Top 78 Quotes & Sayings by Carlos Ghosn - Page 2

We are facing extreme volatility.

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.

If we come to the conclusion after 90 days that the synergies are big enough to justify the efforts, then we can go to the second step, which consists of saying: what would be the best organization and conditions - including shareholdings - in order to make sure the synergies happen.

Is Europe going to be breaking? I don't think so. I think the euro will stay. I think at the end of the day Europeans will find the solutions in order to hold Europe together.

We have some worse scenarios for which we need to prepare as companies. For the moment, we're planning for the worst, and the worst is now, and the car market is down more than 15 percent in France. There is so much uncertainty.

What I worry about is not just Nissan, but Japanese manufacturers losing motivation to maintain production in Japan. The high yen is definitely a headwind.

When you want to turn around a company, you want to make sure that the solution is coming from inside.

I think that the best training a top manager can be engaged in is management by example. I want to make sure there is no discrepancy between what we say and what we do. If you preach accountability and then promote somebody with bad results, it doesn't work. I personally believe the best training is management by example. Don't believe what I say. Believe what I do.

The low price of oil is a headwind to investments in alternative energy technologies, but it will not stop them.

Being a good leader today doesn't mean you'll be a good leader 10 years from now. You have to adapt to the times

The biggest enemy of management is indifference. It's when people don't give a damn

When you start thinking about leaving, choose your moment carefully. Go out while you’re still on top, not when you’re no longer in control of events.

Our objective is to position Nissan in the top rank of the car industry. Until we get there, there will be no rest.

Leadership is demonstrated at the moment of need. You learn to be a leader by acting, by doing

We don't want to be something for everybody, we want to be everything for some people.

You need to make sure that you are where you think you are indispensable. And dedicate your task to that.

We don't know where the markets are going....we have to observe what's going down, see the trends, look at every vibration on the market, prepare the technology and jump when consumers start to think one way or the other

India is definitely one of the markets where we can expect growth and a potential to do well.