“Say, this new home building idea of President Hoover's sounds good. They are working out a lot of beneficial things. The only thing is it took 'em so long to think of any of 'em. We ought to have plans in case of depression, just like we do in case of fire, 'Walk, don't run, to the nearest exit.'” ThinkingLongIdeasHomeRunningSoundPresidentWalksBusinessCasesFirePlansBuildingOughtWork OutEmsBeneficialExitNew HomeHoover Author:Will Rogers
“At the risk of repetition let me say again that my plea is not for immunity to, but for the most unsparing exposure of, the politician who betrays his trust, of the big business man who makes or spends his fortune in illegitimate or corrupt ways. There should be a resolute effort to hunt every such man out of the position he has disgraced. Expose the crime, and hunt down the criminal; but remember that even in the case of crime, if it is attacked in sensational, lurid, and untruthful fashion, the attack may do more damage to the public mind than the crime itself.” IfsMenWayShouldMindMayBigsRememberEffortBusinessCasesRiskFashionCrimePositionPoliticianLet MeFortuneCriminalsDamageBetrayRepetitionHuntsExposureBig BusinessResoluteImmunitySensationalBusiness Man Author:Theodore Roosevelt
“... business training in early life should not be regarded solely as insurance against destitution in the case of an emergency. For from business experience women can gain, too, knowledge of the world and of human beings, which should be of immeasurable value to their marriage careers. Self-discipline, co-operation, adaptability, efficiency, economic management,--if she learns these in her business life she is liable for many less heartbreaks and disappointments in her married life.” IfsWorldShouldHumansSelfValuesHuman BeingsBusinessMarriageCareersCasesEconomicDisciplineMarriedTrainingGainsManagementDisappointmentOperationsEfficiencySelf DisciplineEmergenciesLiableAdaptabilityMarried LifeKnowledge Of The WorldBusiness LifeEarly Life Author:Hortense Odlum
“Remarks such as 'great Australian', 'larger than life' are sometimes used where they are not appropriate. But in the case of Kerry Packer both of those descriptions are entirely appropriate. He was a great Australian, he was a larger than life character and in so many ways he left his mark on the Australian community over a very long career in business, particularly in the media and also that other great passion of his, Australian sport” WayLongSometimesCharacterUsedPassionLeftSportsCommunityBusinessCareersCasesMediaMarkAppropriateDescriptionAustraliaRemarksAustralianLarger Than LifeGreat PassionLong CareersPackers Author:John Howard
“I always make the business case for sustainability. It's so compelling. Our costs are down, not up. Our products are the best they have ever been. Our people are motivated by a shared higher purpose - esprit de corps to die for. And the goodwill in the marketplace - it's just been astonishing.” PeoplePurposeDiesBusinessCasesProductsHigherCostMotivatedSustainabilityCompellingAstonishingMarketplaceGoodwillHigher PurposeEsprit De Corps Author:Ray Anderson
“We really began to think in different ways about our business in terms of climbing this mountain and it became very clear very quickly this was the smart thing to do. Not only did we start to generate answers for those customers, they embraced us for what we were trying to do. The goodwill in the market place has just been stunning. The rest of the business case is pretty simple. I cost it down not up.” ThinkingWayTryingDifferentTermSimpleAnswersBusinessCasesClearCostMountainSmartCustomersDifferent WaysThings To DoClimbingGoodwillStunning Author:Ray Anderson
“Leadership is solving problems. The day soldiers stop bringing you their problems is the day you have stopped leading them. They have either lost confidence that you can help or concluded you do not care. Either case is a failure of leadership.” HelpingProblemMotivationalCareLostLeadershipInspiringBusinessLeaderVisionCasesMilitaryFailureConfidenceSoldierPatrioticProblem SolvingGreat LeaderVisionariesLeadership TrainingWorld LeaderBeing A LeaderInspiring LeaderEffective LeadershipBest LeaderTrue LeadershipInspirational MilitaryLeadership SkillsGreatest LeadershipFuture LeadersLeadership RolesLeadership IntegrityConcludingLeadership TeamworkMilitary LeadershipVisionary LeadersStrategic LeadershipVisionary LeadershipLost ConfidenceFailure Of LeadershipEducational LeadersLack Of Leadership Book:My American Journey Source: My American Journey
“Advertising is simply a use of the right of the manufacture to present his case and to employ the same arts of appeal and persuasion accorded to the politician, the preacher, the lawyer, and to every other individual who has a special interest in something, whether a creed or a commodity.” ArtUseIndividualInterestBusinessCasesSpecialPoliticianLawyerAdvertisingAppealsPreacherCreedsCommodityPersuasionSpecial Interests Author:Raymond Rubicam
“Jane Fonda, who divided her life into three acts, decided after her sixtieth birthday that she was now facing the final act, and came to the following conclusion: "I thought to myself, well if that's the case and if what I'm scared of isn't death, but getting to the end with regrets, then I've got to figure out what would be the things that I would regret when I got to the last act if I hadn't done them or achieved them by then. And they were: having an intimate relationship and having made a difference."” IfsWellsMadeEndsDoneWould BeLastsThreeDifferencesBusinessCasesFiguresRegretDecidedFinalsScaredFollowingConclusionIntimateDividedJaneIntimate Relationships Book:Good Business: Leadership, Flow, and the Making of Meaning Source: Good Business: Leadership, Flow, and the Making of Meaning