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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
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Management
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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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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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Leadership is demonstrated at the moment of need. You learn to be a leader by acting, by doing
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Employees are your most valuable assets. They are the heart and guts of a company. This doesn't mean that from time to time, you aren't going to do what is good for the company.
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Being a good leader today doesn't mean you'll be a good leader 10 years from now. You have to adapt to the times
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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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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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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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Electric cars are not going to take the market by storm, but it's going to be a gradual improvement.
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Regulations about environments are going to get tougher and tougher.
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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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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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The time is right for electric cars - in fact the time is critical.
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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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Talking about stepping down in five years is frankly not a topic of particular actuality now.
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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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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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