Quotes by Edward Whitacre, Jr. - Page 1

AT&T will not block access to the public Internet or degrade service, period.
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Access
Aggravation
Block
Degrade
Internet
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I find people to be people everywhere. Everyone wants the same thing - be successful.
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People
Successful
Want
Same Thing
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I am honored to be able to serve GM at this critical juncture and take part in its reinvention.
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Able
Critical
Honored
Juncture
Reinvention
Gm
Serve
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I'm a pretty average guy and want to keep a low profile. I don't want the world necessarily to know about me.
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Average
Guy
Profile
World
World Me Keep
World Me Know
Average Guy
Low
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I started at GM knowing very little about that particular business. Not being an expert means you have to learn everything, starting from the basics.
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Basics
Experts
Knowing
Mean
Gm
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If someone wants to transmit a high-quality service with no interruptions and 'guaranteed this, guaranteed that,' they should be willing to pay for that.
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Quality
High Quality
Interruptions
Pay
Transmit
Want
Willing
Guaranteed
Service
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I don't know anything about cars. A business is a business, and I think I can learn about cars. I'm not that old, and I think the business principles are the same.
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Business
Car
Principles
Thinking
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No partnership between two independent companies, no matter how well run, can match the speed, effectiveness, responsiveness and efficiency of a solely owned company.
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Running
Business
Effectiveness
Independent
Partnership
Speed
Two
Match
Owned
Solely
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My goal in coming to General Motors was to help restore profitability, build a strong market position and position this iconic company for success. We are clearly on that path.
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General Motors
Goal
Iconic
Path
Profitability
Strong
Motors
Restore
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So long as TARP money is wrapped up in GM, the company will never shake its 'Government Motors' image. That label, as competitors and GM employees are keenly aware, is code for one thing: 'GM is a failure'.
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Government
Labels
Long
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So long as TARP money is wrapped up in GM, the company will never shake its 'Government Motors' image. That label, as competitors and GM employees are keenly aware, is code for one thing: 'GM is a failure.'
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Code
Competitors
Tarp
Employees
Gm
Label
Motors
Wrapped
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This merger is a logical next step that creates substantial value for customers and stockholders of both AT&T and BellSouth. It will benefit customers through new services and expanded service capabilities.
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Logical
Benefit
Capabilities
Creates
Merger
Next Step
Services
Substantial
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Be willing to step outside your comfort zone once in a while; take the risks in life that seem worth taking. The ride might not be as predictable if you'd just planted your feet and stayed put, but it will be a heck of a lot more interesting.
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Comfort
Comfort Zone
Feet
Interesting
Might
Predictable
Risk
Willing
Zone
Life Risks Your
Once
Lot
Take
Heck
Put
Outside
Planted
Ride
Risks
Seem
Stayed
While
Worth
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When I went into GM there was a lack of morale. The company had gone bankrupt and the people who worked there were embarrassed. Underneath all of, though, there was a will to show what they were capable of, but nobody knew exactly what to do.
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Capable
Embarrassed
Gone
Morale
People
Exactly What
Gm
Underneath
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We commend the commission, under the leadership of Chairman Martin, for recognizing the reality of today's communications marketplace and for fostering an environment where there will be greater choice in communications services and providers.
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Communication
Choices
Reality
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None of us has control over the economy, the job market, or anything else in the global sense. But we are 100% in charge of how we respond to challenges that come our way, be it the loss of a job, a career derailment, or some other disappointment.
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Jobs
Disappointment
Loss
Anything Else
Charge
Respond
None
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I've been accused many times of not talking very much, but I guess I don't believe in talking things to death. You can talk too much on most anything and it stops being productive. There is a time for action. Eventually you have to pull the trigger.
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Accused
Action
Believe
Not Talking
Talking
Too Much
Guess
Pull
Trigger
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When I got to GM they were using a matrix method of management which means everybody has more than one boss. I first heard about that system many years ago. It's supposed to help with collaboration, but my assessment is that it's pretty hard to get geared for action that way.
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Assessment
Collaboration
Management
Mean
Method
Years
Geared
Gm
Matrix
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Find your passion is in life, and do what you can to integrate that into your work life. That's not to say you won't have occasional frustrations in your job - that just goes with the territory - but at least you'll feel better inside, and that, over time, will mean more to you than you might think.
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Jobs
Mean
Occasional
Passion
Territory
Life Work Time
Frustrations
Integrate
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TARP is funded by taxpayers, so there are many rules about how that money can and can't be used. The result: GM spends an awful lot of time checking in with the people who administer TARP over everything from hiring to executive compensation and management. For a global company, that adds up to a lot of distraction.
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Add
Awful
Compensation
Distraction
Hiring
Management
People
Tarp
Time Money People
Adds
Administer
Awful Lot
Checking
Executive
Gm
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At AT&T, I learned an awful lot about people, and how important it is to have the right people in the right jobs. And when I say 'right people,' I'm not talking about their college degree or work history; I'm talking about things like bearing - How does this person interact with other people? Can he or she talk to you and not tick you off?
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Jobs
College
College Degree
Not Talking
Talking
Tick
Awful Lot
Bearing
Work History People
Degree
He Or She
Interact
Right People
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I was brought in by the White House as GM's chairman in 2009, around the time of the bankruptcy, and became CEO later that year. As a company, we were grateful for the government's support. But as GM's financial health began to improve, I could detect no real sense of urgency, or even interest, on the part of the government to relinquish control.
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Government
Grateful
Real
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