, Perfection

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• It's the behaviour of your company and its people that form your reputation, and your reputation is your brand

  Dave Allen

  Business, People, Behaviour

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• We spend most of our lives working. So why do so few people have a good time doing it?

  Richard Branson

  Business, People, Good Times

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• Inspirational leadership connects to a highly motivated workforce which, in turn, means inspirational results

  Nigel Crouch

  Business, Mean, Management

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• A passion for continual learning, a refined, discerning ear for the moral and ethical consequences of their actions, and an understanding of the purposes of work and human organisations

  Warren G. Bennis

  Business, Passion, Understanding

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• Learning to be an effective leader is no different than learning to be an effective person. And that's the hard part

  Warren G. Bennis

  Business, Leader, Different

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• Leadership produces change. That is its primary function

  John P. Kotter

  Business, Management, Produce

  John P. Kotter (2008). “Force For Change: How Leadership Differs from Management”, p.35, Simon and Schuster

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• The executive art is nine-tenths inducing those who have authority to use it in taking pertinent action

  Chester Barnard

  Art, Business, Use

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• What you manage in business is people

  Harold Geneen

  Business, People, Management

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• It's a great discipline to have to report to somebody, even if you're the sole owner

  Tim O'Reilly

  Business, Discipline, Management

  "TIP OF THE DAY: Get People to Hold You Accountable". www.businessinsider.com. August 2, 2010.

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