“For twenty years it had been generally known that an insidious Lobby was maintained in Washington to influence legislation and executive action on behalf of vested interests. ... The lobby was a creature of darkness. It worked behind closed doors and whispered in corners. This ancient industry was one form of invisible government.” YearsGovernmentActionFormPoliticsInterestBusinessBehindsKnownDarknessDoorsInfluenceIndustryCreaturesTwentiesAncientCornersInvisibleExecutivesLegislationBehalfInsidiousClosed DoorsVested InterestsBehind Closed Doors Author:Margaret Case Harriman
“A big business man was telling Henry Ford about a coach driver of super-expertness with his whip. The driver was telling how he could flick a fly off his horse's ear with his whip-and, a fly alighting just then, he promptly did so. Next he spied a grasshopper beside the road, and he flicked it off with equal dexterity. A little further along the road the passenger noticed an insect on a bush, and nudged the driver to get him. Not on your life, replied the master of the whip. That there insect is a hornet sitting on his nest with an organization behind him. I leave him alone.” MenLittlesBigsNextBusinessBehindsMastersEqualSittingEarsOrganizationHorseCoachesDriversInsectsNestsWhipsPassengersBig BusinessBusiness ManGrasshoppersDexterityHornets Author:B. C. Forbes
“The people who are doing the work are the moving force behind the Macintosh. My job is to create a space for them, to clear out the rest of the organization and keep it at bay.” PeopleJobsMovingSuccessForceLeadershipSpaceBusinessBehindsClearSelf ImprovementOrganizationManagementEmployeeBusiness SuccessIpodsMacintosh Author:Steve Jobs
“The genius of a good leader is to leave behind him a situation which common sense, without the grace of genius, can deal with successfully.” LeadershipDealsCommonBusinessBehindsSituationLeaderGraceGeniusCommon SenseWorld LeaderGood Leader Book:The Essential Lippmann: A Political Philosophy for Liberal Democracy Source: The Essential Lippmann: A Political Philosophy for Liberal Democracy
“Behind every small business, there's a story worth knowing. All the corner shops in our towns and cities, the restaurants, cleaners, gyms, hair salons, hardware stores - these didn't come out of nowhere.” StoriesBusinessCitiesBehindsKnowingHairTownsCornersStoresRestaurantsShopsGymSmall BusinessCleanersHardwareBusiness OwnersSalonsSmall Business OwnersOur Town Author:Paul Ryan
“There's another way we are getting behind business - by sorting out the banks. Taxpayers bailed you out. Now it's time for you to repay the favour and start lending to Britain's small businesses again.” WayBusinessBehindsBritainFavourSmall BusinessAnother WayTaxpayersLendingSortingSorting Out Author:David Cameron
“Innovation is everything. When you're on the forefront, you can see what the next innovation needs to be. When you're behind, you have to spend your energy catching up.” NeedsNextEnergyBusinessBehindsInnovationCatchingBehind YouCatching Up Author:Robert Noyce
“To lead people, walk behind them.” PeopleLeadershipWalksBusinessBehindsLeaderWords Of WisdomWalkingTaoismBusiness LeadershipGreat LeadershipLeadership By Great LeadersGreatness And Leadership Author:Laozi
“I dread success. To have succeeded is to have finished one's business on earth, like the male spider who is killed by the female the moment he has succeeded in his courtship. I like the state of continual becoming, with a goal in front and not behind.” StatesMomentsEarthSuccessGoalBusinessBehindsFrontsBecomingFemaleMalesFinishedDreadSpidersCourtshipSuccess Is Not Measured Author:George Bernard Shaw