“I believe that leaders and leadership teams working together in a proper design will run the business more effectively than by hierarchical, command-and-control managing. But I can't prove that. And there are no models.” BelieveI CanRunningTogetherI BelieveLeaderTeamDesignProveModelsCommandWorking TogetherTeam WorkingCommand And Control Author:Marvin Bower
“Decisions should be based on facts, objectively considered what I call the fact-founded, thought-through approach to decision making.” ShouldFactsDecisionApproachDecision Making Book:The will to manage: corporate success through programmed management Source: The will to manage: corporate success through programmed management
“The difference between a leadership and a command company can be very great indeed, because in a hierarchical situation, people who have concerns about reactions against themselves would simply not put forward negative information.” PeopleDifferencesCompanySituationInformationConcernNegativeReactionsCommand Book:The Will to Lead: Running a Business with a Network of Leaders Source: The Will to Lead: Running a Business with a Network of Leaders
“There is no such thing as business ethics. There is only one kind -- you have to adhere to the highest standards.” KindBusinessHighestStandardsEthicsBusiness Ethics Author:Marvin Bower
“A business of high principle attracts high-caliber people more easily, thereby gaining a basic competitive and profit edge.” PeoplePrinciplesEdgesProfitBootsCaliber Book:The will to manage: corporate success through programmed management Source: The will to manage: corporate success through programmed management
“A business of high principle generates greater drive and effectiveness because people know that they can do the right thing decisively and with confidence.” PeopleKnowsCan DoPrinciplesGreaterRight ThingBootsEffectiveness Book:The will to manage: corporate success through programmed management Source: The will to manage: corporate success through programmed management
“Basic philosophy, spirit and drive of an organization have far more to do with its relative achievements than do technological or economic resources, organizational structure, innovation and timing.” PhilosophySpiritEconomicAchievementResourcesOrganizationInnovationStructureRelativeTimingTechnologicalOrganizationalOrganizational StructureEconomic Resources Book:THE WILL TO MANAGE CORPORATE THROUGH PROGRAMMED MANAGEMENT Source: THE WILL TO MANAGE CORPORATE THROUGH PROGRAMMED MANAGEMENT
“Decisions should be based on facts, objectively considered.” ShouldFactsDecision Book:The will to manage: corporate success through programmed management Source: The will to manage: corporate success through programmed management
“The course of business shapes public opinion.” CoursesOpinionShapesPublic Opinion Author:Marvin Bower
“People should be judged on the basis of their performance, not nationality, personality, education, or personal traits and skills.” PeopleShouldPersonalitySkillsPerformancesBasesJudgedTraitsNationalityPersonality Traits Book:The will to manage: corporate success through programmed management Source: The will to manage: corporate success through programmed management
“If you are not willing to take pain to live by your principles, there is no point in having principles.” IfsPainPrinciplesWillingLive ByNo Point Author:Marvin Bower
“It follows that acceleration in the rate of change will result in an increasing need for reorganization. Reorganization is usually feared, because it means disturbance of the status quo, a potential threat to peoples vested interests in their jobs, and an upset to established ways of doing things. For these reasons, needed reorganization is often deferred. With a resulting loss in effectiveness and increase in costs.” WayNeedsMeanReasonJobsInterestChangeLossResultsNeededCostIncreaseThreatRateUpsetStatus QuoEffectivenessDisturbanceChange For The BetterVested InterestsAccelerationReorganizationRate Of Change Author:Marvin Bower
“Leading fosters a working atmosphere that stimulates an open exchange of ideas and fosters dissent. People should show a genuine concern for one another and treat one another with fairness, as peers and friends. With such an atmosphere it should be a pleasure to come to work.” PeopleShouldIdeasShowsPleasureLibertyConcernTreatsGenuineAtmosphereFairnessPeersDissentGenuine Concern Book:The Will to Lead: Running a Business with a Network of Leaders Source: The Will to Lead: Running a Business with a Network of Leaders