Andy Grove

Quotes are word for word from the source.

• Respecting manager time

  “Just as you would not permit a fellow employee to steal a piece of office equipment worth $2,000, you shouldn't let anyone walk away with the time of his fellow managers.”

  Our noteGrove discusses the value of time in a corporate environment.

• Crisis and growth

  “Bad companies are destroyed by crisis, Good companies survive them, Great companies are improved by them.”

  Our noteReflecting on the Pentium processor flaw crisis.

• Career ownership

  “Your career is your business, and you are its CEO.”

  Our noteAdvice on professional development and personal responsibility.

• Dangers of success

  “Success breeds complacency. Complacency breeds failure. Only the paranoid survive.”

  Our noteA core philosophy on maintaining competitive vigilance.

• Corporate transformation

  “A corporation is a living organism; it has to continue to shed its skin. Methods have to change. Focus has to change. Values have to change.”

  Our noteDiscussing the necessity of organizational change.

• Decisive course correction

  “I think it is very important for you to do two things: act on your temporary conviction as if it was a real conviction; and when you realize that you are wrong, correct course very quickly”

  Our noteAdvice given during a Harvard Business School conference.

• Leader morale

  “If you are depressed, you can't motivate your staff to extraordinary measures. So you have to keep your own spirits up even though you well understand that you don't know what you're doing.”

  Our noteDiscussing the professional responsibility of a leader during uncertainty.