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Profit is the most global aspect of a business, and it is cross-functional.

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Carlos Ghosn
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: March 9
Business Executive
Businessman
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Management
Writer
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We don't want to be something for everybody, we want to be everything for some people.
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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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Incentives are not strategy, they are tactics. Defensive measures.
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When the CEO makes a decision, people don't come back on it.
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To face deflation, you have to have people accepting it and not reacting to it.
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I don't believe in hostile moves. I don't believe they carry any value.
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I'm the C.E.O., nominated by the shareholders. If they're not happy, I have to take the consequences.
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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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Leadership is demonstrated at the moment of need. You learn to be a leader by acting, by doing
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Our objective is to position Nissan in the top rank of the car industry. Until we get there, there will be no rest.
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Talking about stepping down in five years is frankly not a topic of particular actuality now.
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At the age of 20 I bought a used Fiat 127. This was the only one I could afford!
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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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China will be the answer to Japan's problems.
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We are facing extreme volatility.
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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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You don't implement change easily in Japan unless you explain very clearly why you need to do this change, how you're going to do this change and what's going to be the outcome of this change. If you offset or you forget to explain one of these three steps you're not going to do it.
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The most interesting information I can have about a competitor is the cost.
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