Harold Geneen Quotes

“I don't believe in just ordering people to do things. You have to sort of grab an oar and row with them.”

“Uncertainty will always be part of the taking charge process.”

“Most of our suffering comes from resisting what is already here, particularly our feelings. All any feeling wants is to be welcomed, touched, allowed. It wants attention. It wants kindness. If you treated your feelings with as much love as you treated your dog or your cat or your child, you'd feel as if you were living in heaven every day of your sweet life.”

“Every company has two organizational structures: The formal one is written on the charts the other is the everyday relationship of the men and women in the organization. ”

“It is much more difficult to measure nonperformance than performance.”

“Leadership cannot really be taught. It can only be learned.”

“Every company has two organizational structures: The formal one is written on the charts the other is the everyday relationship of the men and women in the organization.”

“Management must manage!”

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

“The five essential entrepreneurial skills for success: Concentration, Discrimination, Organization, Innovation and Communication.”