Lee Iacocca
Lee Iacocca
Lido Anthony "Lee" Iacoccais an American automobile executive best known for spearheading the development of Ford Mustang and Pinto cars, while at the Ford Motor Company in the 1960s, and then later for reviving the Chrysler Corporation as its CEO during 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...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionEntrepreneur
Date of Birth15 October 1924
CityAllentown, PA
CountryUnited States of America
I only wish I could find an institute that teaches people how to listen. Business people need to listen at least as much as they need to talk. Too many people fail to realize that real communication goes in both directions.
Every business and every product has risks. You can't get around it.
Even a correct decision is wrong when it was taken too late.
Your legacy should be that you made it better than it was when you got it.
The speed of the boss is the speed of the team.
If we screw it up, start over. Try something else.
I have found that being honest is the best technique I can use. Right up front, tell people what you're trying to accomplish and what you're willing to sacrifice to accomplish it.
In a completely rational society, the best of us would aspire to be teachers and the rest of us would have to settle for something less, because passing civilization along from one generation to the next ought to be the highest honor and the highest responsibility anyone could have.
The ability to concentrate and to use your time well is everything if you want to succeed in business--or almost anywhere else for that matter.
There is no substitute for accurate knowledge. Know yourself, know your business, know your men.
In a completely rational society, the best of us would be teachers and the rest of us would have to settle for something else.
The trick is to make sure you don't die waiting for prosperity to come.
The discipline of writing something down is the first step toward making it happen.
The ability to concentrate and to use time well is everything.