Gary Hamel: Competence

Gary Hamel is American management expert. Explore interesting quotes on competence.

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“Only after Southwest Airlines became the most profitable airline in America did United and American challenge their long-held assumptions about how to compete. At worst, laggards follow the path of greatest familiarity. Challengers, on the other hand, follow the path of greatest opportunity, wherever it leads.”

Source: Competing for the Future, 1996, p. 19

“In the long run, competitiveness derives from an ability to build, at lower cost and more speedily than competitors, the core competencies that spawn unanticipated products.”

Source: "The Core Competence of the Corporation," 1990, p. 4

“Core competence is communication, involvement, and a deep commitment to working across organizational boundaries.”

Source: "The Core Competence of the Corporation," 1990, p. 6/283

“The most powerful way to prevail in global competition is still invisible to many companies. During the 1980s, top executives were judged on their ability to restructure, declutter, and delayer their corporations. In the 1990s, they'll be judged on their ability to identify, cultivate, and exploit the core competencies that make growth possible - indeed, they'll have to rethink the concept of the corporation itself.”

Source: "The Core Competence of the Corporation," 1990, p. 2; Lead paragraph