Quotes of Harold Sydney Geneen - somelinesforyou

“ The worst disease which can afflict executives in their work is not, as popularly supposed, alcoholism; it's egotism. ”

- Harold Sydney Geneen

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

- Harold Sydney Geneen

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

- Harold Sydney Geneen

“ Do you want my one-word secret of happiness — It's growth — mental, financial, you name it. ”

- Harold Sydney Geneen

“ It's better to take over and build upon an existing business than to start a new one. ”

- Harold Sydney Geneen

“ Do you want my one-word secret of happiness — It's growth — mental, financial, you name it. ”

- Harold Sydney Geneen

“ 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. ”

- Harold Sydney Geneen

“ In the business world, everyone is paid in two coins: cash and experience. Take the experience first; the cash will come later. ”

- Harold Sydney Geneen

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

- Harold Sydney Geneen

“ In business, words are words; explanations are explanations, promises are promises, but only performance is reality. ”

- Harold Sydney Geneen

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

- Harold Sydney Geneen

“ In the business world, everyone is paid in two coins: cash and experience. Take the experience first; the cash will come later. ”

- Harold Sydney Geneen

“ In the business world, everyone is paid in two coins: cash and experience. Take the experience first; the cash will come later. ”

- Harold Sydney Geneen

“ In the business world, everyone is paid in two coins: cash and experience. Take the experience first; the cash will come later. ”

- Harold Sydney Geneen

“ 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. ”

- Harold Sydney Geneen

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

- Harold Sydney Geneen

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

- Harold Sydney Geneen

“ The worst disease which can afflict executives in their work is not, as popularly supposed, alcoholism; it's egotism. ”

- Harold Sydney Geneen

“ It is much more difficult to measure non-performance than performance. Performance stands out like a ton of diamonds. Non-performance can almost always be explained away. ”

- Harold Sydney Geneen

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

- Harold Sydney Geneen

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

- Harold Sydney Geneen

“ In business, words are words; explanations are explanations, promises are promises, but only performance is reality. ”

- Harold Sydney Geneen

“ It is much more difficult to measure non-performance than performance. Performance stands out like a ton of diamonds. Non-performance can almost always be explained away. ”

- Harold Sydney Geneen

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

- Harold Sydney Geneen

“ 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. ”

- Harold Sydney Geneen

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

- Harold Sydney Geneen

“ The worst disease which can afflict executives in their work is not, as popularly supposed, alcoholism; it's egotism. ”

- Harold Sydney Geneen

“ When you have mastered numbers, you will in fact no longer be reading numbers, any more than you read words when reading books You will be reading meanings. ”

- Harold Sydney Geneen

“ The worst disease which can afflict executives in their work is not, as popularly supposed, alcoholism; it's egotism. ”

- Harold Sydney Geneen

“ 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. ”

- Harold Sydney Geneen
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