A true leader has to have a genuine open-door policy so that his people are not afraid to approach him for any reason.
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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.Harold S. Geneen
When I come upon a man who has a gleaming, empty, clear desktop, I am dealing with a fellow who is so far removed from the realities of his business that someone else is running it for him.
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It's better to take over and build upon an existing business than to start a new one.
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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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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.
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Management manages by making decisions and by seeing that those decisions are implemented.
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