Louis V. Gerstner Jr. Quotes

Communication is number one, and we have to communicate honestly and openly with each other.

Everyone must have a voice, and everyone deserves clarity.

When a woman tells the truth she is creating the possibility for more truth around her.

I find that when you open the door toward openness and transparency, a lot of people will follow you through.

Things aren't always clear at the beginning of a relationship. Be up-front. Don't play on her confusion or vulnerability. Women want and appreciate clarity.

Well, it's really important to be honest with the person that you're seeing.

Speech was made to open man to man, and not to hide him.

The main purpose of engaging in conversation can no longer be personal advancement or respectability. Instead, I'd like for us to use conversations to create equality, to open ourselves to strangers, and, most practically, to remake our working world.

It takes two to speak the truth: one to speak, and another to hear.

Trust brings a higher level of communication and a higher level of commitment and accountability.

Inclusion and transparency have been mainstays of my leadership. It's about education and reaching out.

Honest communication is built on truth and integrity and upon respect of the one for the other.

Secrecy is the enemy of efficiency, but don't let anyone know it.

The key to high-quality communication is trust, and it's hard to trust somebody that you don't know.

True friendship ought never to conceal what it thinks.

I usually tell people upfront what to expect, and that I really want their feedback and their ideas, and if they think I've got a hair out of place or food stuck in my teeth, gosh, I want to know that.

We must listen and learn, show humility and seek again to talk for and to people's ambitions and concerns.

Let us walk into the conference room as equals and not second class citizens.

Candor is a compliment; it implies equality. It's how true friends talk.

All I want and all I even ask of people in Hollywood is look, just be honest with me. Please don't lie to me. Whatever the situation is, be honest with me.

There is an interaction and action, reaction between two people. One should show honesty in a relationship. Be honest to your partner and tell him everything. How long can you do things with dishonesty and that's wrong. Don't get into a relationship if you can't be honest.

In order that all men may be taught to speak the truth, it is necessary that all likewise should learn to hear it.

If you're a coach, and you don't have trust with players, you've got no chance, and your credibility is zero. And that's why it's so important to tell them the truth. If you have something that you're upset about, tell them the truth. If they're doing something wrong, tell them the truth.

With love, you don't mislead or play around, so if you're not perfectly clear, just be honest about it.

More information is always better than less. When people know the reason things are happening, even if it's bad news, they can adjust their expectations and react accordingly. Keeping people in the dark only serves to stir negative emotions.