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Harold S. Geneen

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

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"There are two kinds of warriors: those on the battlefield, and those in the boardroom; both are out to win. But the age of King Alexander has gone, and the age of Bill Gates has come."

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"I don't believe in just ordering people to do things. You have to sort of grab an oar and row with them."
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"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."
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"If your desk isn't cluttered, you probably aren't doing your job."
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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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"Performance stands out like a ton of diamonds. Nonperformance can always be explained away."
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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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"You can't run a business or anything else on a theory."
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"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."
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