From "competition," "employees," and "discipline" to "leadership," "strategy," and "vision," The Quotable Executive is the perfect book for any manager who wants to know what the experts in business have to say on a variety of business topics. This compendium of approximately 1,000 selected quotes from Jack Welsh, Akio Morita, Henry FOrd, Peter Drucker, Bill Gates, Andrew Grove, Warren Buffett, Carly Fiorina, Shelly Lazarus, Robert Townsend, J.C. Penney and more: "If we face a recession, we should not lay off employees; the company should sacrifice a profit. It's management's risk and management's responsbility. Employees are not guilty; whey should they suffer?"--Akio Morita "Great people don't equal great teams."--Tom Peters "No institution can possibly survive if it needs geniuses or supermen to manage it. It must be organized in such a way as to be able to get along under leadership composed of average human beings."--Peter Drucker The Quotable Executive will not only inspire readers with thought-provoking quotes from executives, consultants, and famous business writers, but will also help managers understand how the best leaders fulfill their responsibilities.