Performance is your reality. Forget everything else. Harold Geneen More Quotes by Harold Geneen More Quotes From Harold Geneen The five essential entrepreneurial skills for success are concentration, discrimination, organization, innovation and communication. Harold Geneen congratulationsbusinesssuccess Leadership cannot really be taught. It can only be learned. Harold Geneen born-leaderstaughtleadership In the business world, everyone is paid in two coins: cash and experience. Take the experience first; the cash will come later. Harold Geneen motivationalgraduationlife 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. Harold Geneen organizationbusinessmen 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 Geneen leadershipdoorspeople I think it is an immutable law in business that words are words, explanations are explanations, promises are promises, but only performance is reality Harold Geneen businessleadershipreality If your desk isn't cluttered, you probably aren't doing your job. Harold Geneen desksofficejobs The best way to inspire people to superior performance is to convince them by everything you do and by your everyday attitude that you are wholeheartedly supporting them. Harold Geneen leadershipattitudehappiness 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. Harold Geneen businessrunningbook The best way to sell yourself to others is first to sell the others to yourself. Check yourself against this list of obstacles to a pleasing personality: interrupting others; sarcasm; vanity; being a poor listener; insincere flattery; finding fault; challenging others without good cause; giving unsolicited advice; complaining; attitude of superiority; envy of others' success; poor posture and dress. Harold Geneen vanitysarcasmattitude 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 Geneen economicsbusinessmanagement Do you want my one-word secret of happiness? It's growth - - mental, financial you name it. Harold Geneen inner-peacenameshappiness In a good meeting there is a momentum that comes from the spontaneous exchange of fresh ideas and produces extraordinary results. That momentum depends on the freedom permitted the participants. Harold Geneen spontaneousmomentumideas 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. Harold Geneen importantgivingpeople The professional's grasp of the numbers is a measure of the control he has over the events that the figures represent. Harold Geneen eventsfiguresnumbers We must not be hampered by yesterday's myths in concentrating on today's needs. Harold Geneen yesterdaytodayneeds It's better to take over and build upon an existing business than to start a new one. Harold Geneen business Management manages by making decisions and by seeing that those decisions are implemented. Harold Geneen decisionmanagementtime 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 Geneen clean-deskvicespresident Business is many things, the least of which is the balance sheet. It is a fluid, ever changing, living thing, sometimes building to great peaks, sometimes falling to crumbled lumps. Harold Geneen balancebusinessfall
