Charles W. Scharf Quotes

For me, I think the bigger something is, the more difficult it is to make it nimble and fleet afoot.

You must always be able to predict what's next and then have the flexibility to evolve.

You have to always be ready, always be alive, and always be willing to move in a new direction.

We need to build change in to our systems and let these systems evolve as circumstances change. Change is inevitable, but we need to do a better job of dealing with it, because when we start building huge gleaming monoliths, I think we start getting into trouble.

The basic DNA we've got to implant in leaders now is adaptability: not to get wedded to the solution to a particular problem, because not only the problem but the solution changes day to day. Creating people who are hardwired for that is going to be our challenge for the future.

Moving with the times is an important idea for strategy today.

Adaptability is a great asset to have because life is so unpredictable, and things can change overnight for any of us.

When you are running a business, there is a constant need to reinvent oneself. One should have the foresight to stay ahead in times of rapid change and rid ourselves of stickiness in any form in the business.

Things change very quickly. You have to be prepared and ready and on your toes at all times.

You don't know what's going to happen in our business a year from now... so you have to be flexible and adaptable, and that's what we try to do.

Leaders have to be intensely aware and be bold and flexible enough to adjust course ahead of impending changes.

We know how to make flexibility when needed.

Listen, things change, that's part of life. Part of what makes you great is being able to move when you need to move. Being limber, agile and roll with the punches so to speak.

You need to be ready, to adapt quickly and learn fast.

Business success is less a function of grandiose predictions than it is a result of being able to respond rapidly to real changes as they occur.

I'm not the fastest guy.

Change has to be fundamental to a company's culture, or there is no way it can survive.

I've learned pretty quickly you better be able to adjust daily.

Circumstances change and you have to be proactive about changing with those circumstances.

We need to make sure we are constantly staying ahead, thinking about what is coming.

I can adapt to any situation.

Large organizations cannot be versatile. A large organization is effective through its mass rather than through its agility. Fleas can jump many times their own height, but not an elephant.

In any offense you put me in, when things break down, I'm going to get outside the pocket and move ... West Coast, East Coast. It doesn't matter. I'm taking off if I have to, to make things happen.

The entrepreneurs that really make it are the ones that start with an idea but are ready to change it at a moment's notice.

It's better to be in charge of change than to have to react to change.