What did Lou Gerstner mean by: Customer complaints are the schoolbooks from which we learn. Lou Gerstner Business executive Copy
I came to see, in my time at IBM, that culture isn’t just one aspect of the game; it is the game. Author, January 13, 2024January 9, 2025, Lou Gerstner, Culture, Importance, Success, 0 Lou Gerstner Business executive
I have always believed you cannot run a successful enterprise from behind a desk. Author, January 13, 2024January 9, 2025, Lou Gerstner, Action, Innovation, Leadership, 0 Lou Gerstner Business executive
It is not about bits, bytes and protocols, but profits, losses and margins. Author, January 13, 2024January 9, 2025, Lou Gerstner, Loss, Margin, Profit, 0 Lou Gerstner Business executive
The thing I have learned at IBM is that culture is everything. Author, January 13, 2024January 9, 2025, Lou Gerstner, Culture, Importance, Organization, 0 Lou Gerstner Business executive
+ IBM needed – an enormous sense of urgency. Author, June 20, 2023January 2, 2025, Lou Gerstner, Competition, Transformation, Urgency, 0 Lou Gerstner Business executive
I think that my leadership style is to get people to fear staying in place, to fear not changing. Author, January 13, 2024January 9, 2025, Lou Gerstner, Change, Fear, Motivation, 0 Lou Gerstner Business executive
You don’t get points for predicting rain. You get points for building arks. Author, January 13, 2024January 9, 2025, Lou Gerstner, Action, Innovation, Preparation, 0 Lou Gerstner Business executive
The rewards system is a powerful driver of behavior and therefore culture. Author, January 13, 2024January 9, 2025, Lou Gerstner, Behavior, Culture, Rewards, 0 Lou Gerstner Business executive
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