“Every success story is a tale of constant adaption, revision and change. A company that stands still will soon be forgotten. Trying to provoke positive change is a principle we've embedded across the Virgin family for more than four decades.” TryingStillsStoriesChangeCompanyPrinciplesFourConstantForgottenDecadesTalesProvokingVirginsEmbeddedRevisionPositive ChangeSuccess StoriesBusiness Change Author:Richard Branson
“Why should how I act in my workplace be any different from how I interact with my family at home? It's making sure the company runs on feminine principles where the major ethic is care.” ShouldDifferentHomeCareRunningBusinessCompanyPrinciplesMajorsEthicsMy FamilyFeminineWorkplace Author:Anita Roddick
“I run my company according to feminine principles, principles of caring, making intuitive decisions, not getting hung up on hierarchy or all those dreadfully boring business-school management ideas; having a sense of work as being part of your life, not separate from it; putting your labor where your love is; being responsible to the world in how you use your profits; recognizing the bottom line should stay at the bottom.” WorldShouldIdeasUseRunningSchoolLinesDecisionLove IsBusinessCompanyPrinciplesLaborResponsibleManagementBottomProfitBoringCaringFeminineHungRecognizingIntuitiveHierarchyBottom LineBeing ResponsibleBusiness School Author:Anita Roddick
“As the owner of the company, I'm always focusing on how my company can do more for less. And it's one of the principles of the world.” WorldCan DoCompanyPrinciplesOwners Author:Robert Kiyosaki
“If you're running an engineering or finance company, all companies depend on ideas and ingenuity. I think the principles of creative leadership apply everywhere, whether it's an advertising company or whether you're running a hospital.” IfsThinkingIdeasRunningCompanyPrinciplesCreativeDependsFinanceAdvertisingHospitalsEngineeringIngenuity Author:Ken Robinson
“we have complaints that institutional dominance of the stock market has put 'the small investor at a disadvantage because he can't compete with the trust companies' huge resources, etc. The facts are quite the opposite. It may be that the institutions are better equipped than the individual to speculate in the market.But I am convinced that an individual investor with sound principles, and soundly advised, can do distinctly better over the long pull than large institutions.” MayLongFactsIndividualSoundCan DoCompanyPrinciplesHugeResourcesOppositesInstitutionsConvincedEtcInvestorsComplaintsDisadvantagesDominance Author:Benjamin Graham
“Companies that model best practices, that model the most upstanding principles, end up as the most profitable. It's not a trade of profits versus principles.” EndsCompanyPrinciplesPracticeModelsTradeProfitVersusProfitableBest Practices Author:Philip Zimbardo
“There are a handful of companies who understand all successful business operations come down to three basic principles; People---Product---Profit. Without top people, you cannot do much with the other two.” PeopleTwoThreeCompanyPrinciplesSuccessfulProductsProfitOperationsHandfulSuccessful BusinessBasic Principles Author:Malcolm Forbes
“Canon is basically a very aggressive company. Our company works on competitive principles. It does not treat people equally, but it does treat them fairly.” PeopleDoeCompanyPrinciplesTreatsAggressiveCanon Author:Fujio Mitarai
“Though the principles of the banking trade may appear somewhat abstruse, the practice is capable of being reduced to strict rules. To depart upon any occasion from those rules, is consequence of some flattering speculation of extraordinary gain, is almost always extremely dangerous, and frequently fatal to the banking company which attempts it.” MayCompanyPrinciplesPracticeDangerousCapableConsequenceGainsTradeExtraordinaryOccasionsStrictBankingSpeculationFlatteringStrict Rules Book:An inquiry into the nature and causes of the wealth of nations Source: An inquiry into the nature and causes of the wealth of nations
“On this question of principle, while actual suffering was yet afar off, they [the Colonies] raised their flag against a power to which, for purposes of foreign conquest and subjugation, Rome in the height of her glory is not to be compared,-a power which has dotted over the surface of the whole globe with her possessions and military posts, whose morning drum-beat, following the sun, and keeping company with the hours, circles the earth with one continuous and unbroken strain of the martial airs of England.” WholeEarthPurposeSufferingHoursCompanyPrinciplesMorningPowerSunAirMilitaryBeatsGloryEnglandRaisedFollowingPossessionSurfaceCirclesPostsHeightRomeFlagsGlobesStrainConquestColonyUnbrokenAfarSubjugationDrum Beats Author:Daniel Webster
“Intrapreneurs work and lead with the Producer mindset. They run their department, team, or company with an abundance mentality, an attachment to true principles, and a fearless and informed faith in people and quality.” PeopleRunningQualityCompanyPrinciplesTeamMindsetProducersFearlessAbundanceDepartmentAttachmentMentalityAbundance Mentality Author:Oliver DeMille
“As I have indicated some time ago, I intend to divest my shareholding when I leave the Club. In doing so, my overriding principle is that I shall do what I believe is best for the future of Celtic. I have also indicated my intention that my shareholding will be made available to be held broadly amongst the supporters and existing shareholders of the Club. I believe that this should produce the best structure of ownership for the Club and the Company.” ShouldBelieveMadeI BelieveCompanyPrinciplesProduceStructureIntentionClubsAvailableOwnershipSupporterShareholdersCeltic Author:Fergus McCann