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
There's a billboard in a little farm town in the Midwest that says: IF YOU COMPLAIN ABOUT FARMERS, DON'T TALK WITH YOUR MOUTH FULL.
If I Had To Sum Up In One Word The Qualities That Make Up A Good Manager, I'd Say Decisiveness.
Every business and every product has risks. You can't get around it.
In the end, all business operations can be reduced to three words: people, product, and profits.
As you go through life, there are thousands of little forks in the road, and there are a few really big forks-those moments of reckoning, moments of truth.
Bad times are indelible. They stay with you forever.
I learned about the strength you can get from a close family life. I learned to keep going, even in bad times. I learned not to despair, even when my world was falling apart. I learned that there are no free lunches. And I learned the value of hard work.
The trick is to make sure you don't die waiting for prosperity to come.
The most successful businessman is the man who holds onto the old just as long as it is good, and grabs the new just as soon as it is better.
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.
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 one word that makes a good manager - decisiveness.
There is no substitute for accurate knowledge. Know yourself, know your business, know your men.
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.