"Leadership is practiced not so much in words as in attitude and in actions."
-Harold S. Geneen
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"The worst disease which can afflict business executives in their work is not, as popularly supposed, alcoholism it's egotism.“
-Harold S. Geneen
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"In the business world, everyone is paid in two coins: cash and experience. Take the experience first the cash will come later."
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"It is an immutable law in business that words are words, explanations are explanations, promises are promises-but only performance is reality."
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"You cannot run a business, or anything else, on a theory."
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"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."
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"Managers in all too many American companies do not achieve the desired results because nobody makes them do it."
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