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Only when organizations operate on a higher level than federal, state and local laws can we say they have integrity.
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213 |
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When you operate out of fear, when you’re on your heels, you have no shot. It’s simply not possible to lead that way.
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133 |
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National boundaries are important primarily as restraints. The practice of management will increasingly have to be defined operationally rather than politically.
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080 |
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Though the great majority of businesses will continue to operate only locally or regionally, they all face, at least potentially, global competition from places they have never even heard of before.
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348 |
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The one thing that can be guaranteed in any kind of operation is the daily crisis. The daily crisis cannot be postponed; it has to be dealt with right away. And the existing operation demands high priority and deserves it.
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360 |
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…most of the cost is in the development of the solution, the idea. If you can replicate it and price to market, the operating cost can be quite low.
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114 |
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A vision is a powerful framework to take the operations of an organization of any size from the downward spiral into the arena of possibility.
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168 |
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To tip the cognitive hurdle, not only must you get your managers out of the office to see operational horror, but also you must get them to listen to their most disgruntled customers firsthand.
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161 |
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The acquaintances, neighbors, and coworkers who operate in the same spheres as we do can rarely tell us something we don’t already know because they hear about the same things we do.
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120 |
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That’s how a good store operates: You feel almost helplessly pulled in by what you see up ahead or over there to the right.
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083 |
