Carlos Ghosn quotes

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. (Carlos Ghosn)
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.
Carlos Ghosn
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.
Carlos Ghosn
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 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.
Carlos Ghosn
The role of leadership is to transform the complex situation into small pieces and prioritize them.
Carlos Ghosn
Commitment. This is my favorite word because in some way, people who are committed are always much more interesting and much more reliable, and much more, I would say, deep than people who are not.
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Don't believe what I say. Believe what I do.
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Any job very well done that has been carried out by a person who is fully dedicated is always a source of inspiration.
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I think that the best training a top manager can be engaged in is management by example.
Carlos Ghosn
The Japanese people are usually very prudent, even when they are convinced change is necessary. (Carlos Ghosn)
You'll never convince me there is a hopeless situation or there is any finality in any success or any failure.
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More and more, in any company, managers are dealing with different cultures. Companies are going global, but the teams are being divided and scattered all over the planet.
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Incentives are not strategy, they are tactics. Defensive measures.
Carlos Ghosn
I always loved cars. I don't know why, I can't explain it to you. It has always been with me.
Carlos Ghosn
To face deflation, you have to have people accepting it and not reacting to it.
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Business is tough; you need tough guys.
Carlos Ghosn
As the CEO, I have to take care of the short term, mid term and the long term.
Carlos Ghosn
Profit is the most global aspect of a business, and it is cross-functional.
Carlos Ghosn
It would be easier to make money in other sectors, but since I was a kid, I liked cars.
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The time is right for electric cars - in fact the time is critical. (Carlos Ghosn)
I approve designs not because I think I am more gifted or somebody who can see ahead three or four years from now, but just to make sure that the design is a logical, rational decision, taken after analyzing pros and cons.
Carlos Ghosn
Every single time you make a merger, somebody is losing his identity. And saying something different is just rubbish.
Carlos Ghosn
Regulations about environments are going to get tougher and tougher.
Carlos Ghosn
Synergies are not only about cost reduction. Synergies can be access to markets, exchange of products, avoiding overlaps, exchange of best practices.
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