Quotes

Management, Page 389

…timing is of the essence in establishing a specialty-skill niche. It has to be done at the very beginning of a new industry, a new custom, a new market, a new trend.

Management, Page 389

To attain a specialty niche always requires something new, something added, something that is genuine innovation.

Management, Page 389

A specialty-skill niche is rarely found by accident. In every single case, it results from a systematic survey of innovative opportunities.

Management, Page 390

The business that establishes itself in a specialty-skill niche is… unlikely to be threatened by its customers or by its suppliers.

The Effective Executive, Page 390

Time is an executive’s scarcest and most precious resource. And organizations… inherently time wasters.

Management, Page 390

…in the early stages of a new industry, a new market, or a new major trend, there is the opportunity to search systematically for the specialty-skill opportunity – and then there is usually time to develop a unique skill.

The Enthusiastic Employee, Page 391

…union representation is, by and large, no longer perceived to be as valuable as it once was.

The Enthusiastic Employee, Page 391

…committing to employees in fundamental respects pays off big time over the long term.

The Enthusiastic Employee, Page 392

…most workers… want a leader steering the ship, but a leader who recognizes that the day-to-day workings of the units of the ship are best left to those most knowledgeable of the work in those units.

The Enthusiastic Employee, Page 393

Obtaining collaboration takes time and thus requires a longer-term perspective.