Gregory Balestrero Quotes

Gregory Balestrero is an American industrial engineer, and CEO emeritus of the Project Management Institute. He has a record of overseeing administrative, financial and internal affairs for professional associations. Wikipedia  

✵ 16. July 1947
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Famous Gregory Balestrero Quotes

“Dr. Cleland was among the first to see project management strategically as well as tactically, at the center of organizational competencies… It's hard to believe, but there was a time when it was new and unfamiliar. Dr. Cleland was a driving force behind the adoption of project management as a professional competency, and is a key contributor to the success of all organizations that use professional project management standards and methodologies today.”

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Balestrero cited in: G.R. Boyet &amp; M. Maguire Kelly (2010) PMI Pays Tribute to Dr. David I. Cleland for a Lifetime of Achievement to Project Management and the Profession http://www.pmi.org/About-Us/Press-Releases/PMI-Pays-Tribute-to-Dr-David-I-Cleland.aspx. at pmi.org. 13 July 2010. <br class="br">2010s

“Companies have a responsibility to train and retrain their employees.”

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Graduating Engineer. v.12 1990/1991 McGraw-Hill, 1990. p. 14.
1990s

“This decade holds many changes for the United States, but the greatest needs regarding America's productivity in the 1990s, are better education and employee training.”

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American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Society for Integrated Manufacturing (1990). Manufacturing Review v.3 no.1-3 1990. p. 131.
1990s

“Great leaders recognize that companies must innovate to remain competitive, and they nurture environments that encourage creative thinking… Innovation is rarely accidental — it takes an organizational commitment that starts at the executive level. The idea is not enough. As Thomas Edison said, innovation is 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration. Too often companies forget the ‘perspiration’ or execution part of the equation.”

Gregory Balestrero

Balestrero (2008) quoted in: &quot;America the Innovator The New Rules for Global Market Growth&quot; http://www.forbesspecialsections.com/SectionPDFs/PMIAmericaInnov.pdf By Karen A. Edelman. Forbes : A Special Advertising Section. Accessed 3 Dec 2008. <br class="br">2000s

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