Lido Anthony "Lee" Iacocca is an American company executive. He is possibly best understood for as head of state of billtilverkaren Chrysler in the 1980s took the company out of a significant emergency situation.
Iacocca started his profession at Ford Motor Company. He was noted for the very first time when he handled to boost cars and truck sales dramatically in a district. Major tasks adhered to within the team, which Iacocca consisting of co-directed the Ford Mustang. He later on became head of state of Ford and also among America's the majority of prominent manufacturers. Ford owners Henry Ford II did not concur with Iacocca as well as after less effective designs were discharged Iacocca in 1978.
Iacocca made a comeback as head of the crisis-hit Chrysler Group in the 1980s. He handled to transform a stopping working firm to reclaim its position as one of the significant American automobile manufacturers. In 1992, Iacocca left Chrysler.
Iacocca has actually just recently ended up being recognized for his books. In April 2007, he published the book Where Have All the Leaders Gone?, Which among other points, is extremely vital of united state Head of state George W. Bush.
Our collection contains 32 quotes who is written / told by Lee, under the main topic Family.
"People want economy and they will pay any price to get it"
"I've always found that the speed of the boss is the speed of the team"
"The only rock I know that stays steady, the only institution I know that works, is the family"
"The affections are like lightning: you cannot tell where they will strike till they have fallen"
"The ability to concentrate and to use time well is everything"
"Talk to people in their own language. If you do it well, they'll say, 'God, he said exactly what I was thinking.' And when they begin to respect you, they'll follow you to the death"
"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"
"The one word that makes a good manager - decisiveness"
"The most successful businessman is the man who holds onto the old just as long as it is good, and grabs the new just as soon as it is better"
"The kind of people I look for to fill top management spots are the eager beavers, the mavericks. These are the guys who try to do more than they're expected to do - they always reach"
"The greatest discovery of my generation is that human beings can alter their lives by altering their attitudes of mind"
"The discipline of writing something down is the first step toward making it happen"
"There are times when even the best manager is like the little boy with the big dog, waiting to see where the dog wants to go so he can take him there"
"The speed of the boss is the speed of the team"
"So what do we do? Anything. Something. So long as we just don't sit there. If we screw it up, start over. Try something else. If we wait until we've satisfied all the uncertainties, it may be too late"
"I hire people brighter than me and then I get out of their way"
"I have found that being honest is the best technique I can use. Right up front, tell people what you're trying to accomplish and what you're willing to sacrifice to accomplish it"
"I have always found that if I move with seventy-five percent or more of the facts that I usually never regret it. It's the guys who wait to have everything perfect that drive you crazy"
"I forgot to shake hands and be friendly. It was an important lesson about leadership"
"Every business and every product has risks. You can't get around it"
"Apply yourself. Get all the education you can, but then, by God, do something. Don't just stand there, make it happen"
"Any supervisor worth his salt would rather deal with people who attempt too much than with those who try too little"
"One of the things the government can't do is run anything. The only things our government runs are the post office and the railroads, and both of them are bankrupt"
"No matter what you've done for yourself or for humanity, if you can't look back on having given love and attention to your own family, what have you really accomplished?"
"My father always used to say that when you die, if you've got five real friends, then you've had a great life"
"Motivation is everything. You can do the work of two people, but you can't be two people. Instead, you have to inspire the next guy down the line and get him to inspire his people"
"Management is nothing more than motivating other people"
"In times of great stress or adversity, it's always best to keep busy, to plow your anger and your energy into something positive"
"In the end, all business operations can be reduced to three words: people, product, and profits"
"In a completely rational society, the best of us would be teachers and the rest of us would have to settle for something else"
"If you want to make good use of your time, you've got to know what's most important and then give it all you've got"
"If a guy is over 25 percent jerk, he's in trouble. And Henry was 95 percent"
