Joe Sestak Quotes

A great deal of the work I do involves the military.

Just like a script, you need to keep a business plan to yourself.

In the military, as in any organization, giving the order might be the easiest part. Execution is the real game.

Logistics is the ball and chain of armored warfare.

If you don't have my army supplied, and keep it supplied, we'll eat your mules up, sir.

A wise human would have an understanding of the supply chain and how the pieces fit together. But it's against our nature to think about it.

My view is that, as management, the focus has to be on having a strategy and executing it. As you do the strategy and execution, it is important to communicate it consistently.

In the military we plan for the worst case, because we have learned that if you do not, you will be surprised.

It would be unwise to assume that we can defeat Germany by simply outproducing her. One hundred thousand airplanes would be of little value to us if these airplanes could not be used because of lack of trained personnel, lack of operating airdromes in the theater, and lack of shipping to maintain the air squadrons in the theater .... Wars are won on sound strategy implemented by well-trained forces which are adequately and effectively equipped.

From a military point of view it was a complete success

This is a business that is much easier planned than executed.

There has never been a military commander in history who didn’t want more men for a longer time …

Because the resources available to the U. S. military will be increasingly limited, the objectives must be too.

Our military plans for everything.

Throughout history, the organizational evolution of the military has been inextricably linked with that of the business world.

Leaders tend to focus on 'what to do,' but the real issue is more often 'how to do it.'

Defense is my main priority, and offense is going to come second.

Logistics comprises the means and arrangements which work out the plans of strategy and tactics. Strategy decides where to act; logistics brings the troops to this point.

The battle is fought and decided by the quartermasters, long before the shooting begins.

The necessity of procuring good Intelligence is apparent & need not be further urged-All that remains for me to add, is, that you keep the whole matter as secret as possible. For upon Secrecy, Success depends in most Enterprizes of the kind, and for want of it, they are generally defeated, however well planned & promising a favourable issue.

One bad general is worth two good ones.

Strategy is the craft of the warrior.

So a military force has no constant formation, water has no constant shape: the ability to gain victory by changing and adapting according to the opponent is called genius.

Most leaders would agree that they’d be better off having an average strategy with superb execution than a superb strategy with poor execution. Those who execute always have the upper hand.

The incremental approach without a strategy doesn't improve the strategy.