Business quotations

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◆ One of the tests of leadership is the ability to recognize a problem before it becomes an emergency.

- Arnold H. Glasow99

◆ Willingness to change is a strength, even if it means plunging part of the company into total confusion for a while.

- Jack Welch99

◆ Start with good people, lay out the rules, communicate with your employees, motivate them and reward them. If you do all those things effectively, you can't miss.

- Lee Iacocca99

◆ The first responsibility of a leader is to define reality. The last is to say thank you. In between, the leader is a servant.

- Max de Pree99

◆ Everyone has an invisible sign hanging from their neck saying, 'Make me feel important.' Never forget this message when working with people.

- Mary Kay Ash99

◆ If one does not know to which port one is sailing, no wind is favorable.

- Lucius Annaeus Seneca99

◆ Hell, there are no rules here - we're trying to accomplish something.

- Thomas A. Edison99

◆ Most of what we call management consists of making it difficult for people to get their work done.

- Peter Drucker99

◆ Just because something doesn't do what you planned it to do doesn't mean it's useless.

- Thomas A. Edison99

◆ Intellectual property has the shelf life of a banana.

- Bill Gates99

◆ The secret of business is to know something that nobody else knows.

- Aristotle Onassis99

◆ One of the challenges in networking is everybody thinks it's making cold calls to strangers. Actually, it's the people who already have strong trust relationships with you, who know you're dedicated, smart, a team player, who can help you.

- Reid Hoffman99

◆ It is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer, or the baker that we expect our dinner, but from their regard to their own interest.

- Adam Smith99

◆ An organization, no matter how well designed, is only as good as the people who live and work in it.

- Dee Hock99

◆ There is no room for jealousy in business. If someone is doing a better job than you are, either find a way to improve yourself or join forces with that person.

- Tom Joyner99