Anand Mahindra Quotes

In the private sector, there is always innovation. There's always change. There's always improving productivity, and if you're not leading that, you'll be passed and ultimately go out of business. So there's an urgency to constantly update and renew and to rethink your enterprise.

The success combination in business is: Do what you do better... and: do more of what you do.

My managerial ambitions were the same as I had as a player: to become as good as possible and to join the big teams in the big leagues.

We need to improve each season.

There's no comparison to competition. You can't tell yourself truly where you're at unless you compete in competition.

With experience also comes the understanding that you have to beat the rally before you can beat the competition.

All things can be done by every company in the world. Apple builds a phone, and so does Samsung. It's not about being different but about being better at what you do.

There are similarities between business and sport, in the pressures involved and in the fitness aspect too.

The first myth of management is that it exists. The second myth of management is that success equals skill.

A business like an automobile, has to be driven, in order to get results.

I want to leave this company in the best possible shape.

We need to take advantage of the opportunity we have now to create a vision and become great.

As a multisport athlete, I was always fascinated with competition and how to win. At HBS and later at the Harvard Department of Economics, I was drawn to the field of competition and strategy because it tackles perhaps the most basic question in both business management and industrial economics: What determines corporate performance?

Efficiency is doing things right; effectiveness is doing the right things.

Management by objective works - if you know the objectives. Ninety percent of the time you don't.

In every business, in every industry, management does matter.

To measure is to know. If you can not measure it, you can not improve it.

When you are the manager, you want to win.

To scale your business, you need to delegate responsibilities to others and establish a strong company culture.

You always want someone pushing you all the time who is competitive and at the top of their game so you can become a better driver.

Understanding how to compete better has really made a difference.

It is better to be compared with a very good coach than the other way.

There has to be active, hands-on management in concert with the manager to lead the organization and make sure that the standards that we set for the organization as a whole are being lived up to.

We are constantly reviewing our processes to identify areas where we can learn and improve.

We have to constantly be looking to improve.