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Don't believe what I say. Believe what I do.

Carlos Ghosn

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Carlos Ghosn
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: March 9
Business Executive
Businessman
Engineer
Management
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Good is somebody who delivered and allowed the company to overcome obstacles, without leaving a profound impact on its culture. Great is somebody who leads his company to achievements and performance and value that nobody was expecting it had.
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We are not making a capital investment into GM as the first element or condition.
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You don't build your character by doing what everybody else is doing.
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I think that the best training a top manager can be engaged in is management by example.
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When the CEO makes a decision, people don't come back on it.
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If you have not been a villain at a certain point in time, you will never be a hero. And the day you are a hero, you may become a villain the next day.
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You have to listen to the people who have a negative opinion as well as those who have positive opinion. Just to make sure that you are blending all these opinions in your mind before a decision is made.
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I mean, when you're a pioneer and you are at the forefront of an offensive, you're going to be the most optimistic person.
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The most interesting information I can have about a competitor is the cost.
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Leadership is demonstrated at the moment of need. You learn to be a leader by acting, by doing
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When you start thinking about leaving, choose your moment carefully. Go out while you’re still on top, not when you’re no longer in control of events.
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The biggest enemy of management is indifference. It's when people don't give a damn
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I think the new generation is much more demanding about respect for the environment than we have ever imagined.
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Incentives are not strategy, they are tactics. Defensive measures.
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Electric cars are going to be very important for urban transportation.
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I think we're going to have some difficulty in front of us. I have absolutely no doubt the next three, four years Europe are going to be at best stagnation. We are preparing for tough times.
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Talking about stepping down in five years is frankly not a topic of particular actuality now.
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Design is important, it's an important dimension in the car. It's not the only one.
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Cars have a large engine in the front and you have a gearbox, which is cumbersome. Electric cars don't have this problem. The motor is much smaller, the battery is below you. This will allow you to play with different shapes.
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We don't know where the markets are going....we have to observe what's going down, see the trends, look at every vibration on the market, prepare the technology and jump when consumers start to think one way or the other
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