You read a book from beginning to end. You run a business the opposite way. You start with the end, and then you do everything you must to reach it.

Quote by Harold S Geneen

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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...

When you have mastered numbers, you will in fact no longer be reading numbers, any...

When you have mastered numbers, you will in fact no longer be reading numbers, any...

Management must manage!

Management must manage!

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...

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

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

He suffered from paralysis by analysis.

He suffered from paralysis by analysis.

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.

Uncertainty will always be part of the taking charge process.

Uncertainty will always be part of the taking charge process.

Management must manage!

Management must manage!

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.

In the business world, everyone is paid in two coins: cash and experience. Take the...

In the business world, everyone is paid in two coins: cash and experience. Take 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...

A true leader has to have a genuine open-door policy so that his people are...

A true leader has to have a genuine open-door policy so that his people are...

You can't run a business or anything else on a theory.

You can't run a business or anything else on a theory.

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.

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

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...

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

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 much more difficult to measure nonperformance than performance.

It is much more difficult to measure nonperformance than performance.