In the end, all business operations can be reduced to three words: people, product and profits. Unless you've got a good team, you can't do much with the other two.
"Lido Anthony "Lee" Iacocca" is an United States/American businessman known for engineering the Ford Mustang and Ford Pinto cars, being let go from Ford Motor Company, and his revival of the Chrysler Corporation in the 1980s. He served as President and CEO of Chrysler from 1978 and additionally as chairman from 1979, until his retirement at the end of 1992.
Iacocca was a passionate advocate of U.S. business exports during the 1980s. He is the author (or co-author) of several books, including Iacocca: An Autobiography (with William Novak), and Where Have All the Leaders Gone?
Portfolio (magazine)/Portfolio named Iacocca the 18th-greatest American CEO of all time.
If you enjoy these quotes, be sure to check out other famous businessmen! More Lee Iacocca on Wikipedia.So what do we do? Anything. Something. So long as we just don't sit there. If we screw it up, start over. Try something else. If we wait until we've satisfied all the uncertainties, it may be too late.
Start with good people, lay out the rules, communicate with your employees, motivate them and reward them. If you do all those things effectively, you can't miss.
If I had to sum up in one word what makes a good manager, I'd say decisiveness. You can use the fanciest computers to gather the numbers, but in the end you have to set a timetable and act.
Management is nothing more than motivating other people.
You've got to say, ''I think that if I keep working at this and want it badly enough I can have it.'' It's called perseverance.
The affections are like lightning: you cannot tell where they will strike till they have fallen.
There ain't no free lunches in this country. And don't go spending your whole life commiserating that you got raw deals. You've got to say, 'I think that if I keep working at this and want it bad enough I can have it.'
People want economy and they will pay any price to get it.
The speed of the boss is the speed of the team.
The discipline of writing something down is the first step toward making it happen.
The trick is to make sure you don't die waiting for prosperity to come.
The ability to concentrate and to use your time well is everything.
Apply yourself. Get all the education you can, but then, by God, do something. Don't just stand there, make it happen.
If you want to make good use of your time, you've got to know what's most important and then give it all you've got.
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