Business Leaders Quotes - Page 3

• World peace is not something that can be realized simply by politicians signing treaties, or by business leaders creating economic cooperation. True and lasting peace will be realized only by forging bonds of trust between people at the deepest level, in the depths of their very lives.

  Daisaku Ikeda

  Creating, People, Leader

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• I think that business leaders today have to be more rounded than they used to be, they have to be completely multi-functional and fast-moving.

  Stuart Rose

  Moving, Thinking, Leader

  "Sir Stuart Rose on the changing role of business leaders" by Stuart Rose, www.theguardian.com. March 29, 2012.

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• I see the God complex around me all the time in my fellow economists. I see it in our business leaders. I see it in the politicians we vote for - people who, in the face of an incredibly complicated world, are nevertheless absolutely convinced that they understand the way that the world works.

  Tim Harford

  Motivation, Inspiration, Complicated World

  "Trial, error and the God complex". TED conference, www.ted.com. July 2011.

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• Steve Jobs is the most epic entrepreneur of all time. He served as a guiding light for any emerging businessperson who wanted to learn how things should get done. He'll be looked at as one of the best business leaders of all time, and certainly one of the best tech entrepreneurs.

  Aaron Levie

  Jobs, Epic, Light

  "This 26-Year Old Founder Is Raising $100 Million To Take On Giants Like Microsoft". Interview with Matt Rosoff, www.businessinsider.com. August 29, 2011.

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• The extraordinary power of influence is now within everyone's reach. Recent graduates, executive assistants, project managers, and business leaders can all benefit from Monarth's simple steps for 'getting everyone to follow your lead.'

  Marshall Goldsmith

  Simple, Leader, Benefits

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• America's real business leaders understand unless or until the middle class regains its footing and its faith, capitalism remains vulnerable.

  Robert Reich

  Real, Class, America

  "Real Business Leaders Want to Save Capitalism" by Robert Reich, www.huffingtonpost.com. June 19, 2014.

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• Business leaders take things far too seriously, and forget that most of the time people spend in their lives is at work, and it should be fun.

  Richard Branson

  Fun, People, Leader

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• Do business managers have a commitment to anything more than the success of their company and to making money? It would be hard to say that they do. Indeed, many business leaders deny that there is any conflict between self-interest and the interests of all.

  Peter Singer

  Commitment, Self, Leader

  "Putting ethics before profits" by Peter Singer, www.theguardian.com. June 21, 2009.

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• We're going to march on Washington with a host of Republicans, Democrats, business leaders, legislators.

  Gray Davis

  March On Washington, Leader, Host

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• Fear is the single biggest barrier to creativity. Unless we're brave enough to risk looking foolish, we'll inevitably find ourselves sticking to the status quo. That fear is disabling, One of the things we need to do as business leaders is build and nurture cultures that encourage responsible risk taking so making mistakes is OK.

  Josh Linkner

  Mistake, Creativity, Leader

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• By my count, more business leaders have failed and derailed because of arrogance than any other character flaw.

  Harvey Mackay

  Character, Leader, Arrogance

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• If you wait for customers to tell you that you need to do something, you're too late. Good business leaders should be half a step ahead of what customers want, i.e. they don't actually quite know they want it. That's what innovation's about. With Plan A, we didn't wait for the consumers to tell us.

  Stuart Rose

  Leader, Waiting, Innovation

  "Sir Stuart Rose on the changing role of business leaders". www.theguardian.com. March 29, 2012.

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• Business leaders love the humanities because they know that to innovate you need more than rote knowledge. You need a trained imagination.

  Martha C. Nussbaum

  Imagination, Leader, Humanity

  Source: www.neh.gov

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• I'm a man of some intelligence. I've had some education, passed the bar, practiced law. I've been a teacher and I deal with men of substance, statesman, business leaders, the clergy... So why do I spend my time arguing with Dizzy Dean?

  Branch Rickey

  Baseball, Teacher, Men

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• What is clear is that business leaders must commit to champion change - to be transparent about their goals for change, to align their incentives systems to drive the change, and to make sure their work environments are flexible in a way that allows men and women who choose to work to be able to achieve all of their potential.

  Beth Brooke

  Men, Goal, Leader

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• There is a real diversity of talent and background on the A list so as to better reflect our society in all walks. There are people who have been candidates before, Councillors, Doctors, business leaders, charity campaigners.

  Adam Rickitt

  Real, Doctors, People

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• But it's more an up-versus-down issue because the research has shown that opinion leaders, whether they're elected officials, journalists, business leaders - it's academics, religious leaders - they have dramatically different views on immigration. A

  Mark Krikorian

  Religious, Views, Opinion Leaders

  "A Closer Look At Obama Administration's Controversial Deportation Plans". "All Things Considered" with Michel Martin, www.npr.org. December 26, 2015.

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• Its so important for business leaders to discover what their purpose is. In the days when the business seems overwhelming, or you arent certain you can continue, it is your purpose that will compel you to push through.

  Anne F. Beiler

  Leader, Important, Purpose

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• Put First Things First! These four words cover an entire philosophy which can be applied with profit by every business leader, by every executive and by every employee.

  Thomas Watson, Jr.

  Leadership, Business, Philosophy

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• America's highest economic need is higher ethical standards -- enforced by strict laws and upheld by responsible business leaders.

  George W. Bush

  Business, Ethical Standards, Law

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• 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.

  Jack Welch

  Inspirational, Strong, Skills

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• Execution is the job of the business leader.

  Lawrence Bossidy

  Jobs, Leader, Execution

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• As a speaker, business leader or marketer of any type, the onus is now on each of us to become equally capable of communicating very personally with a seemingly endless number of people connected by social technologies.

  Simon Mainwaring

  Technology, Numbers, People

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• Many business leaders today view their jobs as entailing responsibility for the welfare of the wider community. These individuals do not define themselves as profit-making machines whose only reason for existing is to satisfy escalating expectation for immediate gain.

  Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

  Jobs, Business, Responsibility

  Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi (2004). “Good Business: Leadership, Flow, and the Making of Meaning”, p.14, Penguin

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• A business leader has to keep their organization focused on the mission. That sounds easy, but it can be tremendously challenging in today's competitive and ever-changing business environment. A leader also has to motivate potential partners to join.

  Meg Whitman

  Inspiring, Organization, Leader

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