“There is no progress without risk, and in an environment where change is accelerating, risks are multiplying and businesses are increasingly complex, companies need strong, innovative partners to help manage their risk. Our brand clearly sets XL apart as the strong, innovative partner needed in today's market.” NeedsHelpingTodayStrongCompanyEnvironmentProgressRiskNeededComplexesPartnersManageBrandsInnovativeMultiplying Author:Mike McGavick
“Companies that hire employees..that are deeply passionate create companies that customers are really really passionate about, and those are the companies that have strong brands.” StrongCompanyPassionateCustomersBrandsEmployee Author:Brian Chesky
“There is a very strong linkage between U.S. banks and European banks. There are plenty of European employees that are employed by U.S. companies, and there are plenty of U.S. employees that are employed by European companies.” StrongCompanyPlentyEmployeeVery StrongEmployedLinkages Author:Christine Lagarde
“Bill Gore from Goretex was a very strong influence because he was one of the first larger companies to experiment with freedom in the workplace.” FirstsStrongCompanyInfluenceBillsExperimentsVery StrongWorkplaceGore Author:Ricardo Semler
“Strong ethics keep corporations healthy . Poor ethics make companies sick. Values are the immune system of every organisation.” ValuesStrongPoorCompanyHealthyEthicsSickCorporationsImmuneOrganisationImmune System Author:Patrick Dixon
“The word 'ego' is very important. The ego is an important element of being human, and of being creative. We need that ego in order to give us a confidence of doing what we're doing. Ego pushes us into the creative world in order to create for something more. I think that a great company of actors, they all have egos, very strong egos, but they're all prepared to share together in order to achieve something even better than that.” ThinkingWorldNeedsGivingHumansImportantTogetherOrderActorsStrongCompanyCreativeShareAchieveEgoElementsPreparedVery StrongBeing HumanBe CreativeGreat Company Author:George Ogilvie
“It was the custom when men received nominations to come to me for contributions, and I made them and considered them good paying investments for the company. In a Republican district I was a strong Republican; in a Democratic district I was Democratic, and in doubtful districts I was doubtful. In politics I was an Erie Railroad man all the time.” MenMadeStrongCompanyRepublicanDemocraticInvestmentContributionCustomsDoubtfulRailroadsNominations Author:Jay Gould
“Unfortunately our stock is somehow not well understood by the markets. The market compares us with generic companies. We need to look at Biocon as a bellwether stock. A stock that is differentiated, a stock that is focused on R&D, and a very-very strong balance sheet with huge value drivers at the end of it.” NeedsWellsLooksEndsValuesStrongCompanyHugeBalanceUnderstoodFocusedCompareDriversVery StrongSheetsGenericBalance Sheets Author:Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw
“To operate a company of the size of Sears Holdings or Wal-Mart or Target or Home Depot or Lowes, you need a combination of skills, and each of those skills needs to be sufficiently strong.” NeedsHomeStrongCompanySkillsSizeCombinationTargetSearsLowes Author:Edward Lampert
“Did I ever tell my constituents that if they liked their plan they could keep it? I would have if I'd ever met anybody who liked his or her plan. But that was not my experience.” IfsWayChildrenRealityMotherPoliticsStrongJusticePoorCompanyFamilyFivePlansRiskGenerationsPolicyHealthMetsEqualEthicsResourcesHuman RightsIdeologyDisabilityEqual RightsConstituentsInsurance Companies Author:Nancy Pelosi
“In our industry today only a strong company with a global reach can ensure long-term employment and provide acceptable returns for shareholders.” LongMotivationalTodayStrongTermCompanyIndustryReturnEmploymentLong TermAcceptableShareholders Author:Lakshmi
“Never yield to that temptation, which, to most young men, is very strong, of exposing other people's weaknesses and infirmities, for the sake either of diverting the company, or of showing your own superiority. You may get the laugh on your side by it for the present; but you will make enemies by it for ever; and even those who laugh with you then, will, upon reflection, fear, and consequently hate you.” PeopleMenMayYoungHateStrongSidesCompanyEnemyLaughingReflectionWeaknessCriticismSakeTemptationYoung ManYieldVery StrongSuperiorityHate YouRidiculeYour SideExposingInfirmity Book:Lord Chesterfield's Letters Source: Lord Chesterfield's Letters
“Wright is a visionary with a great strategic mind, and he's a strong business leader with outstanding people skills, ... He's a terrific guy and will be a key force in guiding the company's future growth.” PeopleInspirationalMindGuyStrongForceGrowthCompanyLeaderKeysSkillsTerrificStrategicOutstandingVisionariesBusiness LeadersPeople SkillsFuture Growth Author:Jack Welch
“My husband and I are very different. Our company is called Syzygy Industries, which can mean a pair of opposites. And that's exactly what we are. Yet there is obviously a very strong pull toward each other.” MeanDifferentStrongCompanyIndustryHusbandOppositesPairsMy HusbandVery Strong Author:Jamie Lee Curtis
“People from my first home say I'm brave. They tell me I'm strong. They pat me on the back and say, 'Way to go. Good job.' But the truth is, I am not really very brave; I am not really very strong; and I am not doing anything spectacular. I am simply doing what God has called me to do as a person who follows Him. He said to feed His sheep and He said to care for 'the least of these,' so that's what I'm doing, with the help of a lot people who make it possible and in the company of those who make my life worth living” PeopleWayFirstsPersonsSaidHelpingHomeCareJobsStrongCompanyTruth IsBraveVery StrongSheepGood JobSpectacularWorth LivingLife Worth LivingFirst Home Author:Katie Davis
“Companies don't have one culture. They have as many as they have supervisors or managers. You want to build a strong culture? Hold every manager accountable for the culture that he or she builds.” WantCultureStrongCompanyManagersSupervisors Author:Marcus Buckingham
“I think maybe 50 years ago people and businesses felt like they had to choose between maximizing profits and making customers happy or making employees happy, and I think we're actually living in a special time where everyone's hyperconnected, whether through Twitter or blogs and so on. Information travels so quickly that it's actually possible to have it all, to make customers happy through customer service, to make employees happy through strong company cultures, and have that actually drive growth and profits.” PeopleThinkingYearsCultureStrongFeltGrowthCompanySpecialInformationYears AgoProfitCustomersEmployeeBlogsCompany CultureMaximizingSpecial TimesActually Living Author:Tony Hsieh
“I am the darker brother. They send me to eat in the kitchen when company comes, but I laugh, and eat well, and grow strong.” WellsStrongGrowsCompanyLaughingBrotherKitchen Author:Langston Hughes