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Never make a personnel judgment the first time it comes up.
Alfred P. Sloan
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Alfred P. Sloan
Age: 90 †
Born: 1875
Born: May 23
Died: 1966
Died: February 17
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Entrepreneur
New Haven
Connecticut
Alfred Pritchard Sloan
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If you do it right 51 percent of the time you will end up a hero.
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If we are all in agreement on the decision - then I propose we postpone further discussion of this matter until our next meeting to give ourselves time to develop disagreement and perhaps gain some understanding of what the decision is all about.
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