- You can’t be a good engineer unless you have experienced all aspects of the processes yourself. Go and install some flow meters, clean the tubes and vacuum pumps with technicians, mix some acid baths and load some boats in furnaces before you start working on the process. (Joe Z)
- There is a difference between a degree and education. Unfortunately people falsely believe that Degree means Education. (Maxine Gandall)
- A desk is a dangerous place to view the world. I don’t want desktop engineers and tabletop managers. (Jim Boyd - It was the late 70s. We had only one conference room in the entire plant. Meetings took place on production floor.)
- You have to think your job as your own business. (Charles Fa, in 1975 - my first boss in industry. He often reminded us about world wars and how people learnt to use resources very effectively during those times.)
- In this fast moving Industry, we are measured by the degree of failure. (Mike Hill)
- You must know your personal worth. (Gary Remmen)
- You have never gone camping? Come and join me for camping in Tahoe. (Jerry Drake) One of the most memorable vacations with the boss and his kids.
- Don’t Assume. Constant follow up is the name of the game. (Bipin Shah)
- Have you had dinner? (Dave Deardorf. He was the GM of our group, not my direct boss. We were starting a new fab and worked long hours. Often, he would drop by production floor late in the evening. Seeing me there, he used to take me out for dinner)
- In Asia, most of the business is done over a cup of tea. (Late Mr. Fran Dowd, the VP and GM of our Division. Though I was a very low level in organization, for some reasons not known to me, he had decided to teach me many more practical lessons about real management and working life through his unique STORYTELLING style.)
- You can delegate many things but you cannot delegate Leadership. (Gidu Shroff)
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