Marvin Bower Quotes
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Fourteen basic and well-known managing processes make up the components from which a management system for any business can be fashioned.
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A business of high principle generates greater drive and effectiveness because people know that they can do the right thing decisively and with confidence.
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A business of high principle attracts high-caliber people more easily, thereby gaining a basic competitive and profit edge.
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People should be judged on the basis of their performance, not nationality, personality, education, or personal traits and skills.
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... for all the reasons we have discussed in these pages, judgments brought to the board by leaders are likely to be better than those coming to the board in a command company. Moreover, the effective working relationships between leaders and directors in a leadership company further ensures the exercise of sound judgments for such momentous decisions ...
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The business with high ethical standards has three primary advantages over competitors whose standards are lower:
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Decisions should be based on facts, objectively considered.
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The course of business shapes public opinion.
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I believe that leaders and leadership teams working together in a proper design will run the business more effectively than by hierarchical, command-and-control managing. But I can't prove that. And there are no models.
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Basic philosophy, spirit and drive of an organization have far more to do with its relative achievements than do technological or economic resources, organizational structure, innovation and timing.
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Business leaders shape public opinion.
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Convinced that behavior and conduct are every bit as important as skills and expertise, I sought to build the firm into an enduring, values-based institution.
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The difference between a leadership and a command company can be very great indeed, because in a hierarchical situation, people who have concerns about reactions against themselves would simply not put forward negative information.