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.

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... view

By: Harold S. Geneen

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We must not be hampered by yesterday's myths in concentrating on today's needs... view

By: Harold S. Geneen

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

By: Harold S. Geneen

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Management manages by making decisions and by seeing that those decisions are implemented... view

By: Harold S. Geneen

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If your desk isn't cluttered, you probably aren't doing your job... view

By: Harold S. Geneen

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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... view

By: Harold S. Geneen

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A true leader has to have a genuine open-door policy so that his people are not afraid to approach him for any reason... view

By: Harold S. Geneen

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Management must manage!.. view

By: Harold S. Geneen

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Leadership is practiced not so much in words as in attitude and in actions... view

By: Harold S. Geneen

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I think it is an immutable law in business that words are words, explanations are explanations, promises are promises - but only performance is reality... view

By: Harold S. Geneen

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It is an immutable law in business that words are words, explanations are explanations, promises are promises-but only performance is reality... view

By: Harold S. Geneen

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

By: Harold S. Geneen

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