154 Quotes by Carlos Ghosn

The combination of growth and cost reduction will allow Nissan to achieve a consolidated operating profit of 4.5 percent of sales by 2002.

The main factors we reviewed were currency risks ? both mid and long-term, the record of productivity and performance at our Sunderland plant, the effect of assistance from the UK and opportunities coming from our alliance with Renault,

Any job very well done that has been carried out by a person who is fully dedicated is always a source of inspiration.

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.

Being in a multicultural environment in childhood is going to give you intuition, reflexes and instincts. You may acquire basic responsiveness later on, but it's never going to be as spontaneous as when you have been bathing in this environment during childhood.

The role of leadership is to transform the complex situation into small pieces and prioritize them.

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.

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.

Incentives are not strategy, they are tactics. Defensive measures.