Harold Geneen

We must not be hampered by yesterday’s myths in concentrating on today’s needs.

Harold Geneen

What you manage in business is people.

Harold Geneen

If your desk isn’t cluttered, you probably aren’t doing your job.

Harold Geneen

In a good meeting there is a momentum that comes from the spontaneous exchange of fresh ideas and produces extraordinary results. That momentum depends on the freedom permitted the participants.

Harold Geneen

In the business world, everyone is always working at legitimate cross purposes, governed by self interest.

Harold Geneen

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

Harold Geneen

Managers in all too many American companies do not achieve the desired results because nobody makes them do it.

Harold Geneen

The five essential entrepreneurial skills for success: Concentration, Discrimination, Organization, Innovation and Communication.

Harold Geneen

The professional’s grasp of the numbers is a measure of the control he has over the events that the figures represent.

Harold 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.

Harold Geneen