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

Quote by Harold S Geneen

Topics: Business Quotes

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

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

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

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

Management must manage!

Management must manage!

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

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

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

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

I don't believe in just ordering people to do things. You have to sort of...

I don't believe in just ordering people to do things. You have to sort of...

Uncertainty will always be part of the taking charge process.

Uncertainty will always be part of the taking charge process.

You read a book from beginning to end. You run a business the opposite way....

You read a book from beginning to end. You run a business the opposite way....

Every company has two organizational structures: The formal one is written on the charts; the...

Every company has two organizational structures: The formal one is written on the charts; the...

I think it is an immutable law in business that words are words, explanations are...

I think it is an immutable law in business that words are words, explanations are...

You cannot run a business, or anything else, on a theory.

You cannot run a business, or anything else, on a theory.

Performance is your reality. Forget everything else.

Performance is your reality. Forget everything else.

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

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

You can know a person by the kind of desk he keeps. If the president...

You can know a person by the kind of desk he keeps. If the president...

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

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

It is an immutable law in business that words are words, explanations are explanations, promises...

It is an immutable law in business that words are words, explanations are explanations, promises...

It is much more difficult to measure nonperformance than performance.

It is much more difficult to measure nonperformance than performance.

Facts from paper are not the same as facts from people. The reliability of the...

Facts from paper are not the same as facts from people. The reliability of the...

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

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

It is an immutable law in business that words are words, explanations are explanations, promises...

It is an immutable law in business that words are words, explanations are explanations, promises...