A country's competitiveness starts not on the factory floor or in the engineering lab. It starts in the classroom. Lee Iacocca More Quotes by Lee Iacocca More Quotes From Lee Iacocca Start with good people, lay out the rules, communicate with your employees, motivate them and reward them. If you do all those things effectively, you can't miss. Lee Iacocca funny-inspirationalcommunicationleadership In a completely rational society, the best of us would aspire to be teachers and the rest of us would have to settle for something less, because passing civilization along from one generation to the next ought to be the highest honor and the highest responsibility anyone could have. Lee Iacocca responsibilityeducationteacher The great issues facing us today are not Republican issues or Democratic issues. The political parties can debate the means, but both parties must embrace the end objective, which is to make America great again. Lee Iacocca partymeanamerica No matter what you've done for yourself or for humanity, if you can't look back on having given love and attention to your own family, what have you really accomplished? Lee Iacocca familywiselove Over the years, many executives have said to me with pride: 'Boy, I worked so hard last year that I didn't take any vacation.' I always feel like responding, "You dummy. You mean to tell me you can take responsibility for an eighty-million-dollar project and you can't plan two weeks out of the year to have some fun? Lee Iacocca responsibilityfunmean The only rock I know that stays steady, the only institution I know that works, is the family. Lee Iacocca cousinrocksfamily Listening can make the difference between a mediocre organization and a great one. Lee Iacocca differencesorganizationlistening Motivation is everything. You can do the work of two people, but you can't be two people. Instead, you have to inspire the next guy down the line and get him to inspire his people. Lee Iacocca motivationalinspirationaltwo Mistakes are a part of life; you can't avoid them. All you can hope is that they won't be too expensive and that you don't make the same mistake twice. Lee Iacocca parts-of-lifesame-mistakesmistake You can have brilliant ideas, but if you can't get them across, your ideas won't get you anywhere. Lee Iacocca businessmotivationalinspirational In times of great stress or adversity, it's always best to keep busy, to plow your anger and your energy into something positive. Lee Iacocca motivationalpositiveinspirational If I Had To Sum Up In One Word The Qualities That Make Up A Good Manager, I'd Say Decisiveness. Lee Iacocca managersgood-manquality The most successful businessman is the man who holds onto the old just as long as it is good, and grabs the new just as soon as it is better. Lee Iacocca live-lifebusinesschange The right decision is the wrong decision if it's made too late. Lee Iacocca decisionmadetoo-late Talk to people in their own language. Lee Iacocca loyaltypeoplethinking So what do we do? Anything. Something. So long as we just don't sit there. If we screw it up, start over. Try something else. If we wait until we've satisfied all the uncertainties, it may be too late. Lee Iacocca moving-onprocrastinationlong Leadership means setting an example. When you find yourself in a position of leadership, people follow your every move. Lee Iacocca leadershipmeanmoving MBAs know everything but understand nothing. Lee Iacocca mbaknows A major reason capable people fail to advance is that they don't work well with their colleagues. Lee Iacocca team-buildingteamworkpeople The discipline of writing something down is the first step toward making it happen. Lee Iacocca writingmotivationallife
