“Ideas are somewhat like babies - they are born small, immature, and shapeless. They are promise rather than fulfillment. In the innovative company executives do not say, "This is a damn-fool idea." Instead they ask, "What would be needed to make this embryonic, half-baked, foolish idea into something that makes sense, that is an opportunity for us?"” IdeasWould BeAsksOpportunityBornHalfCompanyBabyFoolNeededPromiseFoolishMake SenseFulfillmentDamnExecutivesInnovativeImmature Author:Peter Drucker
“People who get higher pay are more willing to relocate--especially to undesirable locations at the company's behest... A corporate secretary may change companies in the same town; a corporate executive is more likely to change towns with the same company. A talented corporate secretary sees an invitation to relocate as an invitation; a future corporate executive sees an invitation to relocate as an opportunity--and an obligation.” PeopleMayOpportunityPayCompanyWillingHigherTownsObligationCorporateExecutivesSecretaryLocationInvitationsGetting HighUndesirable Author:Warren Farrell
“During the first World War women in the United States had a chance to try their capacities in wider fields of executive leadershipin industry. Must we always wait for war to give us opportunity? And must the pendulum always swing back in the busy world of work and workers during times of peace?” WorldGivingTryingFirstsWarStatesOpportunityWaitingChanceUnitedUnited StatesFieldsIndustryCapacityWorkersBusyWar Of The WorldsExecutivesSwingsPendulumsFirst World War Author:Mary Barnett Gilson
“In real life, you can't get a job as an executive unless you have the educational background and the opportunity. Now the fact that you are not an executive is merely because of the social standing of life... Black people have a hard time getting anywhere. And those that do, are usually straight. In a ballroom, you can be anything you want.” PeopleWantRealHardFactsJobsOpportunitySocialBlackStandingEducationalReal LifeBackgroundsHard TimesExecutivesBlack PeopleBallroomEducational Background Author:Dorian Corey