#y

I guess that's one achievement I'm really proud of. Saving Chrysler was more than jobs, more than shareholder value. Saving Chrysler was a good idea for the whole country. ↗

— Lee Iacocca

#chrysler #country #good #good idea #guess

I was at Ford for 32 years. I went to Chrysler in 1978, four or five months after I got canned by Henry Ford. ↗

— Lee Iacocca

#canned #chrysler #five #ford #four

If a guy is over 25 percent jerk, he's in trouble. And Henry was 95 percent. ↗

— Lee Iacocca

#henry #jerk #over #percent #trouble

In a corporation, there can only be one guy in the end: the CEO. ↗

— Lee Iacocca

#corporation #end #guy #in the end #only

Talk to people in their own language. If you do it well, they'll say, 'God, he said exactly what I was thinking.' And when they begin to respect you, they'll follow you to the death. ↗

— Lee Iacocca

#death #exactly #follow #god #i

The ability to concentrate and to use time well is everything. ↗

— Lee Iacocca

#concentrate #everything #time #use #well

The kind of people I look for to fill top management spots are the eager beavers, the mavericks. These are the guys who try to do more than they're expected to do - they always reach. ↗

— Lee Iacocca

#beavers #eager #expected #fill #guys

The trick is to make sure you don't die waiting for prosperity to come. ↗

— Lee Iacocca

#die #make #prosperity #sure #trick

There are times when even the best manager is like the little boy with the big dog, waiting to see where the dog wants to go so he can take him there. ↗

— Lee Iacocca

#big #boy #dog #even #go

There is no substitute for accurate knowledge. Know yourself, know your business, know your men. ↗

— Lee Iacocca

#business #know #know yourself #knowledge #men